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Special Relief 2

Lakeside Foods, Inc.

Owatonna, MNFull-time$21.96/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$21.96/hr
Location
Owatonna, MN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Special Relief team member supports Lakeside Foods’ production operations by performing varied department roles. The work includes bean blanching and soaking, material movement, cooker operations, sauce preparation, equipment monitoring, and maintaining activity logs. The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent, computer literacy, and forklift operating experience. The position is on-site in Owatonna, Minnesota, and offers a stated pay rate of $21.96 per hour.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Common SenseComputer LiteracyForklift OperationTeamworkCooperationRespect

Qualifications

High School Diploma or EquivalentForklift Operating Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Job Duties

At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people's lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together - valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there's a seat at the table for you.

Become One of Our Valued Production Team Members:

Here at Lakeside Foods, the Special Relief team member is a very important part of our production operations. Utility team members are respected team members, performing a variety of roles within the department. If you are a driven and organized individual with a can-do attitude, we want to talk with you.

What You'll Get

Pay Range

$21.96 Per Hour

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision

HSA/FSA

Life Insurance

Short- and Long-Term Disability

Accident, Hospital, and Critical Illness

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness programs

Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays

401(k) plan with company match

Profit Sharing

Additional

Preventative Maintenance Season (November - May): Four 10's Monday - Thursday

Stable work environment with a growing company

Schedules to maintain work/life balance

Prescription safety glasses & safety shoe reimbursement

Advancement Opportunities

Paid onsite and offsite training

Varied tasks from day-to day

An Employer that works hard to ensure your safety on the job

Positive work environment with family spirit

What You'll Do:

Ensure the safety procedures are followed

Incorporate good manufacturing practices established at the location

Required to follow established HACCP procedures developed at the location

Responsible for the correct blanch of presoaked beans for process.

Moves materials to and from blanch / soak area within a storage facility using material handling equipment.

Ability to maintain daily activity log sheets

Cooker Operations

Sauce Preparation

Demonstrate good lift truck skills, dewatering, and blancher equipment in an efficient manner.

Detects malfunction of equipment and inform appropriate personnel.

Become knowledgeable of all dry bean standards to ensure finished product grades.

Monitors and adjust soaked bean volume to meet daily production time requirements

Responsible for the proper mixing procedures and concentrations of soaking additives (CALC)

Performs other duties as assigned or requested by manager.

What You'll Bring:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions

Computer literacy

Forklift operating experience

Through individual and team efforts, enthusiastically work toward the continuous improvement of his/her job, work area, department, and Lakeside as a whole.

Fully participate in TAL by "living" Lakeside's Standards of Conduct and being an active member of operational and project teams. By action and work, clearly and visibly demonstrate the spirit of teamwork, cooperation and respect for others in all business transactions and exchanges.

Where You'll Work:

WELCOME TO OWATONNA

Located one hour south of Minneapolis, Owatonna is rich in history. From Historic Downtown shops, restaurants and outdoor concerts, to over 700 acres of parklands and walkways, there is something for everyone in Owatonna

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. Lakeside Foods participates in E-Verify.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

An Equal Opportunity Employer

M/F/D/V

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Minimum Experience Required

None

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

Yes

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

No

Physical Required

Yes

Drug Test Required

Yes

Compensation

$11.41 / Hourly

Postal Code

55060

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

1403003700

Job Benefits

Not specified

How this job compares

Set against the 2,028 open Production jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$21.96/hr
  • Minnesota median$21–22/hr65 hourly ranges
  • US median$20–22/hr921 hourly ranges

This rate, $21.96/hr, is close to the Minnesota median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the middle half of Production hourly ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 78 open Production jobs in Minnesota and 2,028 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
Production postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (623 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 957 of the 2,028 open Production jobs (47%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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