General Laborer

About the role

The General Laborer position has two main job components: 1) basic line tasks on our cereal/ingredient packaging lines, and 2) cleaning tasks. All GL’s rotate assignments throughout each workday. This is Kerry’s entry-level production job.

Key responsibilities

• Palletize, shrink wrap, and record and certify quantities.
• Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping and sanitizing. Cleaning duties often require working at heights using a scissor-lift. During changeovers, GL’s may work entire shifts of cleaning duties.
• Perform varied line duties such as checking code dates, aligning bags on conveyors, refilling cardboard stock, moving product and materials with a pallet jack, filling and weighing bulk product containers, assembling boxes, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Basic Computer skills required. Prior SAP or inventory control experience is beneficial.

Qualifications and skills

• High school diploma or GED preferred, but not required.
• Must be able to tolerate the above-listed physical and environmental demands of this position with or without accommodations.
• Able to communicate verbally and in written form.
• Must have some work experience doing manual labor within the last 5 years.
• Previous Manufacturing Experience Preferred.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• Sit, stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; fingers to grip, and talk or hear.
• Periodically reach with hands and arms.
• May at times need to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• May occasionally lift heavier items with assistance.
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Pallet loading responsibilities call for the ability to lift 50-pound boxes from mid-torso height to the floor at a frequency of 20-30 times per hour.

Pay and Benefits

The pay rate for this position is $17.34 per hour. Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance.