Material Handler

Specialty Cheese Company, Inc.; Reeseville (WI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialty Cheese Company, Inc. in Reeseville, Wisconsin, is seeking a dedicated packaging line worker. This role involves various essential duties to ensure efficient packaging processes, including cheese cutting, palletizing, and maintaining cleanliness during operations.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate customer focus, teamwork, and safety awareness, with the ability to lift heavy items. Knowledge of GMP practices and cheese types is beneficial. Join our team and contribute to delivering quality products.

Qualifications

• Experience with GMP’s, SOP’s and SSOP’s.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Knowledge of different cheeses and cuts.

Responsibilities

• Follow all GMP’s, SOP’s and SSOP’s.
• Cut cheese using the Champ and cutter.
• Operate the Koch and perform basic maintenance.
• Daily clean up and sanitation during operations.

Skills

Customer focused

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Ability to lift 50 pounds

Product Knowledge

Tools

Electric and hand-operated pallet jacks

Job description

To perform a variety of duties which help the product get through the packaging line efficiently.

Essential Job Functions:

• Follow all GMP’s, SOP’s and SSOP’s
• Pounding out 40’s to be cut or pouched
• Cut cheese using the Champ and the two-way cutter
• Knowledge of different cheeses
• Knowledge of different cuts
• Wash plastic tubs,40# forms and fresco forms
• Wash pallets(stain steel and black ones)
• Changing the 3 buckets by 8610 and table 3 every two hours
• Take samples of different cheeses
• Supply 8610 line with cheese to make sure 8610 does notrun empty
• Fill out the sticker to identify the trim correctly
• Follow procedure for Fresco Line
• Operate the Koch
• Palletizing washed tubs, forms and shrink wrapping them
• Fill in on the packaging line as needed
• Daily clean up and sanitation while line is running.
• Perform basic maintenance tasks
• Electric and hand-operated pallet jacks
• Understand and communicate packaging board & schedule
• Setting up champs and two-way cutter with proper harps and corresponding base
• Labeling pallets of cut and tubbed cheese with the correct product date and vat
• Setting up cuber with proper harps and corresponding base
• Report missing parts or equipment damage
• Emptying trash cans and empty the bag suckers can at the end of the shift.
• Taking out garbage operate compactor

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Customer focused –demonstrates an ability to meet the expectations of customers
• Values –demonstrates honesty and rock-solid integrity
• Safety –demonstrates a concern for others well being
• Proactive –takes action to meet the needs of the customers
• Communication – ability to speak and write ideas effectively
• Teamwork/Attitude – works effectively with all employees
• Safety, Chemical, Pallet Jacks and GMP Training
• Product Knowledge
• Ability to lift 50 pounds above waistline