Float Packager & Curing Operator (Seasonal, 1st Shift)

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

Job summary

Lactalis USA in Belmont, Wisconsin is hiring a Float Packager & Curing Operator for 1st shift. You will monitor cheese quality, label, weigh, and ensure proper carton packing. The role includes operating the crumbler, stacking cheese, and maintaining packaging lines.

Starting pay is $22.35 per hour with a weekend premium of 20%. Lactalis offers comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities within a global dairy leader.

Qualifications

• High school graduation or equivalent preferred.
• 2+ years of experience in a food industry setting preferred.
• Adherence to best practices and industrial standards.
• Safety-first mindset and reliable teamwork.
• Strong attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the quality of packed cheese, weigh and label, ensure printed codes accuracy.
• Place cheese onto conveyors and into master cartons; inspect for foreign material.
• Oversee the crumbler, clear jams or clogs, and maintain continuous operation with safety measures.
• Stack and store cheese securely, apply labels, and seal cases per standards.
• Move cheese and pallets, inspect curing room aging, and report downgrades or dumps.
• Support extrusion and cutting processes and perform sanitation duties.

Skills

Quality control

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Dependability

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Description

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose.

At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

Description

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis, Belmont, Wisconsin, is part of the Lactalis family of companies and is currently hiring a Float Packager & Curing Operator.

Requirements

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key Responsibilities For This Position Include

• 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.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified Applicants Will Contribute The Following

Education

• A high school degree is preferred.

Experience

• 2+ years of experience in a food industry setting is preferred.

Competencies

• Best practices and good industrial practices.
• Safety awareness.
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Dependability and Reliability.
• Attention to detail.

The position is 1st shift, either 5:30 am - 1:00 pm or 6:00 am - 2:30 pm depending on department scheduled in.

Starting rate of pay is $22.35, and weekend Premium an additional 20% ($4.47)

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affidif