Palletizer Operator-Conversion Job Bakersfield area,California USA,Manufacturing / Production

At Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, we are excited to start a new chapter of
accelerated growth as part of Froneri – a global pure-play ice cream leader.
Come help us transform DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand! With nearly 100 years
of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that
consumers know and love such as Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer’s & Edy’s, Skinny
Cow and Outshine, and the backing and coaching of European-based ice cream
experts, we know we have the winning recipe.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, the Bay Area’s hub for up-and-coming food trends,
our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice
cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations
and Supply Chain and are transforming how we work at every level to become
agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen
treats, our tight-knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the
business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly. We are committed to
pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our
consumers, when and where they want it.

Unleash your potential at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet
career we have in store for you.

Main Purpose of Job:

A Palletizing Operator performs the functions required to bundle, palletize and
introduce finished ice cream and frozen snacks into storage. These functions
include a variety of activities and skills that are directly, or indirectly,
linked to the safe production and distribution of the highest quality ice cream
products possible. These tasks are performed in a 20° F to a
-20° F environment.

Role and activity:

* Safety

* Comply with all company safety policies and procedures.

* Take an active role to insure that personal safety and the safety of others
      is never compromised.

* Quality

* Comply with the Good Manufacturing Practices as outlined by the plant
      quality department.

* Complete and document all food safety checks as required by the plant HACCP
      program.

* Complete and document all product quality checks as required by the plant
      MCP program.

* Actively participate in preventing and correcting quality related errors.

* Plant Citizenship and Interactions (Grooves)

* Communicate and interact with others in a manor consistent with the
      company’s management philosophy, the “Grooves”.

* Actively participate in team meetings, committees and task forces.

* Comply with the plant’s attendance and other policies to maintain a
      corrective action free status.

* Operational

* General:

* Become proficient in multiple skill areas and annually refresh your
        operational skill sets.

* Support hiring process by mentoring and on-boarding new team members.

* Lead and encourage problem solving within the Business Unit and

Functional Team

* Communicate and follow-up on daily information.

* Be willing to learn and to train a variety of skills.

* * Complete all required documentation in each area to support the plant
          inventory control, quality assurance, line reliability, damage
          reduction, and cost tracking systems.

* Hardener Operation:

* Understand basic hardener operations.

* Operate the hardeners under normal and product evacuation conditions.

* Bundling:

* Load and operate multiple bundlers (wrappers).

* Make minor adjustments to equipment settings to insure quality wrap.

* Insure that the proper materials and quantities have been staged for
            use.

* Palletizing:

* Understand the appropriate pallet pattern by product.

* Palletize using manual and semi-automatic and automatic palletizing
            stations.

* Load and operate the stretch wrapping equipment.

* Insure that product is properly palletized and ready for storage and
            distribution.

* Input Operator:

* Identify product SKU’s for palletizing station…