Formulation Team Member

1st Shift

Watertown Facility

Why This Is A Great Job For A Person Who Accepts Nothing Less Than Personal Greatness

Your contribution will ensure that Johnsonville products are of the highest quality and meet our defined standards of safety. You’ll learn about a variety of Harvest processes, expanding your existing knowledge for application into the business of making sausage. There is unlimited opportunity for growth as you become an active contributor to the Formulation Team and assist your team in the quest for continual improvement.

Position Overview

The successful candidate will ensure compliance with safety, quality, and sanitation requirements. In addition, this candidate will establish and sustain effective relationships with all Members so that they may work together to promote innovation and cooperation in order to solve problems.

Essential Duties / Responsibilities

• Work together with other Formulation Members to obtain world class blending results in safety, yields, usages, and efficiencies.
• Participate in daily meetings and project teams
• Think pro-actively and understand how formulation affects plant flow
• Set goals and objectives; both personal and as a team member to acquire superlative performance in order to support the Johnsonville Way

• Prepare equipment for use by utilizing detailed checklists for inspection and assembly
• Perform periodic wash-downs of equipment to prepare for different products
• Learn and excel at every position within the department
• Use SAP software functions for the department
• Complete Formulation Documentation accurately
• Maintain the highest standards of detail as it relates to product specifications and quality
• Must be able to obtain forklift license and keep safe driving record
• Ability to perform responsibilities in a safe and efficient manner
• Comply with USDA regulations, GMP, and safety rules at all times
• Willingness to work overtime as production demands
• Ability to communicate effectively with the team and work toward a goal without direct supervision
• Complete all other duties as assigned

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

Experience / Skills

• Prior food manufacturing experience preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required

• Excellent mechanical and mathematical aptitude
• Ability to read and understand a production schedule
• Ability to work safely from elevated platforms and lifts
• Ability to work in a cold environment
• Ability to work at a pace consistent with the process flow
• Basic computer skills required
• Proven ability to multi-task

Physical Demands

• Must be able to lift 60 pounds
• Walking and/or Standing throughout the shift
• Bending and/or Reaching throughout the shift
• Willingness to work in cold conditions

Location: Watertown, WI

Member Status: Full Time, Hourly

Hours: 1st shift - 5:45am - 2:30pm (end time varies). Overtime expected and required.

Referral Bonus: Refer a new member and you’re BOTH eligible for a $1,000 referral reward (paid out in increments over the new hire’s first 6 months of service)!

How to Apply:

For Internal Members: Log into The Grill. Click on the “Member Central” link. Click on Home, then Careers and apply for the position titled “Formulation Team Member.”

For External Members: Apply at careers.johnsonville.com.

We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability

Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country. We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.

Johnsonville Sausage performs pre-employment, post offer drug screens, physicals and background checks on all external manufacturing candidates.