Harvest Operator (Flex Shift)

Title: Harvest Operator (Flex Shift)

Location: Paterson, WA

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000 team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

Operate Pea Harvest equipment and/or tractor. The position is seasonal. Late May to mid-July

Job Description

• Operates harvesters, tractors and tractor-drawn machinery for all phases of harvesting operations.
• Fills out work sheets as needed.
• Cleans and maintains equipment per Lamb Weston Food Safety Policy
• Performs routine duties with minimal supervision.
• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to Supervisor and/or Human Resources
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Education/ Certifications: (Required & Preferred)

• Valid state issued Driver License
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Basic verbal communication skills
• No experience required.
  
  

Physical Environment/Demands

• Some travel may be required (75% of time if significant)
• Incumbents may sit for long periods of time in a pea combine.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties.
  
  

[[Typical Plant Role Examples]]

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds and to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently.
• Exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature.
• Ability to do repetitious arm, wrist and hand movements required for job actions and procedures.
• Must be able to work with hands and arms overhead, and to work in or under the equipment.
• Requires manual dexterity, overall coordination and good balance to work both at ground level and in high places to perform job duties.Ability to operate work related equipment.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  
  

[[Job Specific Role Examples]]

• Valid Driver’s License and driving record that meets Lamb Weston Driving Standards
• Climbing to various heights via stairs or ladders on a regular basis
  
  

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. 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.

Job Requisition ID: Req-257313

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 05/01/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s work location, job duties, experience and expertise. A reasonable hourly estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $18.97

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