Utility Worker - Packaging

''•Wisconsin Rapids, WI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Utility Worker - Packaging is essential in coordinating and organizing products to be stored at a partner storage facility. It is imperative that this role follows all company safety regulations and procedures, including forklift operation and safety protocols. This role works in a manufacturing environment with potential exposure to loud noises, strong odors, temperature fluctuations, moving machinery, wet or humid conditions, hazardous chemicals, high or confined areas, extreme temperatures, and vibration throughout various facility areas. This role also regularly engages in prolonged standing, walking, communicating, and sensory tasks throughout each shift, while frequently handling objects, climbing, balancing, and performing various physical movements such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling as part of job duties. The use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus is required.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required
Ability to obtain forklift certification required
Maintains a continuous learning mindset and adapts quickly to new equipment, processes, and roles.
Demonstrates strong technical ability with a digital-first approach, embracing new technologies and accurately entering data.
Communicates clearly with all levels of the organization, follows instructions (written/oral/diagram form), and completes necessary documentation independently in English.
Pays close attention to detail, prioritizing product quality, safety, and accurate record-keeping.
Physically capable of meeting job requirements and consistently brings a positive, team-focused attitude to work.
Demonstrates adaptability, technical proficiency, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills while working independently or collaboratively to ensure effective and logical decision-making in diverse situations.
Demonstrates the physical capability to bend frequently and lift heavy objects (up to 40 pounds), alongside proficiency in safely operating Powered Industrial Vehicles to support workplace operations.

Nice To Haves

experience working in palletizing/forklift operation and/or food production preferred.

Responsibilities

Follow established safety procedures, participate in quality processes, and maintain a clean, orderly work area.
Distribute, organize, and document locations of bulk cribs and recalled pallets; manage inventory using Americold board.
Identify cribs needing replacement, assess conditions for replacement, and remove cribs or samples as directed.
Stage pallets for rework, document rework materials, and assist with factory and production clean-ups as required.
Execute any other tasks or responsibilities as directed by supervision or the Product Coordinator.