Utility Operator ML - Grave B
Listed on 2025-12-31
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Manufacturing / Production
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About Lamb Weston
You've probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.
Title:
Utility Operator ML - Grave B
Location:
Richland, WA
About Lamb Weston
You've probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.
A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You'll gain access to hands‑on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.
If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.
Job Description Summary
The Processing Utility must be able to operate and adjust all processes for multiple pieces of equipment; monitors line flow and waste; corrects problems which affect quality and production costs; makes line changes as directed by the Production / Package Lead or Team Leader safely and efficiently. The Process Utility will be willing and able to seamlessly change positions between current qualified jobs to meet plant needs on their respective shift.
Processing Utilities have the expectation to cover certain positions based on plant need.
Job Description
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (other duties may be assigned):
- Commit to one year minimum in the position from the date you are qualified for the first position and one year from any subsequent positions they are qualified for.
- During the one-year commitment you may not bid on any single non-interest bid position, beyond the one year the regular bid policy will be followed. Holding the Processing Utility position does not result in any specific job rights for the job you are qualified to back up.
- An employee holding the Processing Utility position who moves to a different position may be required to work in any of the positions they are qualified in for a period of one year after bidding out.
- Upon successful completion of the prescribed training period, the employee will perform various duties as assigned by the plant management which may include any position within the production area. A Processing Utility will be required to be trained/qualified in all positions across the following groups:
- Batter Mix Operator
- Cutter Deck Operator
- Fryer Operator
- ADR Operator
- Process Operator
Position training schedule will be made by the company as needed, coverage will also be assigned by the company.
- The Processing Utility position is designed to have associates trained/qualified to fill in on shift and for overtime where absences create a need for coverage.
- When a Processing Utility employee is trained/qualified in more than one job that needs to be covered at the same time, the company will determine the priority as to which position to cover using the Process Utility Operator employee.
- Should a Processing Utility Team Member who is training, not be able to meet the job qualification standards for the positions required the process will be followed as set forth in the handbook section covering Training, Pulling a Bid, and Disqualification and training will be discontinued.
- Processing Utilities will be included in the overtime rotation for the positions they are qualified for. If there is an absence that requires overtime from within that group of employees, the Processing Utility Team Member will be considered by seniority following the scheduling practices as if they were part of…
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