Packaging Handler
Lamb Weston

Job Info

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Title: Packaging Handler

Location: Boardman, OR

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 9,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

The packaging handler position is responsible for toteroom (addback) functions. These duties include controlling toteroom (addback) activity, reworking cased product, and recase and stripout activities.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (other duties may be assigned):

Maintains safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs.

Tote room:

• Running of addback equipment (adding bulk product back to lines).
  
• Must be able to work in cold conditions and also work safely amid constant hyster traffic.
  
• Must ensure correct bulk is blended to lines and must record pertinent information on addback activity sheets.
  
• Must rake product out of totes into addback hopper, if necessary.
  

• Must also help with overflow totes and waste totes (raking and/or changing).
  
• Communicate needs to hyster drivers with elevated noise levels present.
  
• Communicate with team leaders, leads, manifestor and other employees.
  
• Tools and equipment used: product rakes, shovels, squeegees, white carts, waste carts, electric pallet jack, broom and dust pan.
  

Rework:

• Rework (strip out) of cased product into totes for adding back to lines.
  
• Correct marking of totes with pertinent information so as to be correctly manifested.
  
• Filling out of rework log (record of product reworked).
  
• Handling of re-case activities, case damage, bag rework, and cleanup when necessary.
  

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Must be available to break other packaging laborer positions.
  

• Cleanup of packaging area: sweeping, shoveling, general sanitation.
  

• Handling of case damage (case and bag rework).
  

• Handling product accumulated in packaging carts.
  

• Strip out of bags in overflow and waste totes or on addback inspection shakers.
  

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or onthejob type training along with Team Leaders help and instruction.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos in English. Ability to write accurate information on simple forms in English. Ability to effectively present or listen to information in oneonone and small group situations with all other employees of the organization in English

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Just as the job includes working different positions, they each have different locations and settings. The environment of these different locations varies as do the responsibilities. The toteroom, for instance, is a high noise, high traffic area. The toteroom is a temperature controlled cold environment that may require freezer suit. There is hyster traffic almost constantly.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-234485

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 04/25/2024

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to a candidate's work location, job duties, experience and expertise. A reasonable hourly estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $18.60

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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