Warehouse Associate 1st shift

We are looking for an energetic, fast-paced, hardworking, and reliable employee to join our 1st shift team! Ornua Ingredients offers competitive starting wages along with an excellent benefits package.

Wage:

Current Starting Pay: $17.75, opportunity to increase with additional training 8% quarterly bonus opportunity

Increasing Base Pay to $22.50/hr effective May 24th, 2026

Schedule: Monday-Thursday 5am - 2pm and Friday 5am-9am; overtime as required.

Job Summary:

The Warehouse Associate re-palletizes cheese that has cooled and prepares it for warehouse storage. This role works in a team environment to prepare cheese products to ship to customers. All tasks are performed in a busy environment with limited supervision.

The Warehouse Associate will prepare, receive, order and export warehouse deliveries, to include job site content and consumables.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• The stacker re-palletizes cheese that has cooled down under 50 degrees.
• Sample and check the cheese as required and deliver to the Quality Control lab for testing.
• Stack pallets of properly cooled cheese while inspecting the boxes for damage or any other variation; report deficiencies to proper parties.
• Clean up spills in a timely manner and keep work area orderly.
• Perform duties following all good manufacturing practices (GMP’s) including food, equipment, and operating safety requirements.
• Complete all necessary cleaning and workplace sanitation requirements.
• Record production/warehousing information in a tablet, scanner, computer or by hand.
• Identify variation in cheese manufacturing processes, troubleshoot and report to supervisor if unable to resolve.
• Attend all required company training.
• Flexible to support work in all areas as needed.
• Other duties may be required as needed to meet production demand.
  
  

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Verbal/written communication skills
• Work as a member of a team
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and act upon them
• Time management skills
• Uphold confidentiality of sensitive information
• High attention to detail
• Maintain excellent attendance
  
  

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prior forklift operation preferred
  
  

Physical Requirements:

• Continuously lift up to 55 pounds
• Stand continuously
• Walk frequently
• Climb ramps or stairs
• Push/pull materials form conveyors
• Sit rarely
  
  

Environmental Conditions

• Refrigerated warehouse environment
• General manufacturing conditions