Cutter Deck Operator
Lamb Weston

Title: Cutter Deck Operator

Location: Connell, 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 10,000+ 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

Area owner of the cutter deck and the line 4 peeling and cutting room and its operation, performing a variety of tasks in a safe manner that ensures products are food safe and meet quality standards. Operates, assembles, and adjusts equipment in the work area as needed by the plant operating schedule working with Plant Leadership.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Cutter Deck Operator will be the area owner of the Line 1 and 2 cutter deck operations including shorts and slivers and waste systems and the Line 4 peeling and cutting area operations including the line 4 product collection area and will complete the duties described below in addition to other duties as assigned by Leadership.

• Working collectively with the line team, reviews the production schedule for assigned shift and prepares for any scheduled changes in the process line
• Makes needed adjustments to all cutting systems according to line schedules and quality needs that support line requirements
• Disassemble and assemble mechanical cutters to support cut changes and cut quality
• Teardown and rebuild Lamb Gun knife blocks to support cut changes and cut quality
• Changes water knife tubes
• Examines the condition of blades and follows procedures for proper disposal per company policy
• Performs tests of the product to ensure that length and cut size, align to finished quality targets. Prepares and maintains reports showing length checks and dimension.
• Adjusts and maintains process equipment settings that impact the cutting systems performance and quality outcomes.
• Operates the Line 4 peeling and finishing equipment and notifies maintenance of any mechanical issues.
• Maintains water quality in water systems that support the cutter deck.
• Participates in the AMD process where they will identify and submit defect cards for mechanical defects and performs adjustments of equipment as needed to maintain proper operational efficiency
• Responsible for maintaining proper sanitation of the main line cutter deck area and line 4 peel and cutting rooms as needed.
• Cleans and sanitizes processing equipment during scheduled shutdown, defrost and weekend cleanup, as needed. Understands the uses of certain chemicals for clean-up and sanitation.
• Maintains open communication with maintenance, sanitation, production personnel, and Leadership, regarding all issues related to safety, quality, and production.

Safety: Must have a complete knowledge and understanding of the plant safety rules, including but not limited to, lockout-tagout policy and procedure, chemical hazards, and the hearing conservation program. Must have good personal hygiene and be able to practice safe work habits.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily as described in the "Essential Duties and Responsibilities" section with or without reasonable accommodation. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Must be able to meet the expectations as outlined in the skills validation and maintain the qualifications.

Education and/or Experience: No prior experience or training required. On the job training to be completed and validated in accordance with skills training and evaluations.

Communication Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate in English commensurate with the requirements of the position including reading and writing.

Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percents.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written and/or oral instructions.

Skills and abilities: Ability to input and retrieve data using a computer terminal

Demands: The physical demands described here partially represent those that must be by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. A more complete job analysis, if available, will detail the physical demands of this position.

performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, climb or balance, and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Carry up to 20 pounds climbing stairs and using handrails. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The employee is frequently exposed to extreme heat.

noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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-255297

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 08/16/2024

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: $21.63

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

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