Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

At Lactalis US Yogurt, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE!  You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company. 

From your PASSION to ours

The Packager / Material Handler role is responsible for removing the product from the filler line in a fast paced moving environment at the Lactalis US Yogurt Brattleboro, VT facility!

This position is part of a cohesive team, needs someone who can multi-task and is motivated!

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Prior experience operating a stand up fork lift/truck in fast-paced environment.
• Assign by the supervisor to pull orders of packaging, raw material and ingredients, as per production schedule and place same in the relevant demarcated areas.
• Assign by the supervisor to pull orders of finished goods as per load out sheets and load on trailer in sequential order as per load sheet.
• Reviews available products by code date both visibly and on inventory sheet to assure proper rotation of product.
• Ensure all products for production is assembled in staging area, to ensure proper code dates and rotation.
• Physically checks all products in staging areas for proper codes, labels, short fills, missing cartons, leakers. Makes necessary adjustments to loads as required.
• Able to transport and put away pallets.
• Perform any other tasks, as assigned.
• Must work in cold storage warehouse.

Requirements

SQF Requirements

• Maintaining food safety and food quality through completing job tasks and maintaining the work area in a sanitary manner.
• Report food safety problems to personal with authority to initiate action.
• Ensure all programs are being upheld and documentation is current.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/of ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Must have the ability to write simple correspondence and complete manufacturing documentation completely. Ability to effectively present information to other employees.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY: To apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Must be able to posses and maintain a valid forklift license issued by the company.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands and stretch and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Must have full range of body motion.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee will be required to use all personal protective equipment provided by the company in compliance with OSHA regulations.

MISCELLANEOUS:

• The candidate must pass a company pre-employment physical and drug screen prior to commencing work.
• Must be able to work with others;
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks effectively;
• Must be able to organize work;
• Must be able to maintain good relations with co-workers;
• Must maintain professional attitude;
• Must show courtesy to co-workers, customers, relatives of employees, and others with whom contact occurs.
• Any other duties assigned by management.

SAFETY: Obey all safety rules.

REMARKS: the above job description is intended to describe the duties of an employee in general terms and does not necessarily describe all of his or her duties.

Lactalis US Yogurt and Subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities