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-Gary Forsman
Below is a list of open jobs. Please click each for more details and to apply.
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Job Summary
Nordsyn Fabrication shop is a division of Forsman Farms and is a growing and team-focused CNC Machining Shop that is seeking a CNC Operator.
The CNC Operator is responsible for operating and maintaining machinery to ensure efficient production. This role involves setting up machines, monitoring their operation, performing quality checks, and making adjustments as needed to ensure the production of high-quality products. The CNC Operator plays a key role in maintaining production schedules and ensuring that safety and quality standards are met.
Responsibilities
- Set up machines according to specifications and ensure they are in proper working condition.
- Operate machines and monitor their performance to ensure they are running efficiently.
- Load materials into machines and unload finished products.
- Perform regular quality checks on products to ensure they meet required specification
- Identify and report any defects or deviations from quality standards.
- Make necessary adjustments to machines to maintain product quality.
- Perform routine maintenance on machines to ensure they are in good working condition.
- Troubleshoot and resolve minor mechanical issues with machines.
- Report any major issues or breakdowns to maintenance personnel.
- Adhere to all safety protocols and regulations while operating machinery.
- Use personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.
- Maintain a clean and organized work area to prevent accidents and injuries.
- Maintain accurate records of machine operations, including production quantities, downtime, and any issues encountered.
- Complete production reports and submit them to the supervisor.
- Work closely with team members and supervisors to ensure smooth production flow.
- Communicate effectively with other operators and maintenance personnel to resolve issues and optimize production.
- Participate in team meetings and provide input on process improvements.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent; technical school training or apprenticeship in machine operation is preferred.
- Proven experience as a machine operator in a manufacturing or industrial setting.
- Proficiency in operating and maintaining various types of machinery.
- Ability to read and interpret technical documents, such as operating manuals and blueprints.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality work.
- Good problem-solving skills and mechanical aptitude.
- Knowledge of safety protocols and regulations related to machine operation.
- Effective communication and teamwork skills.
- Physical ability to perform manual labor, including lifting heavy materials and standing for extended periods.
Starting Pay: $21 – 24
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Job Summary
Forsman Farms is a leading producer of high-quality eggs, committed to sustainability and excellence. We are seeking a motivated Production Quality Assurance Specialist to join our dynamic team to keep producing our high-quality eggs.
The Production Quality Assurance Specialist is responsible for managing the production quality control procedures throughout all production farms. Perform regulatory required tests, internal inspection and audits, and animal welfare observations during production events, document, and review production records to ensure that operations are meeting all regulatory requirements and animal welfare standards. Works with Farm Manager and Handling Specialist Supervisors in event of a deviation or discrepancy.
This position may require monitoring at other farms within the company. Living in an area between the Renville and Litchfield farms would be a plus.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and Maintain Production FDA SE Program and AI Monitoring Program, includes performing tests, paperwork review and record keeping.
- Perform animal welfare observations during flock events and communicate the results with supervisor accordingly.
- Carry out, manage, and document reporting requirements.
- Work with QA Manager to ensure all production process and products follow regulation requirements, customer specification and 3rd party audit standards.
- Perform monthly farm inspection and monitoring checks.
- Inspect and calibrate monitoring equipment.
- Maintain accuracy in all records.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to take direction and follow detailed instructions
- Ability to adjust to changing circumstances, engaging team and work in a fast-paced environment
- Dependable and self-motivated
- Strong communication skills
- Continuously reviewing processes and results and providing feedback to managers
- Ability to identify, propose solutions, implement process improvements, monitor and adjust based on results
- Bilingual a plus
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Food manufacturing experience a plus
- Previous Quality Control experience a plus
Starting Pay: $24-$27 per hour
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Job description
The Sanitation Technician is responsible for cleaning and sanitizing all processing equipment, tools, and utensils to USDA standards.
Responsibilities
- Disassemble all machines to prepare to clean and sanitize
- Clean and sanitize processing facility and equipment including, but not limited to scrubbing, wiping, foaming, and rinsing equipment
- Verify all equipment is sanitized to USDA standards
- Follow cleaning procedures to ensure a safe working environment
- Reassemble machines and prepare for USDA inspection
- Maintain a clean work area
- Follow all company policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment
- Complete all required documentation
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Ability to work independently
- Previous experience working in a food manufacturing plant a plus
- Previous sanitation experience a plus
- Able to frequently bend, squat, twist and lift is required to clean most equipment
- Able to work with cleaning chemicals nightly and learn the proper usage
- Able to follow instructions
- Able to work well within a team
- Strong attention to detail
Starting Pay: 2nd Shift $20-23 and 3rd Shift $22-$25 per hour
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Job description
The Quality Control Technician is responsible for executing the overall quality control procedures throughout the plant.
Responsibilities
- Follow Food Safety/Food Quality Program, Food Security, Good Manufacturing Practices
- Perform a pre-operational check of the processing plant prior to production
- Evaluate various attributes of eggs by sampling them and document results. Communicate findings to Supervisor if results fall below an acceptable standard
- Work with Resident USDA Inspectors to ensure all processes and finished goods are in compliance
- Observe all stages of packaging to ensure eggs are properly packaged, labeled and loaded and that counts are correct for each customer order
- Carry out and document non-conformances and corrective actions
- Perform receiving inspection on incoming goods
- Inspect and calibrate monitoring equipment
- Maintain accuracy in all records
- Perform product food safety/quality related lab testing and be observant of supplies and notify Shift Supervisor if supplies are low
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to take direction and follow detailed instructions
- Ability to adjust to changing circumstances, engaging team and work in a fast-paced environment
- Dependable and self-motivated
- Strong communication skills
- Continuously reviewing processes and results and providing feedback to managers
- Ability to identify, propose solutions, implement process improvements, monitor and adjust based on results
- Bilingual in English and Spanish a plus
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Food manufacturing experience a plus
- Previous Quality Control experience a plus
Starting Pay: $26
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Job description
The Quality Control Technician is responsible for executing the overall quality control procedures throughout the plant.
Responsibilities
- Follow Food Safety/Food Quality Program, Food Security, Good Manufacturing Practices
- Perform a pre-operational check of the processing plant prior to production
- Evaluate various attributes of eggs by sampling them and document results. Communicate findings to Supervisor if results fall below an acceptable standard
- Work with Resident USDA Inspectors to ensure all processes and finished goods are in compliance
- Observe all stages of packaging to ensure eggs are properly packaged, labeled and loaded and that counts are correct for each customer order
- Carry out and document non-conformances and corrective actions
- Perform receiving inspection on incoming goods
- Inspect and calibrate monitoring equipment
- Maintain accuracy in all records
- Perform product food safety/quality related lab testing and be observant of supplies and notify Shift Supervisor if supplies are low
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to take direction and follow detailed instructions
- Ability to adjust to changing circumstances, engaging team and work in a fast-paced environment
- Dependable and self-motivated
- Strong communication skills
- Continuously reviewing processes and results and providing feedback to managers
- Ability to identify, propose solutions, implement process improvements, monitor and adjust based on results
- Bilingual in English and Spanish a plus
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Food manufacturing experience a plus
- Previous Quality Control experience a plus
Starting Pay: $26-$29 per hour
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Job description
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for ensuring facility and manufacturing equipment are operating safely and efficiently, ensuring the highest level of productivity possible. The Maintenance Technician is helps to troubleshoot and repair maintenance equipment at the basic level.
Responsibilities
- Ensure operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventative maintenance or repairs on conveyors, motors, production equipment and machines; follow wiring diagrams, schematics, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer’s instruction/specifications; troubleshoot malfunctioning equipment
- Follow all safety processes/procedures (i.e. lockout/tag out, harness, etc.)
- Minimize/control downtime by informing Plant Manager/Supervisor of routine preventive maintenance techniques; monitoring compliance
- Maintain equipment parts and supplies inventories; check stock to determine inventory level; anticipate needed equipment, parts and supplies; place and expedite orders; verify receipt
- Prepare and submit maintenance and repair forms according to our procedures (i.e. weekly, monthly, etc.)
- Locate source(s) of problem by observing mechanical devices in operation
- Maintain safe and clean working environment; comply with all procedures, rules, and regulations
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Previous maintenance, electrical and/or mechanical experience preferred
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good reasoning and problem-solving ability
- Must be able to adjust work speed accordingly and work in fast-paced environment
- Work well with others, team oriented, strong communication verbal and written
- Ability to lift 60 lbs
- Ability to work/stand for 10+ hours per day
Starting Pay: $28-$32 per hour
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Job Summary
We are currently seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Forklift Operator to join our team at our distribution plant. The Forklift Operator is responsible for unloading all incoming loads and loading all outgoing loads at the distribution plant.
Responsibilities
- Load all outgoing finished goods to meet customer specifications
- Unload all incoming eggs as needed into the high rise or cooler
- Move eggs as needed from the cooler into the high rise
- Load clean materials as needed to supply our farms and contract growers
- Unload raw materials into dry storage as needed
- Move trailers around the plant with the yard dog
- Verify that paperwork matches incoming and outgoing loads and meets quality standards
- Validate pallet counts are correct
- Verify pallets are correct as they are entered into the system
- Follow instructions as directed by lead on RFID related issues
- Verify the condition of the pallets before moving them into the high rise
- Keep work area clean, follow GMP, and wear appropriate PPE
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- A good understanding of warehouse operations and logistics.
- Basic math skills and the ability to accurately count inventory.
- Ability to follow specific detailed instructions.
- Familiarity with shipping and receiving procedures.
- Ability to lift, bend, and move objects as needed.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
- Prior experience in a distribution center or warehouse setting preferred.
- Work well with others, team oriented, strong communication verbal and written
- Prior forklift operation or certification in forklift operation is a plus.
Starting Pay: $23-$26 per hour
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Job Summary
The Loader Operator’s main responsibility is to keep the plant supplied with eggs while ensuring the loader robot is operating effectively and efficiently to distribute eggs throughout the plant.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain, upon arrival in the morning, perform robot machine start up
- Call eggs to robots according to the daily plan
- Monitor equipment function and fix issues in a timely manner; escalate more complex issues if needed
- Monitor materials; ensure dirty material is directed to the wash robots
- Work closely with grader technician(s) on how many pallets they need before switching product type
- Communicate closely with liquid department team members regarding product type changes
- Keep work area clean, follow GMP, and wear appropriate PPE
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Ability to take direction and follow detailed instructions
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Dependable and self-motivated
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to identify and provide feedback for process improvement
- Technologically and mechanically inclined to be able to troubleshoot robots & loaders
Starting Pay: $24-$27 per hour (1st Shift) $26-$29 (2nd Shift)
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Job Summary
We are currently seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Liquid Load Out Operator to join our team at our distribution plant. The Liquid Load Out Operator performs a variety of tasks to ensure eggs are transferred safely, accurately, and in an efficient manner to provide a quality product.
Responsibilities:
- Performing the necessary procedures to safely transfer egg from an egg silo to a liquid egg tanker. (Cleaning parts, parts installation, connecting hoses.)
- Maintaining load out bay and breaker room cleanliness during shift
- Following the daily plan, being aware of the egg type that is currently being processed, and an understanding of quantity goals for specific orders.
- Safely moving liquid egg tankers in and out of the load out bay as needed using a yard jockey or semi-truck.
- Properly filling out necessary paperwork.
- Coordinating and assisting delivery drivers with accurately hooking up to the right tankers and ensuring that they receive and sign the correct paperwork according to their assigned order.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Ability to take direction and follow detailed instructions
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication skills
Starting Pay: $24-$27 per hour (1st Shift) $26-$29 (2nd Shift)
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Job Summary
We are currently seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Grader Operator to join our team at our distribution plant. The Grader Operator is responsible for palletizing, denesting, and the flow of product from entry into denesting through plant and out the cooler door.
Starting and ending times may vary.
Responsibilities
- Work in multiple stations between different processing equipment
- Manually load egg flats onto conveyor, packing eggs in boxes
- Loading boxes and/or cartons into equipment, stacking boxes on pallets
- Moving finished product into cooler, utilizing forklifts, electric and manual pallet jacks
- Candling eggs, inspecting eggs
- Removing inedible egg from collecting containers and discarding via cable/tubing system
- Wash egg storing equipment, keep work areas clean
- Ensure denester team is aware and prepared when product type is changing
- Monitor issues with the grader machines
- Verify egg size; ensure eggs are getting the appropriate packaging
- Serve as liaison with quality team
- Print labels for pelletizing
- Work closely with USDA representative
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Self-motivated
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to stand for 10+ hours
- Ability to bend, squat, twist, push, & pull
- Ability to lift up to 30 lbs regularly and 60 lbs on occasion
Starting Pay: $20-$23 per hour
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Production Layer Manager Internship:
Forsman farms is one of the largest egg producers in Minnesota, making the list of top 30 egg producers in the United States in 2023. What does that mean for you? Opportunity! As an intern at Forsman Farms, you will get to experience poultry production from raising pullets, ways in which to keep our birds safe and protected, managing workforce, and keeping a barn operating efficiently. This valuable time will prepare you for a successful layer management career. We are optimistic about the future of Forsman Farms and hope to welcome you to the team! The Production Layer Manager leads all functions in layer operations to producing safe, quality eggs at their site. The Production Layer Manager is also responsible for understanding, communicating, and implementing company standards across the farm. This role is responsible for managing a team of approximately 15-20 employees.
Responsibilities of a Layer Manager. You will get the opportunity to observe, ask questions, and perform the following:
- Review production data with team and develop action items to improve performance
- Develop and drive site results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; and coaching employees
- Effectively communicate with employees across the organization to collaborate on company goals and standards
- Train team on company standards, expectations, and regulations
- Lead team as a results-driven manager, continuously recognizing, researching, and implementing process improvement to drive company performance
- Responsible for implementing Forsman Farms culture, policies, and expectations
- Manage day to day projects, efficiently delegating projects and responsibilities among team members
- Implement company policies, procedures, and production standards to create a safe work environment
- Develop staff by recruiting, selecting, and training employees
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications When seeking talent to fill our Layer Manager position, individuals identified as “qualified” reflect the following traits and/or skills:
- Have previous farm experience or ability to learn farm operations
- Have the ability to lead and motivate a diverse team to achieve goals
- Are self-motivated with the ability to work independently
- Have the ability to seek, identify, and investigate deficiencies and provide continuous process improvement
- Are a critical thinker with discretionary decision-making ability to act in best interest of the company
- Are an effective communicator
- Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred, or ability to find effective ways of communicating with an English & Spanish speaking workforce
If you are passionate about fostering and continuing high-quality egg production while learning more about Production Layer Management, we encourage you to apply!
Starting Pay: $20 per hour
BENEFITS
Full-time positions are eligible for full benefits package, which includes:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Medical Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- 401(k) with 4% Company Match
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Pay