General Utility (Kitchen - 1st Shift)

Position Summary:

Under immediate direction performs a variety of tasks including inspecting, palletizing, loading, unloading, lifting, and moving ingredients and filling materials. Works around equipment and machinery.

Position Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Employee Physical Responsibilities:

• Manually assemble and/or pack product meeting line standards.
• Lift and move cases weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Check packaging material for damage and notify Lead of any non-compliant products.
• Perform line sanitations/housekeeping practices and monitor packing equipment for potential issues to

• Ensure correct pallet label and sticker information is applied, stack cases on pallets, and ensure proper

• Understand different case pack sizes and weight ranges, adjusting tape machine configurations

• Maintain speed and flexibility to adapt to different line speeds and case standards.
• Performs all other work as assigned.

Employee Communication Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate consistent respectful communication with all team members.
• Communicate any production issues to team members, demonstrating understanding of Good

• Participate in break rotations, write legibly, and collaborate effectively with team members.
• Inspect products to ensure compliance with quality standards specified by QC, disposing of noncompliant products and communicating with leadership as needed.

Employee Safety Responsibilities:

• Adhere to company standards and safety regulations.
• Report all injuries, unsafe conditions and acts
• Use proper lifting techniques
• Use mechanical assistance (handjack, forklift, manlift)
• Use personal assistance (team lift for product above 50lb.)
• Use handrails
• Use and wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)

Temperatures throughout plant average 50 degrees. May be required to wear bump caps, safety glasses, hairnet, smock, boots, ear plugs, gloves, plastic sleeves, and aprons provided by the Company. Need to comply with Food

Safety: GMP’S, SSOP, SOP, HACCP, SQF, and Quality requirements.

Position Qualifications:

• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Reliable and self-driven
• Experience in a food manufacturing plant is preferred
• Good communication skillsa

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the

• The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk

• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Continuously required to stand.
• Occasional walking, reaching and working above shoulders, body bending, stooping, climbing stairs, body

• Will be exposed to loud industrial type environments commonly found at plants and working with powered

• Varied temperatures from hot and humid to very cold.

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. (AFNA) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AFNA does not discriminate on the

of qualifications, merit, and business need.

pay rate: $17.25/hr