Palletizer 2nd Shift
About The Position
Providing safe and quality food is the job of all House of Flavors employees. The Palletizing Stacker, an at-will employee working under the direction of the Palletizing Manager, Supervisors and shift Lead Person, is primarily responsible to move frozen finished product from a conveyor to a pallet using proper lifting technique. The Palletizing Stacker wraps pallets with plastic and labels pallets with accurate coding. Palletizing Stackers, if authorized and licensed, use forklifts to put product in the freezer or help out in another departments. The Palletizing Stacker employee may be asked to perform duties in the tri-tray area and will be responsible to maintain a clean work environment. All Good Manufacturing Practices and general safety practices are observed.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent is required along with a minimum of 3 months of work experience in a related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- The ability to work co-operatively in a team environment is essential.
- Ability to read and write in order to follow simple instructions and correspond to short documents and ability to effectively present information verbally to others.
- Ability to match numbers such as product codes and to add, subtract, multiply and divide in whole numbers.
- Has the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written or verbal instructions.
- Has ability to understand and apply proper lifting techniques.
Responsibilities
- Stacks (palletizes) ice cream and frozen desserts in the method set forth by the customer while watching for unacceptable packaging that must be separated from the saleable product; wraps pallets with plastic as instructed.
- Provides accurate pallet counts and/or documentation for each pallet stacked.
- Uses a forklift, if authorized and licensed, to move the finished product from the palletizing area to the freezer for shipping or storage.
- Maintains a clean work area by keeping the area free of debris, pallets, and ice cream. Sorts out rewraps from non-saleable product, determining re-melt product, and restacking partial pallets.
- If instructed, checks, cleans, and maintains the tri-tray area; un-jams and resets tri-tray.
- Works as a member of the Palletizing team, learning the jobs of different work stations included in this job description, enabling the ability to rotate from job to job giving breaks or filling in when other employees are absent.
- Helps out in other departments, repairing pallets, helping with inventory, and general plant and grounds cleaning and/or basic maintenance.
- Completes all other duties as assigned, including working with the Palletizing Manager and other managers to enhance the overall productivity of the department and the profitability of the company.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
