FORKLIFT LOAD HAULER (Food Manufacturing)

AMPI owns six Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation’s American-type cheese and processed cheese is produced. The cooperative’s award-winning cheese and powdered dairy products are marketed to foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled cheesemakers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time:

• All AMPI employees have an obligation to report employee safety, food safety and food quality issues to personnel of authority.
• This position has a heightened food safety and food quality responsibilities.
• Safely operates forklifts, following all policies and procedures.
• Completes forklift inspections daily, addressing mechanical issues timely.
• Set up, Stage, and maintain various departments and lines with barrels, ingredients, pallets, boxes and other items as needed.
• Properly weigh, label, and record product.
• Removes and wraps full pallets, bringing them to the coolers.
• Keeps coolers clean and organized
• Transports hold pallets from cooler to process.
• Responsible for loading and unloading trucks.
• Assist in the closing operations.
• Checks and fills water levels in forklift battery.
• Ensures proper lot numbers are being used.
• All other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.

BENEFITS/REWARDS

AMPI offers competitive starting pay, PTO, 401k, short-term disability, health, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs and more.

Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Military and veterans are encouraged to apply.