Material Handler
Job Category: Operations
Location: Newport News, VA 23605, USA
Shift: 2nd
Hours: 12:00pm-8:30pm. Must be able to work overtime, weekends and holidays.
Hourly Pay: $17.50 per hour
Why You Will Love Working At Maola:
- Built on over a century of dedication, Maola is always looking aheadinvesting in our people, strengthening our communities, and securing fresh, local dairy for the future.
- Join a farmer-owned cooperative rooted in integrity, sustainability, and a passion for providing fresh, high-quality Maola dairy products.
- We prioritize your well-being with competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with employer match, Life Insurance, paid time off, and moreavailable within your first month.
- Our employees are an integral part of who we are what you do and what you think matters.
Summary
Supports production needs by setting up, adjusting, and operating bottle handling equipment, labelers, and video jets.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Maintains clean work area and equipment.
- Checks bottles for proper code and label when a change-over takes place.
- Monitors the Alpine: clears jams and reroutes jugs as needed.
- Maintains jug supply and storage; communicates with supervisor regarding bottle trailer needs.
- Keeps machines running to the bagging machine
- Operates bagging machine when production is down.
- Communicates with lead person or supervisor when issues arise.
- Assists Maintenance when equipment is down.
- Follows all Safety Procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and overtime.
Basic Requirements
- High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
Competencies
- Communication
- Accountability
- Customer Focused
- Initiative
- Problem-Solving
- Collaboration
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee must be able to reach, bend, extend, and lift 50-60 pounds. It also requires reaching and handling dairy products and pushing and pulling stacks of products weighing up to 200lbs.
Work Environment
The work environment may require working in the cooler room with varying degrees of temperature and may include contact with water or dairy liquids.
Exposed to a noise level of 90 decibels. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate/high. Wet/slippery work conditions.
Maola Local Dairies is a farmer-owned cooperative sustainably producing a full suite of nutritious dairy products.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.