Production Operator

For thirty years, we’ve been proud to call St. Joseph, Missouri home. Located an hour north of Kansas City, the community of 77,000 people is packed with character, rich history, and nationally acclaimed quality of life—just like Nestlé Purina is. The city was recognized with the All-America City Award, given to communities with citizens who work together to pinpoint and address community-wide challenges and achieve exceptional results. Carrying forward that spirit, since 1985, our wet dog and cat food factory in St. Joseph has provided employment and a special home for many of our associates who work passionately each day to annually produce millions of cases of our flagship brands: Fancy Feast® and Beneful® Prepared Meals. Our associates’ work goes far beyond the bag and the can. They are very passionate about their support for the United Way and United Cerebral Palsy foundations, raising $750,000 over the past five years. Joining the Nestlé Purina factory in St. Joseph means you're joining more than a pet food company, but also a very driven and close-knit team focused on safety, personal growth, development, and community. Our St. Joseph factory has celebrated increased production and reinvestment, including a $30 million project to remodel our pet food kitchen, as well as installation of new raw ingredient processing equipment. Our attention to safety and quality, matched by a culture of continuous improvement, helps us reach our fullest potential. So, if your full potential could be unleashed, what would you add to the mix? Immediately, you’ll train in several areas within the production environment so you can effectively provide support to your assigned position. Since we’re a safety-first culture, much of your responsibility will focus on ensuring top-notch maintenance and cleanliness around the equipment is completed. We will rely on your dependability and good attitude to maximize our production and customer experience. Work in a manufacturing environment, handling various materials e.g., raw meat, dry ingredients. At times working with large, fast moving machinery. Perform quality checks; be able to differentiate defective product from acceptable product. Safely operate a fork truck and aerial lift.

Responsibilities

Train in several areas within the production environment; Provide support to your assigned position; Ensure top-notch maintenance and cleanliness around equipment; Maximize production and customer experience; Work in a manufacturing environment handling materials such as raw meat and dry ingredients; Work with large, fast moving machinery; Perform quality checks and differentiate defective product from acceptable product; Safely operate a fork truck and aerial lift

Requirements

1+ years of manufacturing experience in a manufacturing, technical, warehouse, industrial, military or related environment OR High School Diploma or GED equivalent; Must be open to working all shifts (1st, 2nd, and 3rd); Must be willing to work Monday-Friday and every other Saturday and Sunday; This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship

Benefits

Performance-based incentives; Competitive total rewards package; 401k with Company match; Healthcare coverage; Broad range of other benefits