Palletizing Leadperson

At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people’s lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together – valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there’s a seat at the table for you.

GENERAL SUMMARY:
Supervises the palletizing and storage of canned product.  Maintains a flow of empty cans to the canning room.  Performs maintenance of the equipment and machinery in the palletizing area.

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive wages based on experience
• Stable work environment with a growing company
• Excellent market-leading medical insurance, dental and vision insurance.
• Paid vacation and personal time after 30 days of employment
• Retirement plan with company match of 50% up to 6% of pay
• Prescription safety glasses & safety shoe reimbursement
• Advancement Opportunities
• Paid onsite and offsite training
• An Employer that works hard to ensure your safety on the job 

 What You’ll Do:

• Performs required repairs and the maintenance on palletizing equipment, and associated machinery during production and non-production periods.
• Supervises and ensures an adequate flow of empty cans supplied to the canning room. 
• Responsible for the communication of lot and damaged good product issues to management.
• Ensures the accuracy of pallet tags and all other associated paperwork that develops from the palletizing area.
• Train production seasonal and/or full time employees in the proper, safe, and efficient operation of the machinery to which they are assigned.
• Responsible for supervising and monitoring seasonal labor to ensure job tasks are being completed in a safe manner.  Must correct unsafe acts immediately.
• Handle minor personnel problems.  Refer major problems to managers.
• Responsible for the major repair, maintenance, & installation of all machinery in the assigned area.
• Orders parts & supplies, and assists in the assessment of new machinery & equipment as needed.
• Estimate labor hours & materials for specific job, while being cost conscious of all aspects.
• Participates in special project teams as needed.

What You’ll Bring:

• A two year certificate from college or technical school; or three to five years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Positive attitude
• Strong work ethic
• Safety mindset

Where You’ll Work:

WELCOME TO NEW RICHMOND

Located 29 miles from Saint Paul, MN and 37 miles from Minneapolis, MN New Richmond is known for its breathtaking scenery. Explore everything this area has to offer — from activities and attractions, to fairs and festivals, there's something here for everybody!

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Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. 

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