Material Handler

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 Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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 Why work for Dawn Foods?
  
 PEOPLE.
PRODUCTS.  CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

 Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
 Competitive Pay: $24.20/hour, plus a $2.00/hour shift differential
 401(K) + company match
 10 Paid Company Holidays
 Paid Time Off
 Professional training
 Family-owned business over 100 years in service
 An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Shift

Schedule:

Monday
- Friday 4:25 PM to 4:35 AM; overtime may be required on weekends based on business needs.
  
 Job Purpose and Overview
 As a Material Handler, you will perform line replenishing duties which consist of unloading the freight elevator, stocking lines with ingredients, and storing unused ingredients in proper areas in the warehouse. You will ensure the proper scanning of each ingredient is performed.
  
 What Does It Take to be a Material Handler at Dawn Foods? 
 Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job  

 High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
 1 year of experience in a warehouse, distribution, or manufacturing environment preferred  
 6 months of forklift experience required; 1-2 years of experience preferred
 Must be forklift certified or willing to become certified
 Requires oral, written, and communication skills
 Ability to speak and understand English
 Must be able to handle many diversified tasks at one time and correctly prioritize time
 Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
 Basic computer skills

What Will You Do as a Material Handler at Dawn Foods?

 Operate forklift, pallet jack, and fast jack to move raw materials physically from elevator to lines/storage and electronically using scanner
 Organize and maintain designated warehouse and production areas for proper ingredient storage in assigned area, including allergen storage
 Ensure open and/or ripped ingredient bags are labeled appropriately
 Proper scanning of raw materials to locations, including adjusting inventory to skids when brought to the line and put away
 Communicates with receiving warehouse in person or via radio on low-level inventories, to obtain raw material list for each line and serves as general liaison between the receiving warehouse and line operators
 Performs cycle counting under the direction of the Inventory Control Coordinator
 Follows company Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) standards
 Adheres to GMP, Food Safety, International Food Standards (IFS), and American Institute of Baking (AIB) standards
 Adheres to the Food Defense and Security functions within the facility
 Other duties as assigned

Physical Demands & Work Environment
 The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 75-100 pounds and frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds.
 Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
 Temperature fluctuates with the…