Milk Plant Production Worker

Objective

This positions oversees the daily operation, set-up, and sanitation of all bottling equipment.

Compensation
This a an hourly paid position, scheduled as a 5 day work week (Monday through Friday) and 40 hours per week; flexibility in your schedule is essential. A typical start time is 5AM.

Requirements
- Required to have basic math skills (multiply, percentage, ratios, addition, subtraction, divide)
- Must have good personal hygiene
- Must have excellent communication skills and connects well with other people
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to multi-task
- Problem solve for the good of the company
- Flexible and works well with change
- Willingness and ability to learn new skills
- Cleaning experience helpful, but not required
- Being mechanically inclined will help, but not required
- Production line work helpful, but not required
- Pallet jack experience helpful
- This is a very physical job that requires frequent lifting, bending, and standing on concrete

Duties & Responsibilities
- Operations, set-up, and switch over of filler equipment. This includes fine-tuning the settings on the filler according the package size you are running.

- Operations and set-up of dater and labeler. Making sure that the correct code date and label are present on every package.

- Know how to properly clean machinery between flavors and at the end of the day.

- Switchboard operation. You must make clear decisions when moving any of the toggles.

- Stock packaging.

- Assist in maintaining the quality of our products by checking the fill level, texture, weight, package cleanliness, and package printing.

Overview­
This description provides the important aspects of the job but does not list out every detail. Every employee is to provide assistance to one another in times of employee shortages and/or large projects and difficult times. In our small family business we work as a team to accomplish common goals. It is also a requirement to work well with your peers, maintaining composed and work-focused behaviors.

Core Values
1. We value our employees and will provide an environment for growth, development, and engagement.

2. We provide high quality products and services that meet or exceed our customer’s and company’s expectations.

3. We support a culture of continuous improvement in all areas to maximize profitability for long term success.

4. We value strong long term relationships with our employees, customers, and suppliers and will treat them with honesty, respect, and integrity.

5. We are a family driven organization that is a respected member of the community and a good steward of the environment.

Our mission is to provide our customers with fresh and wholesome dairy products from our family farm. We will continue to cultivate working relationships with our employees and suppliers and look for ways to provide the highest level of service to our customers. We commit ourselves to being a respected member of the community and a good steward of the environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Manufacturing: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person