Vat Room Operator - 2nd shift

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.

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.

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.

Assures proper pumping, mixing of numerous egg products simultaneously. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times 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, in an effort to reduce product and process variability.

• Follow all safety procedures, use all PPE’s and follow Basic Principle Guide.
• To follow proper SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures).
• To hook up, connect, inspect all product lines for days production
• To load tanker with correct product and accurate weight, while in production.
• Pull samples for Lab from each product shipped.
• To achieve correct solids for each product shipped.
• Continually monitor solids, quality and proper cooling of numerous products.
• Know maximum pounds per hour per product.
• To understand ice builder and cooling procedures for summer/winter.
• To set up silo assignment on Panel View.
• Coordinate silo selection, switching silos while in production.
• Complete and file all necessary paperwork for HACCP.
• To hook up, connect pipe lines for vat.
• To hook up and load and unload tanker.
• To operate CIP system on Panel View.
• To hook up lines to CIP silo, tanker, load out line and cooling press.
• To hook up, connect, inspect and operate cooling press.
• Demonstrate proper use and handling of chemicals.
• Able to work weekends, holidays and overtime as needed or scheduled.
• Able to walk on cement and climb stairs excessively for most of shift.
• Practice…