Packing Quality Control

Highline Mushrooms; Leamington; On-site; CAD 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health, vision & dental for I

Life insurance and dependent life

Short term disability

Annual safety shoe allowance

Pension matching

Overtime eligible

Job summary

Highline Mushrooms is seeking a dedicated team member in Leamington, ON to ensure food safety compliance, verify required documentation, and maintain records. The role focuses on packaging and labeling accuracy, temperature control, and overall product integrity at the Kingsville packaging area.

Responsibilities include verifying SKUs, correct labels, and date codes; calibrating scales; and maintaining temperature control.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible to work in Canada.
• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Previous forklift experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Verifies completed, vacuumed product, checking SKUs and validating customer requirements.
• Ensures labels are correct on case label and date code across packaging room.
• Performs packing scale calibrations.
• Conducts temperature verifications within cooler and packaging/slice room.
• Maintains proper temperature control of product.
• Loads and unloads trucks (Kingsville only).
• Supports Highline culture and acts as a brand ambassador.
• Interacts respectfully with others, maintaining confidentiality and dignity.
• Develops and fosters an engaged workforce with professionalism.
• Follows PPE and safety equipment policies; reports unsafe conditions.
• Reports all incidents, injuries and near misses to Supervisor.
• Cooperates with Early and Safe Return to Work if needed.
• Ensures mushrooms are packaged per customer specs as instructed by Supervisor/QA.
• Packages mushrooms to minimize damage/contamination and ensure quality.
• Reports packaging quality or quantity anomalies to Packaging Manager.
• Completes documentation per food safety and quality policy.
• Performs any other duties as assigned.

Skills

Eligible to work in Canada

Age 16+

Forklift experience (asset)

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Highline's Vision and Values:

Passionately nourish people, the environment and the community, through embracing our core values, which include:

We do the right thing, always. We lead the way. We are fanatical about quality. We are transparent in our relationships. We always consider the human element. We embrace diversity and inclusion.

Position Summary:

Responsible for ensuring food safety compliance, verifying the completion of required documentation, and record maintenance.

General Duties:

• Verifies completed, vacuumed product, looking at product sku’s and validating customer requirements

• Ensuring labels are correct, including but not limited to, the case label and date code across entire packaging room

• Packing scale calibrations

• Temperature verifications within the cooler and packaging/ slice room

• Maintains and records proper temperature control of product

• Loads and unloads trucks (Kingsville only)

• Embrace and support the Highline culture and values, acting as a brand ambassador at all times

• Interact with others in a manner that promotes respect, confidentiality and dignity

• Develop and actively foster an engaged work force, displaying professionalism at all times

• Adheres to the Safety Policies, including use of proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other safety equipment

• Reports unsafe conditions immediately to the Supervisor

• Reports all incidents, injuries and near misses to the Supervisor immediately

• Cooperates in the Early and Safe Return to Work Program if an injury or medical illness requires accommodation

• Ensures mushrooms are packaged within customer specifications as instructed by the Supervisor, Manager and Quality department

• Ensures mushrooms are packaged in a manner that reduces or eliminates mushroom damage or contamination and ensures the highest quality mushrooms

• Reports any anomalies of packaging quality, quantities to the Packaging Manager

• Completion of documentation per food safety and quality policy program

• Performs any other duties that may be assigned as required

Qualifications:

• Must be eligible to work in Canada.

• Must be at least 16 years of age.

• Previous forklift experience is an asset

Earnings:

• $18.67 per hour

Benefits:

• Extended health, vision and dental for associates and their eligible family members

• Life insurance and dependent life insurance

• Short term disability

• Annual safety shoe allowance

• Pension matching

• Overtime eligible

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Vacancies: 2

Locations of Work:

• 506 Mersea Rd. 5, Leamington, ON N8H 3V5

Highline encourages applications from all qualified candidates. When requested, Highline will accommodate people with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment, assessment and hiring process.

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