Ornua Co-operative Limited is hiring: Warehouse Associate in Town of Hillsboro

Overview

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: $18, 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.

Qualifications

• Required Skills and Abilities: Work as a member of a team
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and act upon them
• Uphold confidentiality of sensitive information
• High attention to detail
• Maintain excellent attendance

• Education and Experience: High school diploma or equivalent

• Physical Requirements: Continuously lift up to 55 pounds
• Stand continuously
• Walk frequently
• Climb ramps or stairs
• Push/pull materials form conveyors

Environmental Conditions

• Refrigerated warehouse environment
• General manufacturing conditions

Nearest Major Market: La Crosse
Nearest Secondary Market: Winona