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Invest in you, Join Agropur. We dairy you!

We are looking for a Warehouse Worker/Truck Driver in Le Sueur, Minnesota.

What Agropur invests in YOU:

• Rate of Pay: $27.90 hourly

• Two pay increases within first year of employment!

• Comprehensive benefits package focusing on your physical, financial and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with up to a 7% company match

  • Paid Time Off (available on day 1)

  • Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays

  • Paid parental leave

  • Tuition Reimbursement Program

  • Bonus Program

  • Uniform Program

  • Shoe Allowance

  • Support and resources to meet everyday challenges.

  • Wellness resources to help you stay fit and well.

• Internal Advancement Opportunities

• Leadership Development and Mentorship Programs

• Opportunities to support our local communities.

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committees

• Chance to apply best practices in sustainability and environmental initiatives.

• Commitment to producing high quality nutritious products and providing nourishment around the world

What this role is all about:

The Semi Driver (Warehouse Truck Driver) drives and delivers product. This position also loads and unloads trucks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain load manifests and all other vehicle documents, ensuring they are properly completed and balanced with truck counts and shipping documents before and after deliveries.

• Safely operate a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment as needed.

• Inspect company vehicle for visual defects when the vehicle is not running and operating defects when the vehicle is running; complete a daily inspection report per DOT rules.

• Comply with all DOT hours of service and rules of the road.

• Deliver merchandise to the appropriate location using the company vehicle; ensuring delivery receipt is signed by the receiver.

• Prepare, stage, load and unload trucks safely and accurately.

• Keep truck and trailer clean and swept.

• Fill out all logs accurately and submit to the proper people.

• Report any issues with equipment to manager or supervisor.

• Understand and comply with all Quality Assurance policies, immediately reporting any potential food safety issues to management.

• Keep daily truck logs.

• Perform general maintenance of trucks.

• Take trucks in for inspection, service and maintenance.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand and adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices and Standard Operating Procedures.

• Safety Protocol

  • Stop any observed unsafe acts and obey facility safety rules and procedures.

  • Correct or report any observed safety hazards.

  • Support safety policies and programs.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time.

Qualifications:

Education Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience Required:

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience driving a truck and backing a trailer required.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience operating a forklift required.
• Experience backing a trailer into a dock required.
• Good mechanical aptitude required.
• Slip Sheet Unit/Powerlift Jack operation preferred.

Certification/Licensure Required:

• Class A CDL with airbrake/tanker endorsement required.
• Clean driving record required.
• Medical Examiner Certification to drive truck required.

Skills Required:

• Demonstrate attention to detail and accuracy in work.
• Basic math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division).
• Basic computer operational skills; able to input and retrieve computerized information.
• Communicate well both verbally and in writing with managers and colleagues.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, adapt to a changing environment quickly, and think independently.
• Dedication to meet the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; acts with customers in mind.
• Ability to solve problems by adapting knowledge and experience.
• Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and work to maintain constructive working relationships.

Where you’ll be working:

• Our presence in Le Sueur, MN, consists of the following locations: Le Sueur Cheese, Le Sueur Ingredients, and the Le Sueur Protein Research Center.

• Our cheese facility produces various types of cheese, including cheddar, Monterey Jack, Asiago, Fontina, Parmesan and Romano. Our ingredients facility runs various whey streams, including; whey protein isolate (WPI), whey protein concentrate 34 (WPC 34), whey protein concentrate 80 (WPC 80) and both pharma and food-grade lactose.

• Agropur’s US operations produce 1 billion pounds of quality, award-winning cheese each year. We create more than 20 different varieties, and also provide whey protein and dry ingredients which are by-products of the cheesemaking process. As one of the world’s largest dairy producers, Agropur partners with some of the most recognizable food, beverage and nutrition brands to help feed the world. Better Dairy. Better World.

AA/EEO – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and origins. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec. Agropur uses artificial intelligence technology to assist our recruiters in screening, assessing, or selecting applicants for this position. 

In this text, the use of the masculine gender to designate persons is intended only to lighten the text.