Laborer

Morton Salt • Grand Saline, TX

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments – at home, at work and virtually everywhere in between. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life. Under the general supervision of the Evap Mill and/or Rock Mill Supervisor(s), the Laborer performs a variety of tasks including but not limited to department housekeeping, observing and working in various workstations and training on assigned machinery.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Capable of frequent heavy lifting
• Ability to manually handle, stack and palletize salt products
• Maintain a clean work environment
• Proficient in operating mobile equipment
• Familiar with repair work
• Familiar with high-speed packaging/conveying/palletizing machinery a plus
• Must be able to work safely and wear all personal protective equipment and work various shifts and weekends as assigned.
• This is a 24/7 union environment where days, hours and shift assigned is determined by seniority.

Responsibilities

• Manually handling, stacking and palletizing salt products
• Tasks such as cleaning, sweeping, sanitizing, cleaning bins, unloading package material, supplying fill stations with packing materials, labels, or boxes, making trash bales, etc.
• Filling paper bags with salt, guiding them through a sewing head to seal them, and palletizing the finished products
• Driving a forklift to move product in the facility
• Assisting workers of higher classification in performing their tasks
• Various other general labor duties as assigned by supervision

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED