Cut & Wrap Production Crew Member 2nd shift

Job Title

Production Team Member

Job Description

How would we describe a career with Agri-Mark/McCadam/Cabot Creamery? More than 100 years of: Farmers, Family, Mission, Purpose, Sustainability, Respect, Integrity, Work Ethic, Teamwork, Pride in Award Winning Products, and Agriculture.

Cabot Creamery achieved B Corp certification in 2012 and became the world's first dairy co-op to do so. This certification demonstrates our commitment to transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.

At our plant in Cabot, VT milk from Vermont and a few New Hampshire farms is expertly crafted into Specialty VT Cheddars, Flavored and Light Cheeses and Cultured products as well as Greek-Style Yogurt, Cottage Cheese and Sour Cream.

Our dairy cooperative is seeking full time second shift Production Team Members to work at our Cutting & Wrapping Plant located in Cabot, VT. Positions are available to work on our fast-paced production lines. You will be responsible for packaging cheese while ensuring the highest safety and quality standards.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Process, accurately weigh and label trim, underweights, or other usable cheese, store properly in trim totes.
• Provides for movement of product through packaging lines, to include separating pieces and feeding them to check-weigher, feeding them into the packaging machines, or individually placing them into bags.
• Accurately weighs pieces of cheese, communicates variances to target, and make necessary additions or subtractions prior to packaging.
• Ensures product meets or exceeds quality standards (which includes but are not limited to): free from foreign objects, metal detection expectations are met, visual inspection of product.
• Ensures that product from lines is properly palletized insuring that counts are accurate, the correct box information is printed, and that required record keeping is performed in an accurate and legible manner.
• Keeps areas swept and clean, assist in changeovers, and/or help on other lines.
• Communication with team members (crew members, operators, line leads, supervisors) around quality, safety, mechanical, operational observations, concerns, and improvements is expected.
• Adheres to company rules, regulations, and core values, including Code of Conduct.
• Responsible for performing all work-related tasks using Good Manufacturing Practices by following the Food Safety and Food Quality requirements of the SQF Program. This includes the requirement to report any and all food safety issues and incidents to your supervisor or Line Leader immediately.

Candidates must be available to work occasional weekends. Previous production and/or manufacturing experience is desired, but we are willing to train dependable and motivated individuals/ Please be able to frequently lift 45 pounds.

Our support of employee growth includes promoting from within, training and tuition reimbursement. Team members enjoy access to a comprehensive benefits package, competitive salary and retirement plans which includes a 401k match!

The minimum starting hourly rate for this position is $20.65 with a potential maximum hourly rate of $21.76 outlined below.

In recognition of those employees willing to work shifts that are more difficult to fill and maintain, we offer a supplemental pay program. This recognizes regular full-time benefited eligible hourly employees who work second, third and weekend shifts.

All hours worked between the hours of 3:00pm and 11:00pm will be paid an additional: $1.00 per hour.

All hours worked between Friday at 11:00pm and Sunday at 11:00pm will also receive an additional: $3.00 per hour.

Supplemental pay may be stacked.

Supplemental pay is in addition to current shift differentials but not subject to overtime.

Agri-Mark is an equal opportunity employer. The company is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every qualified prospective and current employee. The company does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race (including traits historically associated with race including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, place of birth, crime victim status, age, physical or mental disability, a positive result from an HIV-related blood test, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected under applicable federal and/or state law.

Agri-Mark complies with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Qualifications

Preferred Behaviors:

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

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