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Packaging Operator - 2nd/3rd Shift ($21.45/Hr) ($2000 Retention Bonus

Employer
The Kraft Heinz Company
Location
Beaver Dam
Salary
21.45 USD Hourly

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General information

All posting locations: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States of America

Job Function: 06 - Manufacturing

Department: 06 - 00 Manufacturing

Date Published: 19-May-2022

Job Type: Regular

Description & Requirements

Eligible to receive up to a $2-000 Retention Bonus- along with a 50 cent increase following 1 year of service!

Job Overview:

Are you ready to join a team that produces quality products that are amongst over 50 household brands in the U.S.? This is a place for you to create your career and make a career!

The Packaging Operator is responsible for the safe- efficient operation and sanitation of our Cream Cheese packaging equipment. This position works in a team environment.

We're looking for great people who are excited to start a career in food manufacturing. On the job training provided for all functions of the job. No prior food manufacturing experience required!

Our Benefits:

* Compensation: $21.45/Hr
* Accelerated Career Growth - Promote based on Performance
* 90 Day On-the -Job Training Period
* Add EXTRA money to your paycheck by referring friends and family to work for us - once you become part of our family - take advantage of our Employee Referral Bonus
* KraftHeinz is a Military and Veteran Ready Environment

Responsibilities & Duties:

* Food industry experience is preferred but not required.
* Learn the safe and proper operation of packaging equipment.
* Clean equipment according to all KraftHeinz guidelines.
* Perform period cleaning duties per the period cleaning schedule.
* Assist in troubleshooting issues with line performance as it relates to equipment operation.
* Maintain downtime records during line operation.
* Responsible for conducting and documenting quality checks.
* Responsible for monitoring and communicating any process or product abnormalities to supervisor- team leader- or line technicians.
* Keep work area clean and orderly. Adhere to all KraftHeinz and Beaver Dam Plant GMPs- rules- and regulations.
* Responsible for compliance with quality safety policies within the facility.
* Safely perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

* Food industry experience is preferred but not required
* Ability to speak- read and write in English.
* Must perform job duties efficiently and safely.
* Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
* Must be able to work in a team environment.
* Must be able to work extended hours on all shifts- including weekends and holidays.
* Must adhere to all Kraft Policies as stated in the Employee Handbook and follow internal Kraft Heinz Procedures.

Benefits & Compensation Overview:

* Medical.
* Dental.
* Vision.
* 401K
* Additional perks: Pet Insurance- (EAP) Employee Assistance Program- etc.
* (HRA) Health Reimbursement Account or (HSA) Health Savings Account.
* Starting Pay $20.45/Hour
* Non-Union (FOIP) Field Operations Incentive Plant.

Work Schedule:

* Must be able to work all shifts- including weekends/holidays.
* Shifts:
* First Shift: 5am - 1pm
* Second Shift: 1pm - 9pm
* Third Shift: 9pm - 5am

* Scheduled with rotating days off.

Plant & Community Overview:

Plant Overview:

* 236 employees
* Non Union Plant
* Plant History:
* J.L. Kraft purchased the Phenix Cheese Company in 1928- only 25 years after selling cheese to grocers in Chicago from his horse drawn wagon.
* In 1929- approximately 90 employees in the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Plant in Beaver Dam produced 10 million pounds of Philadelphia Cream Cheese- Neufchatel- Camambert Cheeses- along with butter and sweet cream.
* Separation technology- which allowed cream cheese to stay fresher much longer - going from 18 days to 120 days- was developed in Beaver Dam by Oscar J. Link in the 1940's.
* In the 1960's the plant underwent a major remodeling to add additional cooler storage and dry storage. Kraft Heinz continues to invest in the Beaver Dam facility with state-of-the-art technologies in the cream cheese industry.

Community Overview:

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