Palletizer Operator-Conversion Only

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream•Bakersfield, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

A Palletizing Operator performs the functions required to bundle, palletize, and introduce finished ice cream and frozen snacks into storage. The work supports the safe production and distribution of high-quality products and is performed in environments ranging from 20°F to -20°F. The role involves operating hardening, bundling, palletizing, and wrapping equipment; handling product and inventory transactions; and supporting shipping coordination and sanitation activities. Employees must follow company safety policies, Good Manufacturing Practices, and plant food-safety and quality programs, including completing required checks and documentation. The position also calls for teamwork, clear communication, problem solving, continued development of operational skills, and mentoring and onboarding new team members. Employees are expected to demonstrate the company’s Core Values: taking ownership, doing what is right, seeking to improve, and working better together. The work is fast-paced and team-oriented. It involves working around other people, wet or humid conditions, high noise levels, and mechanical, electrical, and pressurized equipment. Parts of the facility are kept at low temperatures, requiring cold-protective PPE. The role may involve extended standing, walking in refrigerated areas, bending, reaching, lifting, and repetitive hand and arm movements. Employees must follow hygiene and protective-equipment requirements and may be exposed to nuts and other potential allergens.

Requirements

Must be 18 years of age or older.
Aptitude for automated mechanical processes, with good troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
Excellent interpersonal communication, math, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work multiple shifts and/or schedules.
Ability to work in cold, wet and/or humid, noisy, fast-paced production environments and around mechanical, electrical, and pressurized equipment.
Ability to use cold-protective PPE and required food-safety protective gear, including gloves and hairnets.
Ability to stand for extended periods and perform frequent bending, reaching, lifting, walking, and repetitive hand and arm movements.
Ability to work around nuts and other potential allergens.

Responsibilities

Comply with company safety policies and help ensure personal and coworker safety.
Follow Good Manufacturing Practices and complete and document food-safety checks required by the plant HACCP program.
Complete and document product quality checks required by the plant MCP program, and help prevent and correct quality errors.
Participate in team meetings, committees, and task forces; communicate and interact consistently with the company’s management philosophy, the “Grooves.”
Maintain attendance and comply with plant policies.
Develop proficiency in multiple operational skill areas and refresh operational skills annually.
Mentor and support onboarding of new team members; encourage problem solving within the Business Unit and Functional Team.
Communicate and follow up on daily information, learn and train in a variety of skills, and complete documentation supporting inventory control, quality assurance, line reliability, damage reduction, and cost tracking.
Understand and operate hardeners under normal and product evacuation conditions.
Load and operate multiple bundlers, make minor equipment-setting adjustments to ensure quality wrapping, and ensure proper materials and quantities are staged.
Palletize products according to the appropriate product pallet pattern using manual, semi-automatic, and automatic stations; operate stretch-wrapping equipment and prepare product for storage and distribution.
Identify product SKUs for palletizing-station assignments; complete IMREX and Panel View transactions and reports; understand shuttle car and ASRS operations and correct errors as needed.
Support the ASRS inventory process as needed and ensure palletized product is ready for storage.
Understand Currie Auto Palletizer operations, program daily SKUs, release lanes correctly, monitor equipment performance, and communicate with operators and maintenance.
Check product quality before and after the Currie, and manage the reject line to prevent product spoilage.
Coordinate pickups and deliveries with carriers and customers; communicate order changes and updates with warehouses and logistics.
Enter and release orders in the CC Software system; maintain inventory levels for west-coast warehouses; manage lab 48-hour holds and rejected products.
Ship and confirm orders daily in the IMREX system, and maintain the pallet program and carrier pallet reconciliation.
Use safe and effective cleaning methods in hardening, bundling, and palletizing areas; perform required sanitation preventive maintenance and follow equipment cleaning procedures.
Keep work areas inspection-ready and properly clean non-product-contact surfaces and equipment.
Consistently demonstrate the company’s Core Values and associated behaviors.