HIL - Loadout - Plant

This position will perform shipping operation duties to ensure a quality product is packaged, prepared, and loaded for delivery to customers in a safe manner. 

Responsibilities: 

• Accurately count and record products by category. 

• Enter inventory results into Excel and the inventory database. 

• Identify and flag any non-conforming product (code, label, short fill, missing carton, leakier, etc.). 

• Assign orders to other shipping associates from load-out sheets. 

• Review available products by code date both visibly and in electronic inventory to ensure proper product rotation. 

• Ensure all product is assembled in the staging area for loading. 

• Direct movement of trailers throughout the load-out period. 

• Prepare paperwork for the oncoming shift. 

• Complete all required documentation and schedule product checks. 

• Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe work area. 

• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices and Standard Operating Procedures. 

• Follow all safety and security policies and procedures. 

• Always wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). 

• Follow all food safety and quality system requirements by committing to meet all pertinent regulatory, customer, and Safe Quality Foods (SQF) requirements. 

• All other duties as assigned by management. 

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Minimum age: 18 • Must be able to pass a drug screen and physical. 

• Strong Microsoft Office skills (focus on Excel) preferred. 

• Refrigerated warehouse and shipping experience. 

• Ability to read, write, perform basic mathematical calculations, and accurately record data. 

• Must be willing to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and varying shifts, as required. 

Certificates/Licenses/Registrations: 

• Forklift and/or pallet jack certification as provided by the company. 

Physical Demand/Working Conditions: 

• May be required to lift, carry, and lower items 50 pounds from a height of approximately seven feet to the ground and back continually for the duration of the shift. 

• Must be able to work in both very hot (more than 100 degrees) and very cold (less than 20 degrees 

• below zero) and in a very wet and humid environment for extended periods of time. 

Exposed to noise/vibration, and chemicals. 

• Required to Stand, walk, climb, bend, twist, push and pull, and reach above and below the shoulder. 

• Repetition-Hand/Wrist Simple Grasping, Firm grasping. 

I understand the description of this job and the essential functions, as given above. I also understand that all of the duties are not described above and that I will perform those above and other related duties as directed by my supervisor and management.

Hiland Dairy Foods Company is an equal opportunity employer