General Labor

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Receiving, inspecting, milling, packing, and distributing the product.
• Adhere to standard work methods and practice safe work habits to ensure production is as efficient and safe as possible.
• Ability to read instructions and/or labels efficiently, attach labels and tags to products and packages, communicate effectively.
• Frequent lifting of raw products in preparation for processing.
• Transport raw and processed materials to designated areas, using a pallet jack.
• Prepare freeze dried product for finished goods completion which will require lifting, pushing, pulling, and transporting of goods.
• Thorough understanding of safe food practices and the ability to follow direction is vital.
• This role is cross trained between the stages of freeze-dried goods, to processing and sorting, to packaging.

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• This position will be required to perform basic math & reading.
• Food Safety Requirements: Place high priority on food safety, quality, and sanitation by understanding and executing Thrive Food’s food safety and sanitation policies and procedures. Hold self and others accountable to Thrive Foods food safety & sanitation guidelines and policies by communicating any food safety incident, observation, or opportunity to your leadership team or teammates. In the absence of Lead serves as back up to ensure all food safety, quality objectives and SQF system requirements are met.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to perform the following functions with or without accommodations:
• Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling along with some fine finger dexterity.
• Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity: 50% or more sitting, 50% or more walking, and 50% or more standing.
• The job is performed under frequent temperature variations and in a food manufacturing warehouse environment.
• Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees.
• The ability to lift up to 40 pounds.