Cheese Packager

Cheese Packager at Agropur summary:

Cheese Packager responsible for packaging cheese products safely and efficiently, ensuring correct bags, boxes, labels, and documentation while performing quality checks (scale, metal detector) and sanitation. Role includes rotating duties, coordinating cooler organization, assisting maintenance, and safely operating a forklift; no prior experience required and in-house training provided. Position is full-time with rotational 2-2-3 schedule, competitive pay, benefits, and work location in Hull, Iowa at a large dairy production facility.

Invest in you, Join Agropur. We dairy you!

Work only 14 shifts per month and enjoy more long weekends!

How Agropur invests in YOU:

• Starting wage of $21.11
• Two pay increases within the first year up to $1.00
• $1.50 Shift Differential + Double Time on Sundays and Holidays
• 2-2-3 Rotational Schedule

• Competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial, and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long-term Disability Insurance

• 401(k) with up to a 7% company match
• 3 Weeks PTO
• Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
  • Advancement Opportunities
  • Healthy work/life balance

What’s involved in this role:

We are looking for a Cheese Packager in Hull, Iowa
.

The Cheese Packager I - Hull is responsible for packaging cheese products in a safe and efficient manner. Ensure compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices and safe work practices. Cheese Packagers rotate duties within the department.

• Maintain a general knowledge of the cheese production process and procedures.
• Ensure that all products are packaged in the proper bag, proper box, and proper label with the proper manufacturing date, vat number and any other necessary information.
• Ensure that all necessary paperwork is completed and passed on to the cheese supervisor properly and timely.
• Facilitate quality assurance tests such as scale checks and metal detector checks.
• Work with the packaging team to ensure proper sanitation of all packaging room equipment and conveyors.
• Work with the maintenance team to facilitate necessary preventative maintenance of packaging equipment.
• Assist in coordinating cooler organization and maintaining the cooler in good condition.
• Safely operate a forklift.

What you need to join our team:

• High School Education or equivalent preferred.

• No experience required; in-house training provided.

Where you’ll be working:

Hull, Iowa

• Our Hull, Iowa, plant is home to approximately 180 employees. We produce mozzarella, parmesan, romano, cheddar, gouda, and Monterey Jack cheeses as well as various whey streams.
• Agropur’s US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties, and provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheese making process. As one of the world’s largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy.
  
  Better World.

We dairy you! JOIN AGROPUR.

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.

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position.

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.

Keywords:

cheese packager, food packaging, dairy production, quality assurance, sanitation, forklift operation, packaging line, Good Manufacturing Practices, cooler organization