FILLER OPERATOR

Job Summary

Lehigh Valley Dairy has immediate job openings for machine operators to perform various tasks including maintaining, breaking down, and setting up equipment and machinery, troubleshooting, and resolving basic to moderate operating issues. Machine operators will process finished or raw materials while adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and communicating effectively with all departments.

About the Role

Lehigh Valley Dairy is a farmer-owned brand of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a dairy marketing cooperative. DFA manufactures a variety of dairy products under well-known regional brands. Joining DFA means contributing to the simple pleasures of dairy shared with communities and loved ones.

Responsibilities

• Process finished or raw materials
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Communicate effectively with all departments
• Meet daily deadlines
• Work in a fast-paced environment
• Work in a wet environment
• May have some exposure to dust, fumes, and cleaning chemicals
• Willing to work flexible hours including overtime, weekends, and holidays

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measurement, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Able to pass pre-employment screenings including drug, background, and criminal checks
• Able to push, pull, stand, walk, climb, crouch, and lift up to 50 pounds
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Able to work in a wet environment
• Able to work in a dusty, fume-filled, and chemical-exposed environment
• Able to work flexible hours including overtime, weekends, and holidays

Benefits

• Pension Plan
• Competitive pay
• Over-time after 40 hours/week
• Shift differential
• Meal Allowance
• 6 paid Holidays
• 5 paid Personal Days
• Paid Vacation days
• Career growth opportunities - promoted from within
• Company-paid healthcare benefits
• Service recognition and employee rewards
• Employee referral program
• Uniforms provided
• Boot allowance

Pay

$30.58 per hour with an additional $0.25/hour night shift differential

Schedule

Shift days/hours can vary depending on the opening.