Feta Cheese Feeder II

Lactalis LHD•Tulare, CA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy. From your PASSION to ours Lactalis Heritage Dairy , part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Cheese Feeder based in Tulare. Reporting to the Production Supervisor, the Feta Cheese Feeder’s main responsibility is to feed cheese onto the conveyor.

Requirements

Understand and troubleshoot excel at basic level.
Be able to calculate milk components to ensure product is made consistently within the standard specifications.
Specialized training or licenses relevant to job.
Good business participation (ie: safety, process improvement).
Performed similar positions in the past.
A majority of the time is spent working on a computer and observing the milk filling process, ensuring all ingredients are being added and each step in the process are executed.
Must be proficient with MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook.
Must be able to become proficient in Meridian and other systems.
Also, needs to be able to complete office tasks such as faxing, copying, scanning, and filing.
Must work in a safe, sanitary and productive manner in accordance to LHD GMP’s.
Documented job performance work record and attendance record to be reviewed.
Specialized training or licenses relevant to job.
Good business participation (eg. Shift Hand Off Meeting, Level 1 Meeting, Safety, Process Improvement)

Responsibilities

Weigh cheese.
Recover empty trays for packaging.
Must remove and unload packaged cheese and feed cheese onto conveyors and or place cheese into master cartons and or onto pallets.
Monitor quality cheese packaging and labeling and print quality and accuracy of printed coding.
Perform sanitation on equipment and area.
Refills towel dispensers
Refills hand soap
Refills hand sanitizer
Daily MSS
Provide coverage so that team members can attend meetings, cross-train, and or work on projects.
Commitment to housekeeping in both workspace area and FETA department.
Learn multiple jobs as determined by team consensus.
Assist with period cleaning, downtime, TPM, and other production needs including emergency situations.
Follow all Safety procedures and guidelines.
Communicate and pass down business information.
Complete failure analysis including root cause and corrective action.
Actively identify and participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
Assist with equipment troubleshooting and support maintenance when needed.
Perform other assignments as needed by the team or Steering team.
Regular Attendance is an essential function of the job.
Comply with all policies and procedures as related to our LHD Daily Management Systems.