Processing Technician

Processing Technician – Kansas City, MO As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for supporting production packaging and processing operations, sanitation and participation in startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment. Shift Hours 8-hour shifts 1st shift: 7 am to 3 pm 2nd shift: 3 pm to 11 pm 3rd shift: 11 pm to 7 am Rotational Shift Schedule Rotation is 4 weeks on 1st shift, then 4 weeks on 3rd shift, then 4 weeks on 2nd shift Ability and willingness to work overtime, any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Pay $26.72 per hour Shift differential Additional $.55 per hour for hours worked on 2nd shift and 3rd shift Benefits Paid vacation days after 60 days Great paid time off benefits 401(k) match Pension Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life And much more! About our Location The Kansas City plant provides job growth opportunities in most departments and promotes positive relationships throughout the facility, fostering a collaborative work environment and it has an employee club within the premises. The plant organizes holiday dinners for Christmas and Thanksgiving, where hams and turkeys are distributed to employees. Additionally, employees have the opportunity to attend various events such as Chiefs games, Royals games, dinner theaters, plays, and World of Fun visits, with some tickets provided to each employee. What your day will look like Creating high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE Using TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility Working with HIGH-LEVEL operators on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers WILLING TO LEARN and get paid doing it CHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity Assist miller by providing process system support, including learning and performing processing positions and equipment operation Perform sanitation, cleaning and maintaining all processing areas Performing Wheat house start-up and shutdown on A/B & C mills Performing preventative and reactive maintenance activities on milling equipment and assist maintenance as needed Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance Assist in training new employees Qualifications Minimum of a high school diploma or GED Minimum 1 year of mechanical and/or technical experience in manufacturing or related industry preferred Minimum 1 year of experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred Physical Requirements Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, a hair/beard net and gloves when required Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment #J-18808-Ljbffr