• Scale Operator

    Dairy Farmers of America (Turlock, CA)


    Job Description

    Shift: 11:00 PM - 7:30 am

    Rotating Days Off (Subject To Change)

    **General Purpose:** Ensure that proper packaging is completed before load out as per packaging instructions. Stack product packaged boxes unto pallets and safely drive boxed product with a forklift to the Warehouse.

    Job Duties and Responsibilities:

    + Weigh and stack finished boxed product onto pallets

    + Double check to make sure that each case is weighed correctly

    + Ensure that finished case weight scale has correct information as per packaging instructions

    + Properly fill out packaging logs as required

    + Calibrate scale and do routine weight checks

    + Bring pallets, boxes and other packaging materials as needed

    + Relief packaging Lead Person for breaks and lunches

    + Enter information into SAP

    + Check metal detector as required

    + Complete checklist on lift trucks

    + Maintain safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues

    + Dedicate effort to safety as we expect every employee to leave work in the same condition as they arrive

    + Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements

    + Exhibit the values and ethics of Dairy Farmers of America through honesty, discretion, and sound judgment

    + Adhere to all DFA Quality, Safety and GMP policies and procedures and report any nonconformity

    + Attend required training, including but not limited to, Safety, GMP, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), and Safe Quality Foods (SQF)

    + Responsible for monitoring and taking corrective actions when necessary for a critical control point as part of the plant HACCP plan

    + Ensure that all documentation is done correctly and turned in promptly

    + The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required

    Pay

    + Competitive pay based on experience - $21.53 to $25.95 per hour based on experience

    + Rate includes $1.00 shift differential for hours worked between 6 PM and 6 AM

    + Paid Overtime

    + Sign On Bonus $1,500.00

    BENEFITS

    + Medical

    + Dental

    + Vision

    + 401k Employer Match

    + Life Insurance – Company Paid

    + AD&D, STD and LTD - Company Paid

    + 144 hours of Paid Vacation

    + Paid Holidays

    + Paid Sick Time

    Requirements

    Minimum Requirements:

    _Education and Experience_

    + High School Diploma or GED preferred but not required

    + Must be able to subtract, add, multiply and divide

    + Must possess computer skills

    _Knowledge, Skills and Abilities_

    + Must be flexible with schedule as start time is subject to change

    + Must be able to learn position with the training period provided

    + Must be able to pass lift truck certification

    + Must be able to learn all equipment associated with packaging department

    + Ability to work with others as a team to meet production schedules

    + Must be able to read, write and speak English

    An Equal Opportunity Employer

    **Pay Range** $21.53 to $25.95 per hour