Cheese Packaging & Curing Technician - 1st Shift

Lactalis American Group Inc; Town of Belmont (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lactalis Belmont Wisconsin is hiring for a Float Packager & Curing Operator to support packaging and curing operations in a dairy manufacturing setting. You will handle cheese during packaging, inspect for foreign material, apply labels, and ensure proper sealing and palletization.

The role emphasizes quality control, safety, and adherence to company standards. A high school diploma and 2+ years in a food industry are preferred, with a starting pay around $22.35 per hour plus weekend premium.

Qualifications

• A high school degree is preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in a food industry setting is preferred.
• Best practices and good industrial practices.
• Safety awareness.
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Dependability and Reliability.
• Attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the quality of packed cheese, weighing cheese as required, labeling, print quality, and the accuracy of printed codes.
• Place cheese onto conveyors and/or pack cheese into master cartons.
• Remove cheese from racks and place it into the crumbler, inspecting each piece for foreign material to ensure product quality.
• Oversee the crumbler for jams or clogs and perform necessary clearing to maintain continuous operation while following proper safety measures.
• Hand-stack substandard cheese onto separate racks, and stack empty racks for retrieval.
• Load inners/cases and monitor to keep full, ensuring no downtime.
• Apply labels to products, ensuring proper placement and alignment in accordance with company standards and product specifications.
• Tape cheese cases securely, ensuring proper sealing and adherence to packaging standards.
• Stack cheese cases onto pallets according to specific pallet configuration guidelines to ensure proper organization, stability, and efficiency during storage and transport.
• Turn the cheese in the curing rooms to support proper aging and inspect each piece for foreign material to ensure product quality.
• Maintain accurate cheese counts and report downgrades/dumps. Support the cheese extrusion and cutting processes.
• Inspect and monitor product quality specifications and report deviations and/or foreign material to ensure product quality.
• Perform sanitation duties.
• Comply with all Lactalis policies, programs, procedures, and documentation requirements to ensure an ethical work environment.
• Champion a safe work environment by performing tasks safely to avoid unsafe acts and unsafe conditions, and take necessary measures if observing unsafe acts.

Skills

Packaging operations

Quality monitoring

Safety awareness

Teamwork and collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Lactalis Belmont Wisconsin is hiring for a Float Packager & Curing Operator to support packaging and curing operations in a dairy manufacturing setting. You will handle cheese during packaging, inspect for foreign material, apply labels, and ensure proper sealing and palletization.

The role emphasizes quality control, safety, and adherence to company standards. A high school diploma and 2+ years in a food industry are preferred, with a starting pay around $22.35 per hour plus weekend premium.