Line Technician Nights

Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry, operating in egg products, refrigerated grocery, and potato products. This position offers an opportunity to enhance your career, sharpen your talents, and make a meaningful impact on an innovative team that is First in Food.

Michael Foods, Inc. is located in Mars Hill, Maine. Pineland Farms is one of the largest food manufacturing organizations in Aroostook County. Our Mars Hill facility employs over 200 team members who work together to provide our customers with the best possible potato product.

This role provides technical support in the manufacturing plants. Quality Assurance Technicians (QATs) give guidance to Operations on technical requirements and specifications. The position must comply with all safety work rules at all times and reinforce Safety as a core value.

• Perform routine CCP/PC verification checks.
• Perform routine CQP (quality) verification checks.
• Perform routine daily SSOP/GMP audits and observations/documentation.
• Conduct environmental monitoring swabs.
• Perform product sampling pulls.
• Execute Pre‑op inspections.
• Participate in sensory panels.
• Manage Hold Tags on the floor.
• Conduct product testing for chemical attributes on the floor.
• Follow all SQF principles pertinent to your position, as specified by the SQF Practitioner.
• Report all food safety and human safety concerns to the appropriate personnel such as Safety Manager, FSQ Manager, etc.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Knowledge

• Excellent computer literacy (MS Office, Word, Excel).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong reasoning and mathematical skills.
• Strong leadership skills.

Education / Experience

• 1–2 years of experience in a similar job function.
• Food manufacturing experience desired.
• Experience reviewing results and correlating them to acceptable or unacceptable outcomes.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The job requires sitting, talking, hearing, reaching with hands and arms, occasionally standing, walking, and using hands to finger, handle, or feel objects. The employee may occasionally lift or move up to 20 pounds. Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The environment includes wet or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, occasional exposure to high or precarious places, risk of electrical shock and vibration, and loud noise levels. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Pineland Farms, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. The Company provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status. The above statements describe the general nature of the work and may not include all duties associated with this position.