Light Production Worker

AMPI owns seven Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation's American-type cheese, processed cheese and butter is produced. The cooperative's award-winning cheese, butter and powdered dairy products are marketed to foodservice, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co-op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co-op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled buttermakers and cheesemakers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time:

1. All AMPI employees have an obligation to report employee safety, food safety and food quality issues to personnel of authority.
2. This position has a heightened food safety and food quality responsibilities.
3. Duties of the light production worker may include stack and feed, inspection of product, case product, apply labels, relief, weigh food processing waste and record.
4. Monitors procedures and working conditions that could result in product contamination or excessive waste.
5. Communicates effectively with plant personnel.
6. Verify quality control items such as product weights, coding, uniformity, and packaging.
7. Maintain proper documentation in all formats of recordkeeping.
8. Assist with sanitation and housekeeping throughout the plant.
9. Adhere to all aspects of company and customer safety, sanitation and policies.
10. Assists with training new employees.
11. Provides assistance to the maintenance personnel, for machine repairs or troubleshooting.
12. Adheres to all Quality and Food Safety policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.
13. Adheres to all Safety policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.
14. Adheres to all GMP policies and procedures, reporting any nonconformity.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.

BENEFITS/REWARDS

AMPI offers competitive starting pay, PTO, 401k, short-term disability, health, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs and more.

Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Military and veterans are encouraged to apply.