Operator-Yoplait X-3rd Shift

Lactalis US Yogurt, Inc. • Murfreesboro, TN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of Lactalis’s manufacturing group, the Operator supports production packaging and processing operations, sanitation, and startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment. This is a third-shift role, scheduled from 11:00 p.m. to 7:10 a.m. The plant operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the position requires willingness and ability to work overtime on any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Employees must complete a forklift certification course and drive a forklift. The role involves physical work in a food manufacturing environment, including lifting, standing, walking, climbing, and working around industrial machinery and potential allergens. Required protective equipment and grooming standards must be followed.

The starting salary is $23.23 per hour, plus a $0.50 shift differential. Pay increases occur every six months based on meeting performance expectations. Lactalis offers a comprehensive Total Rewards Program, including affordable benefits and coverage options, retirement plan contributions, Paid Time Off from day one, and training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Internal candidates must have been in their current role for at least six months and have no active corrective actions within the past 12 months.

Requirements

• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.
• Two years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Ability and willingness to work overtime on any shift, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to perform physical tasks for extended periods, including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling, and twisting over surfaces.
• Ability to climb and/or work at heights using stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms.
• Ability to wear required protective clothing and equipment, including safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, hair or beard nets, and gloves.
• Willingness and ability to adhere to grooming requirements for a food manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, and wet conditions.
• Willingness to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery.
• Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment.
• Internal candidates must have been in their current role for at least six months and have no active corrective actions within the past 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Support production packaging and processing operations.
• Support sanitation activities.
• Participate in startup, changeover, and shutdown of operating equipment.
• Complete a forklift certification course and drive a forklift.
• Follow food-manufacturing grooming requirements and wear protective clothing and equipment when required.

Benefits

• Affordable benefits and coverage options, with company support for insurance costs.
• Company contributions to retirement plans.
• Paid Time Off from day one.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Education Reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

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