Packaging Associate

Packaging Associate - Walk-in Interviews

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Grande in Fond du Lac is seeking Packaging Associates
! Join our 2nd Shift Team where you’ll play a critical role in packaging world-class dairy products while promoting a friendly, collaborative work environment. In this hands‑on role, you’ll remove blocks of cheese from totes, load them onto conveyor systems, and monitor robotic palletizing equipment that stacks finished cases for distribution. You’ll operate and maintain advanced packaging machinery, drive forklifts as needed, and ensure products meet our high standards through consistent quality inspections.

With responsibilities spanning multiple product lines, you’ll troubleshoot, make timely decisions, and maintain accurate inventory records, all while adhering to strict safety and regulatory guidelines. If you’re detail‑oriented, mechanically inclined, and love cheese, this is the job for you!

• Shift: 2:15 PM - 12:45 AM
• Schedule:
  
  Monday – Saturday with two rotating days off; overtime may be required based on business needs.

Pay Starting at $21.11/hour

• $3.00 per hour for night shift hours (6:00 PM – 6:00 AM)
• $2.25 per hour for weekend shifts (Saturday and Sunday)
• Earn up to $1,500 in bonus pay during your first year!

With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses Money Can Buy”, Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast‑to‑coast or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. Our associates come first, and we promote a positive work/life balance while supporting the communities in which we live and work.

• Low-cost onsite clinics
• Free onsite fitness center
• Free healthy snacks throughout the facility
• Health and wellness reimbursement program
• Associate cheese purchasing program
• Two-year mentorship program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

In Fond du Lac (FDL) you get the full four-season experience – warm in the summer with highs reaching into the 80s and plenty of sunshine for golf, biking, camping and live music under the open sky, and brisk air in the winter with average temps in the 20s and ample snow for snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, ice fishing and winter festivals.

The greater FDL area (population 43,000) is easy to get around and roughly an hour’s drive to almost all major metros in the state (Milwaukee, Madison and Fox Cities/Green Bay). We’ve been rated “Top 100” in job growth among small U.S. metro areas. Additionally, our cost of living is 4% below the national average and you’ll pay 21% less for housing, rent and property taxes compared to the rest of the country.

• High School or GED preferred
• Three (3) months or more of related work experience and/or training in a food manufacturing industry strongly preferred.

This role requires the ability to regularly lift and move objects weighing between 20–50 lbs
, as well as frequent walking, standing, bending, climbing, and exposure to vibration
. The work environment may involve exposure to extreme temperatures (both hot and cold), high humidity, and loud machinery
.

Entry level

Full-time

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