General Laborer

General Laborer

Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

Michigan Sugar Company has an immediate full-time opportunity for a General Laborer, located at the Bay City.

Job Summary

The General Laborer position handles various tasks throughout the factory. Job responsibilities include but are not limited to, assisting with hands-on physical labor, operation of machinery and following all site health and safety regulations. A strong work ethic and attention to detail are essential. This is a seasonal job typically running from August through May on one of four shifts, working three 40 hour weeks and one 48 hour week per month with additional overtime as required. Heavy lifting, the ability to work in confined spaces, at tall heights and various weather conditions may be required.

Primary Responsibilities

• There are a wide variety of tasks that a laborer may be asked to complete.
• May be assigned to a specific job after the training period.
• May be asked to cover in a different position if necessary at any time.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Qualifications

• Previous physical labor experience is preferred.
• Ability to follow instructions given and complete tasks working alone or together with other employees.
• Previous shift work experience preferred.

Key Competencies

• Repetitive lifting or carrying items up to 40-50 lbs.
• Shoveling sand, pulp, beets, etc. and using wheelbarrow to transport material.
• Performing numerous cleaning activities with use of hot water and or pressure washers.
• Climbing stairs and ladders and working on catwalks around equipment.
• Driving forklifts, tractors with loader, skid-steers.
• Bending, stooping, and twisting in order to reach areas for cleaning, shoveling or other assigned task.
• Extended periods of walking.
• Exposure to high and low temperatures throughout the factory and various weather conditions.
• Operating hand or power tools.
• Exposure to various chemicals and knowledge of proper personal protective equipment.
• Attention to detail and ability to understand and complete good manufacturing practice paperwork.

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this position. The above statements are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required. All staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal responsibilities as needed.

Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today. Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugar beet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugar beets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually. That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands. Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company's annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million. Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of eight sugar beet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugar beets are grown in the country. Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.