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Extruder Operator

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Job ID 315652 Date posted 10/03/2025 Location : Owatonna, Minnesota Category  BUILD OPERATE MAINTAIN (PLANT OPNS) Job Status  Hourly Full Time

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

Job Type: Full Time
Shift(s) Available: Night
Sign-On Bonus: $2500
Compensation: $25.00/hr. up to $27.00/hr. depending on experience
Shift Differential: $0.75/hr.

Applicable Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance
  • Health and Wellness Incentives
  • Paid Vacation and Holidays
  • 401(k) with Cargill matching contributions
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Discounts

Key Accountabilities

Principal Accountabilities 

  • Extrude quality product in an efficient manner, inspecting every 30 minutes
  • Conduct and document quality in-process checks
  • Ensure proper additive ingredients are being used and applied at the specified rates
  • Set-up die plates and knife heads
  • Minimize start-up and change-over times working as efficiently as possible
  • Communicate with batching and meat room operators with understanding of product flow
  • Keeping working area and extrusion line clean and orderly
  • Assist in weekly sanitation of equipment
  • Transfer responsibilities from shift to shift

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
  • Must be 18 years or older
  • Ability to perform physical job duties which may include bending, lifting to 50lbs, kneeling, climbing, crawling, and twisting safely, with or without a reasonable accommodation
  • Ability to work in varied indoor and outdoor conditions which may include heat, cold, dust, loud noise, etc., with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Must be able to operate machinery and/or industrial equipment
  • Ability to understand and communicate in English(verbal/written)
  • Basic computer skills
  • Ability to work overtime including weekends, holidays, or different shifts with advance notice
  • 1 year experience in production or plant environment

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience operating forklifts and/or similar equipment
  • High School diploma or Equivalent
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft office software, with an emphasis on Excel and Word
  • Experience operating food processing equipment

Considered candidates will receive a phone call from a (952) area code. Please note that this position does not include relocation reimbursement.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.



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