Wheel Finishing - 2nd Shift - East Main

Sartori; Town of Plymouth (WI); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Sartori in Town of Plymouth, WI is seeking a Wheel Finishing Team Member on 2nd shift (Mon-Fri, 3:00pm–11:15pm). Base pay is $21.00 per hour with a $2.00 shift premium.

The role involves hand finishing and wheel treatment, weighing ingredients, and ensuring strict food safety practices. Responsibilities include staging, labeling, sanitation, and adherence to GMP/HACCP policies, with requirement of a high school diploma or GED and strong attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, and conversions.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Team player with reliability and accountability.
• Customer focus to enhance internal and external experience.
• Commitment to food safety and product quality.
• Self-motivated with ownership and results-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Process cheese into finishing and wheel treatment areas.
• Record ingredient amounts and lot numbers on work orders.
• Identify cheese on hold and issue to work orders.
• Inspect cheese for mold and contamination.
• Apply rub ingredients per instructions.
• Fill tubs and treat cheese wheels per specs.
• Transfer wheels for drying and packaging.
• Label finished items per instructions.
• Perform sanitation per cleaning schedule.
• Handle and mix sanitation chemicals safely.
• Clean 20-pound cheese wheels manually.
• Maintain FIFO throughout the process.
• Follow Safety, HACCP and GMP policies.

Skills

Basic math

Reading & writing

Attention to detail

Team player

Customer focus

Quality commitment

Self-motivated

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

The Wheel Finishing position is responsible for all aspects of hand finishing/ wheel treatment processes from aged wheels to finished treated products. This position works on 2nd shift Monday through Friday, 3:00pm to 11:15pm. Base pay is $21.00 per hour with an additional $2.00 shift premium.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Transfers and stages product into assigned work areas.
• Accurately records ingredient amounts and lot numbers on production work orders.
• Identifies cheese on hold and issues cheese to work orders.
• Inspects cheese and materials for mold, direct and other foreign materials.
• Manually applies rub ingredients within specification of product work instructions.
• Fills treating tubs with appropriately sized cheese wheels and ingredient for treatment process.
• Transfers cheese wheels to drying rack for curing and packaging.
• Packages and Labels finished items per product work instructions.
• Completes daily (2nd shift) and periodic (1st shift) sanitation in accordance with a Master Cleaning Schedule
• Handles and mixes cleaning chemicals in line with sanitation duties.
• Manually cleans and scrapes 20-pound wheels of cheese.
• Ensures all first in first-in-first-out principles are maintained throughout the manufacturing and packaging process.
• Complies with all company Safety, HACCP and GMP policies.
• Immediately reports any food safety or quality issues to management or other individual authorized to initiate action.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or equivalency is preferred (GED).

OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, and conversions.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to achieve thoroughness and accuracy in everyday responsibility.
• Team Player – committed, collaborative, dependable and reliable.
• Customer Focus – to enhance the internal and external customer experience.
• Quality Commitment – ensures highest food safety and product quality.
• Self-motivated and results driven with a high degree of ownership and accountability.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms; balance; walk; stoop or reach; and talk or hear. Team Members frequently lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and far vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and a wet cool environment. Temperatures regularly reach between 40-55 degrees. Team Members are also regularly exposed to odors from ingredients and sanitation chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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