Material Handler - Night Shift

About the role

At Lactalis in the USA, we're committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive. This position is available in Londonderry as a Material Handler.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of food safety and quality, as applicable and defined in plant and department procedures.
• Stage or deliver raw materials needed for all production lines on a daily basis including cups, lids, fruit, and cardboard.
• Work with other Material Handlers and filler operators to ensure materials needed are staged in a timely fashion.
• Receive in-coming raw materials and supplies.
• Use handheld device to receive and transfer inventory items in and out of warehouse stock.
• Facilitate raw material cycle counts and assist in reconciling inventory to aid Procurement in the release of purchase orders.
• Maintain the organization and cleanliness of all dry goods warehouse.
• Check for shortages and reject damaged goods on incoming freight deliveries.
• Build various raw material orders to be shipped to co-packers.
• Keep recycling area presentable at all times and accurately complete the proper waste tracking forms.
• Unload collected recyclable material into balers and other dedicated recycling bins.
• Maintain records and documents as necessary.
• Receive plant chemicals and transfer them into secondary storage containers.
• Create bales of plastic & cardboard from the vertical balers, and manually bale rebox cardboard.
• Operate power industrial equipment such as forklifts, tuggers, crane, balers, compactor and bin washer in a safe manner at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or GED is required.
• One to three years prior experience in material handling or warehouse environment is preferred.
• Prior use of powered industrial equipment including forklifts, pallet jacks and high lifts is recommended, but not required.
• Strong organizational and math skills are required.
• Experience using warehouse management systems and RF handheld technology is beneficial.
• The ability to flex schedule and work overtime as business needs is required.
• The ability to manage time, work in a fast-paced environment, and communicate concerns in a timely manner is essential.
• The ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints is crucial.
• The ability to operate in a team environment is important.
• The ability to adapt in a changing work environment is necessary.

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in this work environment is occasionally high.
• The position experiences interruptions during the day consistently.
• The requirement to work overtime in this environment is occasional.
• The ability to wear personal protective equipment such as hearing protection, safety shoes, hair nets, safety vests and bump caps is consistent.
• The ability to work in an open and collaborative environment with no private offices is consistent.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement.

Pay

Details regarding pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Yes - you read that right! Our two-week rotation in Production allows our team members to have every other Friday, Saturday, Sunday off! We run 12-hour shifts:

• Week 1: 48 Hours, Week 2: 36 hours
• Week 1: Sat - On, Sun - On, Mon - Off, Tues - Off, Wed - On, Thurs - On, Fri - Off
• Week 2: Sat - Off, Sun - Off, Mon - On, Tues - On, Wed - Off, Thurs - Off, Fri - On