Summary
Location
Lawrence
Type
full-time
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About this role
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.
Brand
Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.
Location Description
The Lawrence, Kansas facility is 236,000 square feet and home to about 155 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits®. Lawrence is a college town and the home to both the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University with Kansas State University about 85 miles away. The city is known for a thriving music and art scene and is also the home of the University of Kansas athletic teams.
Responsibilities
Packaging Operator
Starting rate: $25.11 per hour
The Post Consumer Brands facility in Lawrence, KS operates on a 24/7 production schedule. Team members will work:
- B Shift: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Friday 6:00pm-6:00am
- Shift premium: $0.50 per hour
Responsibilities
In the Packaging Operator role, you will:
- Operate and maintain packaging equipment to optimize efficiency and to reduce/eliminate downtime
- Perform reliablity tests on equipment such as metal detectors and scales for food safety and quality assurance
- Perform accurate, timely collection of data and product samples
- Maintain a clean, sanitary and orderly work area to ensure employee and food safety
Qualifications
- Possess a high school diploma or a GED
- Ability to comply with a strict attendance policy
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Ability and willingness to communicate with cross functional teams
- Experience in food manufacturing preferred
Other facts
About Post Consumer Brands
Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in the center-of-the-store, refrigerated, foodservice, food ingredient, pet food and private brand food categories.
Through its Post Consumer Brands business, Post is a leader in the North American ready-to-eat cereal category offering a broad portfolio including recognized brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, Pebbles™, Great Grains® and Malt-O-Meal® bag cereal. Post also is a leader in the United Kingdom ready-to-eat cereal category with the iconic Weetabix® brand.
As leader in refrigerated foods, Post brings innovative, value-added egg and refrigerated potato products to the foodservice channel and the retail refrigerated side dish category, offering side dishes and egg, sausage and cheese products through the Bob Evans®, Better’n Eggs®, Simply Potatoes® and Crystal Farms® brands.
Post participates in the private brand food category through its investment in 8th Avenue Food & Provisions, a leading, private brand centric, consumer products holding company. For more information, visit www.postholdings.com.
What you'll do
- As a Packaging Operator, you will operate and maintain packaging equipment to optimize efficiency and reduce downtime. You will also perform reliability tests on equipment for food safety and quality assurance.
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