Float Packager & Curing Operator Part-Time (1st Shift)

Lactalis American Group Inc•Belmont, WI

8d•$22 - $23•Onsite

About The Position

At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive. Lactalis is a family-owned company and the world leader in dairy, with over 85,000 professionals globally. In the US, we offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Lactalis, Belmont, Wisconsin, is currently hiring a Float Packager & Curing Operator. As a Float Packer & Curing Operator, this position is responsible for supporting both packaging and curing operations by performing a variety of tasks related to cheese handling, curing processes, packaging, labeling, and product movement within a manufacturing environment. This role ensures product quality, operational efficiency, and compliance with company standards, food safety requirements, and workplace safety protocols.

Requirements

Best practices and good industrial practices.
Safety awareness.
Teamwork and collaboration.
Dependability and Reliability.
Attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

A high school degree is preferred.
2+ years of experience in a food industry setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Monitor the quality of packed cheese, weighing cheese as required, labeling, print quality, and the accuracy of printed codes.
Place cheese onto conveyors and/or pack cheese into master cartons.
Remove cheese from racks and place it into the crumbler, inspecting each piece for foreign material to ensure product quality.
Oversee the crumbler for jams or clogs and perform necessary clearing to maintain continuous operation while following proper safety measures.
Hand-stack substandard cheese onto separate racks, and stack empty racks for retrieval.
Load inners/cases and monitor to keep full, ensuring no downtime.
Apply labels to products, ensuring proper placement and alignment in accordance with company standards and product specifications.
Tape cheese cases securely, ensuring proper sealing and adherence to packaging standards.
Stack cheese cases onto pallets according to specific pallet configuration guidelines to ensure proper organization, stability, and efficiency during storage and transport.
Turn the cheese in the curing rooms to support proper aging and inspect each piece for foreign material to ensure product quality.
Maintain accurate cheese counts and report downgrades/dumps.
Support the cheese extrusion and cutting processes.
Inspect and monitor product quality specifications and report deviations and/or foreign material to ensure product quality.
Perform sanitation duties.
Comply with all Lactalis policies, programs, procedures, and documentation requirements to ensure an ethical work environment.
Champion a safe work environment by performing tasks safely to avoid unsafe acts and unsafe conditions, and take necessary measures if observing unsafe acts.