Plant Technician

Title: Plant Technician

Location: American Falls, ID

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

Lamb Weston will offer you the opportunity to put your education and skills to work as part of a great team, contributing to the achievement of the organization's goals and objectives. You will be challenged to take responsibility, drive results, show creativity, and display initiative - and you will be rewarded for your contributions and impact.

When you choose a career with us, every day is fry-day!

Job Description

Are you ready to gain new skills to help run and maintain the latest production technology and equipment for the world's biggest brands? We are looking for team players who know how to take charge of business-related challenges and keep us running smoothly.

Under the direction of the Supervisory Staff, the Plant Technicians are vital to the success of our business at Lamb Weston. As a technician, you will work on a team that is responsible for keeping production flowing, meeting performance goals, and maintaining the high level of quality that consumers expect from our products. We hire you at entry level and you advance by demonstrating growing levels of operating, maintenance, and leadership skills. We also provide you with the opportunity to expand into electrical, quality assurance, safety and hygiene, and other areas of expertise. You will do meaningful work on Day 1. We do various types of work, including running high-speed converting and packing equipment, controlling the process from a computer terminal, and performing preventive maintenance on equipment. From the beginning, you will be getting involved, impacting situations, and influencing business-related problems.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

We offer you:

• Ownership of your work from your first day

• Maintain world-renowned production technologies in some interesting ways.

• The chance to influence the production and quality of our products.

• Mentorship, coaching, training, and guidance.

• Known for providing a safe work environment.

We have no doubt these skills will help you on the job:

• Able to display skills in manufacturing processes, including operating, maintaining, and cleaning automated equipment.

• Maintaining accurate records and data

• Display strong technical, interpersonal, and analytical skills.

• Operating essential material handling equipment at the site e.g., clamp truck, forklift, hand trucks, etc.

We believe to be able to perform on the job, you will need to meet the following physical requirements:

• Use basic hand and power tools.

• Lift 50 pounds by bending and stooping; climb, stand, and move around on stairs, ladders, and platforms; twist, turn and bend.

• Enter confined spaces.

• Stand on concrete floors for an extended period.

• The American Falls Lamb Weston Plant operates 7-days per week. Technicians work any day of the week, including weekends. Changes in business volume and production requirements can cause the plant to occasionally change the length of work shifts or the rotation schedule. The hours of work are typically 12 hours per day. Technicians are expected to be willing to rotate and to work any shift. Additional days could be required to be worked as overtime.

Are you ready to join this renowned team?

Qualifications

WE BELIEVE YOU WILL BE AN EXCELLENT FIT HERE IF, YOU ARE:

• 18 years of age or older

• Wear required safety personal protective equipment (eye protection, ear protection, safety shoes)

• Willing to work rotating shifts.

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-234503

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: $18.48

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