Trim & Inspect

Title: Trim & Inspect

Location: Park Rapids, MN

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Inspects, sorts and removes defects from raw product or processed product. Trims whole potatoes with a trim knife in a French fry/specialty potato product production facility

Job Description

• Inspects, sorts and removes defects from raw product or processed product.

• Trims whole potatoes with a trim knife in a French fry/specialty potato product production facility

• Employee must be responsible to work in a safe manner following safe work practices while in the plant or on company premises.

• Able to work a rotating schedule of twelve (12) hour shift

• Work overtime when needed on days off

• Lift and carry cases of product weighing between 10 and 36 pounds.

• Utilize ergonomic practices such as job rotation as necessary

• Remove foreign material and non-standard product from processing equipment

• Frequently holding a trim knife to trim defects from raw potatoes.

• Inspects raw and or processed products to ensure quality, when assigned to areas

• Report any malfunction of food processing equipment as quickly as possible to the Process Operator, Crew Chief or Team Leader

• Attend and comprehend all training programs and follow all company policies.

• Perform sanitation duties during periods of downtime and as assigned by Supervisor.

• Perform sanitation duties during clean up times and at times during line breaks, such as using a pressure hose, scrub brush and scraping

• Have the physical ability to wear a wet suit and can use cleaning chemicals in a safe manner

• Work in temperature and humidity extremes

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• The ability to trim potatoes effectively for areas of defect as prescribed by the trim evaluation under time limits as set in the policy of trimming potatoes
• The ability to pick out defects at frozen inspection
• Lifting 10 pounds frequently as in lifting potatoes.
• Holding a pressure washer wand.
• Using a scraper to scrape buildup from machinery and or equipment.
• Lifting and carrying brooms, shovels and squeegees, doing bags inspection during poly runs, making sure box codes are appropriate.

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-255321

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 08/17/2024

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