Plant Shipping Loader at Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. – Dallas, Texas

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

Responsibilities:

• Manual transfer of finished product, empty cases, pallets, and/or other ingredients and containers Stack cased product, empty cases, and/or empty pallets, as required.
• Clean empty trailers, case washers, and other delivery equipment daily.
• Check and document case washer temperature and cleaning solution concentration.
• Restock product lines, recording the movement of stock in /out of the work area.
• Ensure proper product rotation in the warehouse.
• Monitor materials, products, and equipment at each point in the process.
• Sort, bundle, and fill containers or place them in assembled units.
• Complete all required documentation and schedule product checks.
• Maintain reliable attendance and consistent work hours.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Refrigerated warehouse and shipping experience preferred
• 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.
• Minimum age: 18
• Must be able to pass a drug screen and physical.

Physical Demand/Working Conditions:

• Routinely lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally 75 pounds.
• Excellent customer service and verbal and written communication skills required to work for extended periods in a cold, damp environment.
• Must be able to work in 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. 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.

Hiland Dairy Foods Company is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.