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Lamb Weston Prep Utility in Pasco, Washington
Title: Prep Utility Location: Pasco, WA 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 utility position covers a wide variety of jobs requiring work in packaging, warehouse, production, batter room and outside as directed by the supervisory or lead personnel. This description covers all responsibilities for each department where utilities are required. Job Description * Perform the set up and breakdown of tote bins and pallets. * Properly stack knocked down totes and pallets. * Operate power hand jack and tote bin dump. * Repeatedly lift and stack cases of finished product as assigned. * Maintain good housekeeping in his/her assigned area: Sweep, shovel potatoes, fries, and other debris, rake, vacuum, hose, scrape, paint, pull vines and shovel snow as directed. * Rework damaged or restricted cases and bags of product. * Change, scrape and/or change frozen and preparation grader screens as directed by Team Leader or Lead personnel. * Adapt to different work environments: work in the wet prep area, outside, packaging, batter area, and/or Shipping * Perform frozen inspection duties. * Stand or sit in a stationary position to perform duties. * Work in Raw Receiving pulling rocks and vines, as trucks are unloaded. * Load KDs on Line 1, 2, 7 & 8 Case Opening Positioning System (COPS) in packaging. * Inspect bags for seal condition and bag codes during poly runs. * Work around Line 1, 2, 7 & 8 fryers and other processing equipment. * Inspect stacks of frozen patties for foreign material, fallen stacks, broken and/or severely warped, and remove from line. Restack fallen stacks of patties on inspection conveyor. Ensure stacks are aligned on conveyor to patty stacker. * Sort whole onions for cutting by size * Scrape and remove static product on Lines 1, 2, 7 & 8 packaging equipment to include: grader room, Ishida room, pack floor, and glue deck. * Dumps waste barrels in packaging and production area. * Actively practice and abide by all company work, safety and personal hygiene rules and regulations as outlined in the employee handbook. * Hand loading of railcars. * Hand palletizing of line flow when shrink-wrap machine is inoperable. * Inspect Lines 1, 2, 7 & 8 cased product for case condition and legible codes. * Notify Team Leader or lead in the event that case condition or codes are not acceptable. * Notify Team Leader or lead of Lines 1, 2, 7 & 8 glue deck stoppages. * Assure gutter grates are kept in place. * Prepare and/or mix cleaning and sanitizing chemicals. * Use foaming equipment to apply cleaning chemicals to equipment. * Scrub equipment using scrub brushes and/or pads to clean, sanitize, and polish equipment using dilute cleaning chemicals. * Rinse cleaning chemicals off equipment using a high