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Job Details Updated Sept. 18, 2006

here is a job opening at Lumen Foods at almost any given time. Below are the positions for which we are accepting applications at the Lake Charles, Louisiana office. All involve employment at any one of three different facilities, but all are in Lake Charles. If you have questions, or wish to submit a resume via email, either send via email attachment (MS-Word or Acrobat file preferred) or use the comment box below. [Note: greyed out text indicates recently filled jobs that have now been taken off the "job opening" list.] If you are unfamiliar with how to get to our offices, see Lake Charles overview (our location inside Lake Charles), or Directions to our home office.
Prospective employees must be willing to submit to drug testing - in addition to professional examination to determine basic skill and core competencies, where applicable.

BOOKKEEPER -- Day-shift (9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.). Full-charge (including A/P, A/R, payroll & general ledger); Peachtree experience a plus. Must deal with customers, vendors, and subcontractors, so good phone manners are necessary.
COOK -- Mid-shift (11 p.m. to 6 p.m.). Experience in food processing plant a plus, but solid background in restaurant work and we will train. Hourly: depending on experience.
ORDER PROCESSOR -- Full time (9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.). Good spelling, syntax, grammer, and diction a must. Must also answer phones (backup to receptionist) and take orders. Typing speed: 50+ wpm. Must be proficient with Windows 98 and XP. Will train you to use contact management and order fulfillment software. $7 per hour to start.
PACKAGING CLERK -- Mid-shift (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.). No experience necessary, but must be willing to go through our rigorous training program. Starting hourly: $5.15.
PACKAGING MACHINE OPERATOR -- Day-shift (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Vertical form-fill-and-seal operator. Experience with other similar filling equipment a big plus. A bigger plus is any experience with Mirapak Vertical F&F, or Kliklok Woodman Profitmaker 5 and 7, or Pacemaker series machines. If you have strong electromechanical skills, we can readily train you. Starting hourly for apprentices: $5.50.
MICROBIOLOGIST (P/T with flexible working hours) ... Candidate should have bachelor's in microbiology, chemistry, or biology. One year or more in bench work preferred. Job responsibilities include challenge tests, purity and related chemical analysis tests, and disinfectant efficacy tests (i.e. AOAC hard surface carrier and/or phenol tests). Resumes can be submitted via email.
RECEPTIONIST -- Day-shift (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Must be professional and presentable. Good phone skills and pleasant manners a must. Experience in mail order operations, order desk, customer service, or field sales operations are a plus. Your command of the English language must be well above average. Starting hourly, DOE.
SHIPPING CLERK -- Day-shift (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). Min. two years experience in shipping/receiving environment for manufacturing operation. Experience with UPS software (MaxiShip, etc.) a plus, as is experience with mail order operations. Starting hourly: $7.00 ... DOE.
TYPIST -- (9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) Temporary full-time position involving the transcription of several hundred pages of research text that will be posted to one of our web sites (www.preservx.com) A working knowledge of HTML is a plus, along with elemental bitmap imaging manipulation (i.e. scanning, re-sizing, sharpening, etc. with Photoshop or Micrographx Picture Publisher (Webtricity)). Hourly rate: $6.50 or higher, depending on speed and professional experience.
WEB DESIGNER -- (9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) Candidate must have strong working knowledge of all tags through HTML 4.0 and good working knowledge of Java applications. Formal training in graphic arts and/or strong, innate aesthetic design sense is crucial. Mastery of animated banner ads a big plus. Some knowledge of PERL 5.0 a plus. Salary DOE.
WRITER -- Candidate must work at the home office in Lake Charles to provide sufficient oversight of the project. Full time (40 hours - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Pre-med (2 yrs.) education and HTML proficiency are big pluses. This job entails writing articles on the relationship between cancer and diet; internet sourcing and research; and assisting with the composition of one master paper (10,000 words) that ties all the common elements of the works together in one cohesive monograph. Strong and original composition skills required. You must also be very self-disciplined, have all the qualities of a 'self-starter,' and exhibit attention to details. You will not be working alone -- but will be coordinating with another web designer within the company. This job is a permanent position. Hourly pay: About $8.50 an hour to start, depending on experience.


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