Weight Checker (2nd Shift)

Palermo Villa, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits

Paid Time Off

401(k) & Roth with Company Match

Opportunities for Career Growth

Job summary

Palermo Villa, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI is hiring a Weight Checker to help ensure every Palermo’s pizza meets target weights and visual standards.

You will support production and quality teams to keep products consistent, safe, and delicious for customers. Join a collaborative, fast-paced food manufacturing environment focused on precision and teamwork, with comprehensive benefits and opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Consistent and reliable attendance.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to train others on use of scales and visual standards.
• Basic computer and math skills.
• Understanding of food safety and HACCP principles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures scales are properly set up in Red Zone and verified before start-up of each shift.
• Performs frequent visual product reviews to ensure proper topping distribution and coverage.
• Takes corrective action when product does not meet photo standards or target weights.
• Ensures photo standards are accurate, available, and displayed for each changeover.
• Confirms employees are trained on visual quality requirements (crust, sauce, cheese, toppings).
• Communicates quality issues with Line Leads, Ingredient Controllers, Area Leads, Supervisors, and Quality Auditors.
• Oversees and verifies topping and product weights in both processing and packaging areas.
• Conducts metal detection checks, code date reviews, and inkjet print verification.
• Audits documentation to confirm all forms are complete and accurate.
• Audits changeovers to ensure proper procedures are followed.
• Applies understanding of HACCP principles and Palermo’s CCP procedures.
• Ensures WIP product and totes are properly identified, stacked, and labeled.
• Supports or backs up the Line Lead when needed, including training, machine setup/adjustments, monitoring Red Zone, and assisting with Visual Performance Boards.
• Maintains equipment functionality (iPad, scales, carts, Bluetooth accessories, etc.).

Skills

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Teamwork

Training others

Basic math

Tools

Scales

iPad

Barcode scanner

Job description

• On-site
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: WEIGH001219

Description

Join a Collaborative and Impact-Driven Team!

Do you have a sharp eye for detail and a passion for accuracy? Are you someone who takes pride in ensuring every product meets exact standards? If you enjoy working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment where precision and teamwork matter, this is the role for you!

We’re looking for aWeight Checkerat our Jefferson facility to help ensure every Palermo’s pizza meets target weights and visual standards. In this critical role, you’ll support production and quality teams to keep our products consistent, safe, and delicious — just the way our customers expect them.

Who You’ll Work For

While most companies that sell pizza have no real connection to Italy, Palermo’s passion for food and family reaches all the way back to the country where pizza was born. “Papa Palermo” carried the cherished recipes to America from Sicily!

Innovation is at the heart of who we are. We use an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking approach resulting in high-quality products that are consistently recognized by both the industry and consumers.

Our commitment to quality has made Palermo’s a leader in private label frozen pizza and contract manufacturing!

• Comprehensive Benefits starting the first of the month after hire
• Paid Time Off+Floating Holiday of your choice
• 401(k) & Roth with Company Match— fully vested the first of the month after hire
• Opportunities for Career Growthand skill development

What You’ll Do

• Ensurescales are properly set upin Red Zone and verified before start-up of each shift.
• Performfrequent visual product reviewsto ensure proper topping distribution and coverage.
• Take corrective action when product does not meetphoto standards or target weights.
• Ensurephoto standardsare accurate, available, and displayed for each changeover.
• Confirm employees are trained onvisual quality requirements(crust, sauce, cheese, toppings).
• Communicate quality issues withLine Leads, Ingredient Controllers, Area Leads, Supervisors, and Quality Auditors.
• Oversee and verifytopping and product weightsin both processing and packaging areas.
• Conductmetal detection checks, code date reviews, and inkjet print verification.
• Audit documentation to confirm all forms (Red Zone, Pack Tally, Temperature, Pizza Weight, Hourly Checks, etc.) arecomplete and accurate.
• Audit changeovers to ensureproper proceduresare followed.
• Apply understanding ofHACCPprinciples and Palermo’sCritical Control Point (CCP)procedures.
• EnsureWIP product and totesare properly identified, stacked, and labeled.
• Support or back up the Line Lead when needed, including: Conducting training, Machine setup/adjustments, Monitoring Red Zone and sending alerts, Assisting with Visual Performance Boards
• Maintain equipment functionality (iPad, scales, carts, Bluetooth accessories, etc.).

What You Bring

• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
• Consistent and reliable attendance.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to train others on use of scales and visual standards.
• Basic computer and math skills.
• Understanding of food safety and HACCP principles preferred.

Why You’ll Succeed

You’re passionate about maintaining high-quality standards and ensuring consistency across every product. You have great attention to detail, strong follow-through, and thrive in a collaborative environment where quality and teamwork go hand in hand.

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