Processing Operator Trainee
Role Overview
• Operate and adjust processing equipment to maintain smooth line flow and product quality
• Monitor waste levels, blend rates, and product consistency using process control systems
• Start, stop, and sequence equipment for cut changes, downtime, and emergencies
• Perform water system operations to maintain quality and minimize usage
• Communicate with QA, maintenance, and leadership to ensure optimal performance
• Conduct quality checks (peel loss, salinity, grid checks) and enter data into QA systems
• Maintain sanitary conditions and support weekend cleanups and sanitation duties
• Own equipment from even-flow bins through fryers and freeze tunnels
• Follow all safety procedures and wear required PPE
• Participate in safety programs and demonstrate leadership in plant safety culture
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About Lamb Weston
You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it!
As a leading manufacturer in our industry, 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.Â
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.
Summary
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Job Description
- Operate and adjust processing equipment to maintain smooth line flow and product quality
- Monitor waste levels, blend rates, and product consistency using process control systems
- Start, stop, and sequence equipment for cut changes, downtime, and emergencies
- Perform water system operations to maintain quality and minimize usage
- Communicate with QA, maintenance, and leadership to ensure optimal performance
- Conduct quality checks (peel loss, salinity, grid checks) and enter data into QA systems
- Maintain sanitary conditions and support weekend cleanups and sanitation duties
- Own equipment from even-flow bins through fryers and freeze tunnels
- Follow all safety procedures and wear required PPE
- Participate in safety programs and demonstrate leadership in plant safety culture
Basic & Preferred Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED preferred
- Ability to work 12-hour shifts, weekends, and rotating schedules
- Comfortable using computers, touchscreens (HMI), and 2-way radios
- Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal)
- Willingness to complete required training (Sanitation, Lock-out/Tag-out)
- Forklift certification preferred (or ability to become certified)
- Experience in food processing or manufacturing
- Familiarity with optical sorters, LADRES, or similar equipment
- A proactive mindset and attention to detail
- Understanding of safe lifting techniques and chemical handling
Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Â Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:
- Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
- Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
- Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
- Family-Friendly Employee events
- Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services
Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law
Company Profile
Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world.
For more than 60 years, Lamb Weston has led the industry in innovation, introducing inventive products that simplify back-of-house management for our customer and make things more delicious for their customers.
It’s all about seeing the possibilities in potatoes and never, ever settling.
Learn more about us at lambweston.com.
Location_formattedLocationLong: American Falls, Idaho US
Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world.
For more than 60 years, Lamb Weston has led the industry in innovation, introducing inventive products that simplify back-of-house management for our customer and make things more delicious for their customers.
It’s all about seeing the possibilities in potatoes and never, ever settling.
Learn more about us at lambweston.com.
About Lamb Weston
Produces and distributes frozen potato products to global markets.
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