**Brand:** Michael Foods Inc. **Categories:** Operations Production **Locations:** Lenox, Iowa **Position Type:** Regular Full-Time **Req ID:** 26609 **Job Description** **Business Unit Overview** Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food. Location Description Michael Foods, Inc. located in Lenox, Iowa and often called the "Pearl of the Prairie" is where you can find small town living, focused on family and friends, with big city amenities not far from reach in Des Moines, Omaha, and Kansas City. Located in southwest Iowa, Taylor county, with a population of around 1400, the Lenox area reaches far beyond the city limits with beautiful and productive fields of corn, beans, and other croplands. Lenox holds an amazing four day Rodeo every July and is home to a beautiful 36-9 hole golf course, several fishing and boating lakes, great area hunting, a beautiful city park with swimming pool, and many picnic parks. The MFI location in Lenox produces primarily pre-cooked egg patties. With its friendly atmosphere, safe environment, and progressive spirit, Lenox is a great place to live, work, play, and raise a family. Responsibilities This position has the responsibility to always comply with Safety work rules as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures, and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed, and complied with uniformly, to reduce product and process variability. The purpose of the robotic palletizing operator is to monitor the robotic palletizing machines, following all safety policies and procedures, as they collect and separate cases of egg patties and/or omelets according to product SKU and line. This person must ensure cases are not mixed on skids. The Distribution department, customers and consumers benefit by the work of the palletizing operator, ensuring orders are sorted properly. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Adhere to all safety policies and procedures, including LOTO, PPE, PIT, and housekeeping. Take personal responsibility for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace by incorporating safety and health into all tasks. Always ensures regulatory compliance. Operate the robotic palletizing machines ensuring cases are properly stacked according to product SKU and line. Ensure all full pallets are indexed and wrapped with plastic. Maintain frequent communication with leads and/or supervisor. Keep empty pallets, slip sheets and other necessary supplies on hand for the job. Perform preventive maintenance on the equipment as needed. Determine if product meets proper specifications and take corrective action as needed. Stack cases of product manually as needed. Maintain cleanliness and general good housekeeping of the palletizing area, keeping all debris and dirt swept up. Expected to adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP and HACCP guidelines, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained to maintain SQF Level 3 certification. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety. Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers, and management. Ability to work overtime as needed. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications High school diploma, GED, or equivalent. Ability to read, write, and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos. Basic math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, and interpreting bar graphs. Problem-solving skills to follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and handle standardized situations. Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Certification. Valid driver’s license. PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS: Ability to lift up to 55 lbs. safely when handling Chep pallets (team lifting encouraged). Ability to lift up to 30 lbs. continuously when hand stacking cases. Ability to work independently. Basic computer skills, including experience with spreadsheets and word processing. Strong mechanical aptitude and attention to detail. Ability to work in a continuously cold environment and navigate stairs. Adherence to PPE and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) policies, including robotic palletizing equipment. Ability to operate specific equipment or tools as required. Equivalent combination of education and experience to perform essential duties. Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)