**Job Description**

**Starting wage: $19.46**

**4 days/week schedule with additional OT available.**

**The shift we are hiring for** **6 p.m. to 6 a.m.**

**Benefits include - Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401K**

**Job Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Load cheese for packaging machines onto conveyors.

+ Remove cheese from brine cages.

+ Stack cheese boxes on pallets neatly, so that the finished goods pallets fit into the cooler racks without damaging.

+ Construct boxes and pack product in boxes

+ Remove packaging material from rejected cheese and ready cheese for repackaging.

+ Inspect product and packaging for foreign material and imperfections. If found, segregate suspect product. Rerun product through metal detector and if unacceptable, document vat number and inform supervisor.

+ Perform cleaning and sanitation tasks as required to maintain plant equipment.

+ Maintain work areas in a neat and orderly fashion.

+ Assist in other production areas as required.

+ Assist in training of new personnel.

+ Minimize water usage and the generation of wastewater within the scope of the position.

+ Follow all DFA GMPs and works in a manner consistent with all corporate and regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements.

+ Must adhere to all safety policies and procedures.

**Requirements**

+ **_Education and Experience_**

+ High School Diploma or GED preferred

+ No prior experience is required **_Knowledge, Skills and Abilities_**

+ Ability to use simple writing, adding, subtracting and multiplication.

+ Ability to carry out instructions.

+ Must be able to read, write and speak English.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

**Pay Range** $19.46 / hour