Production Associate - Full-time / Part-time

Position Title: Production Associate

Wage: $17.50/hour

Shift: 1st

Hours: 6am-4pm

Would you like to join a team that is like being a part of a family? When you come to work, you don’t just join a company, you join an extended family — one great team of people devoted to producing the best cheese in the world. Like a family, they're always growing and sharing challenges, teaching, and talking to each other, laughing together as much as possible, and looking for ways to nurture their members. Don't miss their opening for 1st shift Production Associates.

Production Associate Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Operate packing equipment to fill cheese wheel molds with cheese curd, monitoring cheese wheel size
- Stack wheels horizontally onto cheese presses
- Flip 22lbs wheels in press to ensure proper wheel form
- Palletize finished wheels and transfer cheese to other production areas using forklift
- Remove cheese from molds, trimming excess product with knife
- Clean and sanitize production area and manufacturing equipment
- Add the seasoning to cheese in the treating department

Production Associate Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED
- Manufacturing experience preferred
- Lift 20-30lbs repetitively, flipping and lifting product above shoulder height and from waist down to floor level pallets
- Work in a fast-paced environment, during repetitive work
- Repetitive twisting, bending, wrist and upper body movements
- Stand and walk 8-10 hours a day
- Work in a cooler and/or warm environment; working in the cooler at times, as well as in the cheese production room in a warmer/humid environment
- Able to perform fast-paced, repetitive work
- Ability to read, comprehend, and prepare production worksheets in English
- Must be quality focused and able to follow GMP requirements and food safety requirements

QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the Midwest. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment.

Why Work with QPS?
- Access to sought-after positions with leading employers
- Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process
- Over 30 years of staffing experience
Best of all, our services are 100% free to job seekers!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

wausau@qpsemployment.com
Branch: Wausau WI
IND050
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