• Production 2nd Shift Lead

    Dairy Farmers of America (Nashville, TN)


    Job Description

    Purity Dairies is looking for a Production Shift Lead for our Nashville facility.

     

    We offer competitive pay, comprehensive benefit package, great growth opportunities, and scholarship opportunity for you and your family.

     

    The schedule will be 2nd shift Monday through Friday from 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm and Saturdays as needed.

     

    Come join the best team in town!!!

    JOB SUMMARY

    Purity Dairy has immediate job opening for well-versed Production Shift Lead to perform an array of functions including maintaining, breaking down and setting up equipment and machinery, while troubleshooting and resolving basic to moderate operating issues. Production Shift Leads will be responsible for processing finished or raw materials, while following Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and communicating effectively with all departments and meeting daily deadlines.

     

    Purity Dairy is a farmer-owned brand of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a dairy marketing cooperative owned by more than 12,500 family farmers. Our mark matters and it represents the wholesomeness of dairy that we share with our communities and loved ones. DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products, including cheese, butter, fluid milk, ice cream, dairy ingredients and more, under well-known and established regional brands. Our fingerprints touch thousands of brands across the marketplace, and we’re passionate about delivering the simple pleasures of dairy to people everywhere, straight from our family farm-owners.

     

    By joining DFA, you can help us continue to make a difference that matters. We care deeply about the well-being of our neighbors and friends, and we celebrate the diversity of our company and our world. It takes an incredible team to deliver the goodness of dairy and enrich our communities – come join us!

    OUR MACHINE OPERATOR FOR THIS POSITION CAN MAKE UP TO:

    + $26.00 **SCHEDULE:**

    + Monday - Friday 2:00 pm to 10:30 pm and Saturday as needed

    BENEFITS:

    + 401(k) with company contribution

    + Competitive pay

    + Paid vacation and holidays

    + Career growth opportunities – we promote from within!

    + Comprehensive healthcare benefits

    + Service recognition and employee rewards

    + Employee referral program

    + Tuition reimbursement

    + Uniforms provided

    + Work for dairy farm families

    + Scholarships

    Requirements

    + High school diploma or GED preferred

    + Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measurement, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimal

    + Must be able to pass all pre-employment screenings including drug, background and criminal checks

    + Must be able to push, pull, stand, walk, climb, crouch and lift up to 50 pounds

    + Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment

    + Must be able to be able to work in a wet environment

    + May have some exposure to dust, fumes and cleaning chemicals

    + Must be willing to work flexible hours including overtime as required, occasional weekends and holidays

     

    DFA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

     

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