Case Dock Laborer 1st shift

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.; Nashville, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company contribution

Healthcare benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Career growth opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Uniforms provided

Employee rewards

Referral program

Job summary

Purity Dairies in Nashville is hiring a Case Dock Laborer to support production schedules by managing empty cases, maintaining equipment, and moving cases with pallet jacks or milk hooks. The role requires GMP compliance and effective cross-department communication.

The position offers first shift hours, competitive pay, and a strong benefits package with growth opportunities within Dairy Farmers of America family.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience preferred but not required.
• Be physically able to stand, walk, push/pull, and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must work in a wet environment and follow GMP.
• Flexible hours including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Be able to effectively work in a team environment.
• Be able to legibly write entries for record keeping.

Responsibilities

• Ensure empty cases are available to production to meet schedules.
• Maintain and clean equipment in the assigned area.
• Slide case stacks from truck using milk hook or pallet jack as appropriate.
• Ensure conveyor tracks are filled with empty cases to prevent production delays.
• Confirm empty case area is full of cases at end of shift to help next shift.

Skills

Physical fitness

Teamwork

Record keeping

Mathematics

Fast-paced environment

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Pallet jack

Job description

Purity Dairies is looking for a Case Dock Laborer for our Nashville facility.

We offer competitive pay, comprehensive benefit package, great growth opportunities, and scholarship opportunities for you and your family.

The schedule will be 1st Shift- Monday-Friday 6:00am-2:30pm

Come join the best team in town!!

Purity Dairyhas immediate job openings for a Case Dock Laborer to perform all-purpose duties, which may include ensuring empty cases are available to production departments to meet production schedules. Maintain and clean all equipment in assigned area, slide case stacks from truck using milk hook or pallet jack as appropriate, ensure conveyor tracks are filled with empty cases to prevent production delays, and confirm empty case area is full of cases at end of shift to help next shift with production run. Case Dock Laborer will be required to follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and communicate effectively with all departments.

Purity Dairy is a farmer-owned brand of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a dairy marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers.Our mark matters and it represents the wholesomeness of dairy that we share with our communities and loved ones. DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products, including cheese, butter, fluid milk, ice cream, dairy ingredients and more, under well-known and established regional brands. Our fingerprints touch thousands of brands across the marketplace, and we’re passionate about delivering the simple pleasures of dairy to people everywhere, straight from our family farm-owners.

By joining DFA, you can help us continue to make a difference that matters. We care deeply about the well-being of our neighbors and friends, and we celebrate the diversity of our company and our world. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities – come join us!

It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities – come join us!

OUR CASE DOCK LABORERS FOR THIS POSITION CAN MAKE UP TO:

• $20.25 per hour

SCHEDULE:

• 1st shift Monday – Friday 6:00am to 2:30pm Saturdays as needed.

BENEFITS:

• 401(k) with company contribution
• Competitive pay
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Career growth opportunities – we promote from within!
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Service recognition and employee rewards
• Employee referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Uniforms provided
• Work for dairy farm families

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Experience preferred but not required.
• Able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Must be able to stand, walk, pull, push, reach, and bend virtually the entire shift.
• Must be able to lift- up to 50 pounds and assist others when lifting is necessary.
• Must be able to work in a wet environment.
• May occasionally be exposed to cleaning chemicals.
• Must be willing to work flexible hours including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Be able to effectively work in a team environment.
• Be able to legibly write entries for record keeping.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

DFA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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