Agropur

Milk Intake Operator I

USA South Dakota Lake Norden Full time

Job Type:

RegularThe Milk Intake Operator I serves as the initial point of contact for product arriving at the production facility and is responsible for coordinating incoming product, performing quality testing, and ensuring that processes are properly executed with appropriate documentation. This position has mastery over all functions of the intake bay areas.

Job Description

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Text key word “Agropur” to 608-564-5884 and then text JR30825 to apply today!  

We are looking for a Milk Intake operator at our Lake Norden's plant !

The Milk Intake Operator I serves as the initial point of contact for product arriving at the production facility and is responsible for coordinating incoming product, performing quality testing, and ensuring that processes are properly executed with appropriate documentation.  This position has mastery over all functions of the intake bay areas.

  

How Agropur invests in YOU:   

  • Starting wage of $22.59

  • Rotating schedules 2-2-3 6h am to 6h pm and 6h pm to 6h am

What’s involved in this role: 

  • Complete general cleaning of area, wash down bays, walls and complete general cleaning as needed.

  • Understand and comply with all Quality Assurance policies, immediately reporting any potential food safety issues to management.

  • Clean lines.

  • Wash inside of trucks

  • Wash outside of trucks

  • Load and unload trucks.

  • Weigh in and weigh out trucks.

  • Assign trucks to appropriate intake and loading bays.

  • Track loads.

  • Stock supplies.

  • Move valves, pipes, and hoses.

  • Run computerized cleaning system.

  • Set up and execute automated cleaning system.

  • Connect proper piping and hoses to unload product from milk trucks.

  • Connect proper piping and hoses to fill trucks with outgoing product for other facilities and customers.

  • Operate truck scales from a computer to weigh total product being received and distributed.

  • Track essential information of truck loads including product type, weight, and more.

  • Conduct antibiotic tests to ensure quality of milk.

  • Process purchasing and sales documents (bills of lading).

  • Bucket milk.

What you need to join our team:   

  • Ability to walk, stand, bend and lift up to 50 lbs 
  • Minimum two (2) years of Food Service, Food Plant or Sanitation experience preferred. 

  • Experience in the dairy and/or food industry (asset) 

  • High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. 

Where you’ll be working:  

  •  Our Lake Norden, SD, plant is home to approximately 450 employees and boasts a brand new, state of the art cheese and whey facility. We produce mozzarella, provolone, parmesan, romano, asiago, and Monterey Jack cheeses as well as various whey streams. 

  • Agropur’s US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties, and provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheesemaking process. As one of the world’s largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy. Better World. Agropurus.com  

  

We dairy you! JOIN AGROPUR. 

AA/EEO – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

AA/EEO – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.  

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.