Process Utility L5 - Grave B

Title: Process Utility L5 - Grave B

               

Location: Richland, 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

               

The Processing Utility must be able to operate and adjust all processes for multiple pieces of equipment; monitors line flow and waste; corrects problems which affect quality and production costs; makes line changes as directed by the Production / Package Lead or Team Leader safely and efficiently.  The Process Utility will be willing and able to seamlessly change positions between current qualified jobs to meet plant needs on their respective shift. Processing Utilities have the expectation to cover certain positions based on plant need.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (other duties may be assigned):  

Commit to one year minimum in the position from the date you are qualified for the first position and one year from any subsequent positions they are qualified for.  

During the one-year commitment you may not bid on any single non-interest bid position, beyond the one year the regular bid policy will be followed. Holding the Processing Utility position does not result in any specific job rights for the job you are qualified to back up. 

An employee holding the Processing Utility position who moves to a different position may be required to work in any of the positions they are qualified in for a period of one year after bidding out. 

Upon successful completion of the prescribed training period, the employee will perform various duties as assigned by the plant management which may include any position within the production area.  A Processing Utility will be required to be trained/qualified in all positions across the following groups: 

Batter Mix Operator 

Cutter Deck Operator 

Fryer Operator 

ADR Operator 

Process Operator 

 

Position training schedule will be made by the company as needed, coverage will also be assigned by the company. 

The Processing Utility position is designed to have associates trained/qualified to fill in on shift and for overtime where absences create a need for coverage.  

When a Processing Utility employee is trained/qualified in more than one job that needs to be covered at the same time, the company will determine the priority as to which position to cover using the Process Utility Operator employee.   

Should a Processing Utility Team Member who is training, not be able to meet the job qualification standards for the positions required the process will be followed a