General Seed Operator-Seasonal

Job Purpose

The General Seed Operator-Seasonal (IIIAA) will assist in all aspects of commercial Heinz hybrid tomato seed operations.

Benefits & Compensation Overview:

• 5 CA Sick Days
• Starting Pay $26.59/hour

Work Schedule:

• This role requires a normal work schedule of M-F first shift with overtime during peak season.
• Peak Season: October-February
• Potential weekends on Saturday.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• The ability to maintain good housekeeping standards within the operations area.
• The ability to safely perform seed sanitization. This includes:
  • Treating tomato seed
  • Working with caustic solution
  • Using a forklift and overhead crane
• The ability to safely run clean and maintain a variety of seed cleaning and drying machines. Machinery used:
  • Seed Dryers
  • Seed cleaning mills and sizers
  • Air Columns
  • Single unit baggers and scales

• Moves seed sacks and pallets to proper inventory location of seed storage vaults and to packaging area for orders.
• Sorts and organizes seed shipments on arrival.
• Ensures all products manufactured complies with the quality standards and SOPs applicable to this specific operation function.

Expected Experience & Required Skills

• Safely operate a forklift electric and/or manual pallet jack.
• Ability to process orders or work on tasks assigned to oneself with minimal supervision and minimal errors.
• High attention to detail and ability to clearly record numbers & data:
  • Work records and machinery logs.
  • Lot numbers and tag information
  • Inventory and/or order quantities
• Comfortable working in small spaces (seed dryers) that require cleaning with compressed air.
• The ability to work from heights of 20 feet on a platform or safety ladder.
• Must wear all required PPE for tasks and comply with LOTO policy.

Work Environment & Schedule

This position is considered a Manufacturing plant environment with heavy machinery and equipment.

Physical demands include but not limited to

• Occasional keyboard or text input repetitive motion transporting of heavy objects pushing/pulling scaling heights and lifting of heavy objects.

Frequent upright stance and traversal of workplace.

Benefits: Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare protection and savingfor the future we offer plans tailored to meet you and your familys needs. Coveragefor benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

Wellbeing: We offer events resources and learning opportunities that inspire aphysical social emotional and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.

Youll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role country region union status and other employment status factors for example:

• Physical - Medical Prescription Drug Dental Vision Screenings/Assessments

• Social - Paid Time Off Company Holidays Leave of Absence Recognition Training

• Emotional Employee Assistance Program Wellbeing Programs Family Support Programs

• Financial 401kLife Accidental Death & Dismemberment Disability

Location(s)

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race color national origin age sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact .