Warehouse Operator

Invest in you, Join Agropur as a Cheese Packager for the Lake Norden Plant. We dairy you!

PTO on your first day of work!

How Agropur invests in YOU:

• Starting Rate: $22.59 hourly

• $1.50hr more for the shift differential

• Two pay increases within a year, up to $1.00

• Sunday Double Time

• 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 7% company contributions

  • 3 Weeks PTO on day 1

  • Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

  • Paid parental leave

  • Advancement Opportunities

  • Healthy work/life balance

Schedule: Night shift 5pm to 5am 2-2-3

Who we are
:

We are an employee-focused organization that promotes from within and are looking for enthusiastic, team-oriented employees to join our growing team. Founded in 1938, Agropur is a top 20 global dairy processor. In addition to being one of the largest award-winning cheese manufacturers, Agropur is a leader in high quality and diverse nutritional whey proteins. Agropur’s 10 US-based, SQF Certified plants are behind some of the most prominent food, beverage, and nutrition brands in the industry.

Vertically integrated by design, Agropur provides future-forward solutions in the areas of cheese, ingredients, beverages, and custom contract manufacturing services. “Better Dairy. Better World.”

• Utilize forklift truck and pallet jack to load and unload product shipments as well as delivery supplies.
• Report any issues with equipment to manager or supervisor.
• Understand and comply with all Quality Assurance policies, and immediately report any potential food safety issues to management.
• Prepare, stage, load and unload trucks and containers safely and accurately.
• Match incoming raw and finished ingredient to the bill of lading.
• Match bills of lading to paper work, container numbers, and seal trucks on outgoing product.
• Examine products to verify conformance to quality standards.
• Pick and stage orders to be shipped.
• Maintain department sanitation duties per sanitation schedule.
• Conduct inventories as needed.
• Keep work area clean and organized.
• Inspect and perform maintenance on forklifts and other material handling equipment.
• Operate production equipment including robots, palletizers, and conveyor systems. (does not apply to LSFI)

• Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Safety Protocol
  • Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.
  • Correct or report any observed safety hazards.
  • Support safety policies and programs.

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.

Education Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience

Required:

• Minimum one (1) year of experience operating a forklift preferred.
• Slip Sheet Unit/ Powerlift Jack operation experience preferred.

Certification/Licensure

Required:

• Pallet jack and forklift certification required; in-house training to achieve certification provided.

Skills Required:

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with colleagues.
• Basic computer operational skills; able to input and retrieve computerized information.
• Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
• Ability to positively influence other team members while providing leadership.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills, establish priorities, ability to multitask, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, quality and cleanliness in work.
• Able to exchange basic informational data (fill out forms/checklists, copy data from one record to another, etc.); interview to gather information; advise others on…