We are looking for an energetic, fast-paced, hardworking, and reliable employee to join our 1st shift team! Ornua Ingredients offers competitive starting wages along with an excellent benefits package. Wage: $17.75, opportunity to increase with additional training + 8% quarterly bonus opportunity
Schedule: Monday-Thursday 5am - 2pm and Friday 5am-9am; overtime as required.
Job Summary: The Warehouse Associate re-palletizes cheese that has cooled and prepares it for warehouse storage. This role works in a team environment to prepare cheese products to ship to customers. All tasks are performed in a busy environment with limited supervision. The Warehouse Associate will prepare, receive, order and export warehouse deliveries, to include job site content and consumables.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • The stacker re-palletizes cheese that has cooled down under 50 degrees. • Sample and check the cheese as required and deliver to the Quality Control lab for testing. • Stack pallets of properly cooled cheese while inspecting the boxes for damage or any other variation; report deficiencies to proper parties. • Clean up spills in a timely manner and keep work area orderly. • Perform duties following all good manufacturing practices (GMP's) including food, equipment, and operating safety requirements. • Complete all necessary cleaning and workplace sanitation requirements. • Record production/warehousing information in a tablet, scanner, computer or by hand. • Identify variation in cheese manufacturing processes, troubleshoot and report to supervisor if unable to resolve. • Attend all required company training. • Flexible to support work in all areas as needed. • Other duties may be required as needed to meet production demand.
Required Skills and Abilities: • Verbal/written communication skills • Work as a member of a team • Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and act upon them • Time management skills • Uphold confidentiality of sensitive information • High attention to detail • Maintain excellent attendance
Education and Experience: High school diploma or equivalent Prior forklift operation preferred
Physical Requirements: Continuously lift up to 55 pounds Stand continuously Walk frequently Climb ramps or stairs Push/pull materials form conveyors Sit rarely
Environmental Conditions: Refrigerated warehouse environment General manufacturing conditions