Warehouse Operator - Night Shift

Warehouse Operator

At Danone, manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Warehouse Operator based in West Jordan, UT!

As a Warehouse Operator, you will support the yogurt manufacturing plant in either the dry materials warehouse, where raw materials are received, stored, and distributed, or in a refrigerated warehouse, where finished product is stored or loaded onto trucks for shipment. This position will require you to operate a forklift. Warehouse Operators work on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule. Day shift will be scheduled 6:00 AM to 6:30 PM and night shift will be scheduled 6:00 PM to 6:30 AM. Work schedules may include nights, weekends, and/or holidays to support a 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operating powered industrial trucks (i.e., forklifts) to stack, store, move, pull and/or prepare raw materials, finished goods, and used materials within and between departments or into and out of coolers.
• Loading/unloading trailers safely and efficiently.
• Ensuring proper stock rotation.
• Ensuring inbound and outbound shipments are accurate and free from damage and reporting quality concerns.
• Entering and extracting information from warehouse management system programs.
• Reading and interpreting documents related to safety, equipment operations and maintenance, instructions, procedure manuals, written communication, and routine reports including completing daily paperwork, as required.
• Performing daily pre-operational checks on all material handling equipment, maintaining equipment, and organizing materials according to standards.
• Using Radio-Frequency equipment for receiving, put-away, and loading functions as required.
• Conducting operations in a manner that promotes safety, and complying with OSHA and MSDS standards, area SOP's, QAR's, plant rules, and ISO standards.
• Maintaining a clean work area through daily sanitation.
• Completing any other duties, as assigned.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this position, you will frequently be: standing, walking, reaching with hands and arms, bending and stooping (at waist level), kneeling, crouching, crawling, twisting (at waist level and at the neck).
• Tasting, smelling, seeing (including colors), speaking, and hearing, within a normal range to record, prepare and communicate appropriate reports and results.
• Using fine motor skills to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, and controls.
• Regularly enduring repetitive lifting, from 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., and occasional team lifting or more than 50 lbs.
• Occasionally climbing stairs, step ladders, or stools.
• Working up to 12-hour shifts in production areas with a usually moderate noise level.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, you will: work will be performed in a manufacturing environment with usually moderate noise levels and will involve standing/walking on a concrete surface for the duration of your shift.
• Regularly working indoors, near moving mechanical parts and will be regularly exposed to cold, wet, and/or humid conditions, as well as going outdoors (infrequently).
• Occasionally be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and may be exposed to loud noises in the plant.
• Occasionally work in high, precarious places and may be exposed to extreme cold, the risk of electrical shock, and vibration.

Engagement in our Integrated Work Systems:

Ensure adherence to plant standards and procedures (including but not limited to GMP, AIB, FDA, IWS, Quality, Safety, Finance, ISO, HOPE, Danone Behaviors, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE). As a fundamental piece of the organization, your responsibility is to participate and own the implementation and deployment of IWS system and its pillars (Leadership foundation, Daily Direction Setting, Driving OE; Autonomous Maintenance; planned Maintenance; Focused Improvement; Education and Training; Environmental, Health and Safety; Quality; Organization; Supply Network; Early Equipment Management) with the objective of owning your space, owning your performance (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Mobilization, Nature) and owning your continuous improvement.

Compensation & Benefits:

Base compensation for this position is $23.48/hr. with an additional $1.25/hr. shift differential when working night shift. Upon the successful completion of a 90-day probation period, your base compensation will increase to $26.09/hr. with an additional $1.25/hr. shift differential when working night shift.

Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options.

About Us, We Offer and What's Next

Danone U.S. is part of Danone North America, a purpose-driven company and an industry leader in the food and beverage category. You'll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world. Our strong portfolio of brands includes Activia, DanActive, Danimals, Dannon, evian, Follow Your Heart, Happy Family Organics, International Delight, Light + Fit, Nutricia , Oikos, Silk, So Delicious Dairy Free, ST?K Cold Brew Coffee , Too Good & Co, and YoCrunch.

With approximately 5,000 employees and 13 production locations across the U.S., Danone North America's mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible.

You'll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps in the world, working to make sure our company creates real value for people and the planet. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law.