Production Technician - Forklift Operator

Your Opportunity as a Production Technician - Forklift Operator

In this role you will support a variety of areas in our fruit processing and packaging operations, sanitation, and drum washing.

Location: 100 Forsell Road, Grandview, WA 98930

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site, rotating shifts

Compensation Base Rate: $23.35– $27.47 per hour

Benefits:

Comprehensive benefits package effective first day of employment, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan with up to 7% Company match, 2 weeks paid vacation (prorated the first year of employment), 12 paid company holidays, paid sick leave, annual holiday bonus.

Additional benefits include:

• Company-provided life and AD&D insurances
• Company-provided short-and long-term disability
• Voluntary Life & Health Benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Adoption assistance & surrogacy reimbursement
• Bereavement leave

In this Role You Will:  

• Follow all Company Safety Rules and Good Manufacturing Practices
• Produce high quality products in a safe, sanitary, and healthful manner
• Maintain documentation and production records that are legible, accurate, and complete
• Communication with team leaders, leads, maintenance, and all production personnel to achieve self-sufficient team goals
• Understands and applies HACCP, plant quality, plant GMP’s, and food safety requirements to the daily performance of the job
• Performs housekeeping and sanitation duties, according to company SSOP’s
• Maintain a clean work environment
• Must be able to work any shift, including weekends and overtime as needed while maintaining a good attendance record
• Flow to the work in all areas of production
• Ability to work as part of a team and assist others as needed

The Right Role for You 

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. 

What We are Looking For:  

Minimum Requirements: 

• High school degree or equivalent is required
• Minimum age of 18
• Employee must be able to work any shift (day or night) including weekends
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out both oral and written instructions
• Ability to effectively read, comprehend, and fill in production forms accurately with dates, times, temperatures and other processing information
• Able to work with and around cleaning chemicals and perform sanitation duties
• Must be able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, GMP’s, and general instructions as well as carry out both oral and written communication skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Previous food processing or manufacturing experience a plus
• Previous forklift driving experience highly preferred

Physical Demands

• Employee is regularly required to stand, walk, lift (67-100%)
• Employee is regularly required to use hands and arms for reaching/grasping /handling/ fine finger manipulation during the day (67-100%)
• Employee must be able to occasionally squat, bend, work above shoulders, climb stairs or ladders (11-33%)
• Employee must be able to frequently lift up to 25 lb.  (34-66%)
• Employee must be able to seldom lift 60 lb.  (1 – 10%)
• The employee must be able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment including safety glasses, hearing protection, and bump caps. 

Learn More About Working at Smucker   

• Our Total Rewards Benefits Program 

• Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business 

• Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity 

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