Material Handler

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

PA Lancaster

Job Type:

Production Maintenance

Job Posting Title:

Material Handler

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

Competitive compensation and benefits program

Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs

Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities

An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people

Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth

Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs

Job Description:

About the Role:

Maintain production by moving product and materials to and from warehouse and production area. Assure accurate customer delivery by accurately following customer orders and documenting properly. Maintain hygiene and housekeeping by following good manufacturing procedures. Assists warehouse staff in loading trucks by hand or with the use of a forklift. May be assigned to sanitation crew as needed. This position is responsible for performing of their respective duties to meet company expectations regarding food safety, quality, personal safety, cost, housekeeping, and sanitation. All employees will always conduct themselves in a professional and businesslike manner.

Responsibilities:

Receives production orders and plans day to make sure that materials are delivered promptly from warehouse to line to ensure that production standards are met. Remove and replace unused material. May move product or supplies to and from other warehouses

Ensures customer orders are filled correctly by accurately reading production shop order sheet, noting special instructions and color pen designation. Fill out paperwork as per procedures

Prepares stock for shipment by securing product with stretch wrap slip-sheet or pallet product

Transports product from production floor to trucks or warehouse using forklift or slip sheet lift

Loads trucks by hand or with forklift according to truck loading procedures

Properly fills out load tallies according to procedures

Removes trash product from oven and production floor and move to waste dumpster

Maintains material handling equipment by completing pre-use inspection, making operator repairs such as changing batteries

Ensures good manufacturing procedures by following housekeeping standards and assisting in sanitation duties as needed

Ensures efficient and quality production and positive employee relations by complying with all employment policies, rules, regulations, safety procedures, good manufacturing procedures, product protection standards and actively participating in all training requirements

Important Details:

This role is a 2nd shift position working Monday through Friday.

Mandatory overtime is required, including weekend work.

Rate of pay is $19.25

About You:

You’ll fit right in if you have:

High School, technical school education or equivalent

Ability to be organized, multitask, and keep up with multiple fast-paced machines

Mechanical ability to run equipment and use small hand tools

Basic math and measuring ability

Mental alertness to identify and react to machine process, quality issues and safety issues such as lock out/tag out

Ability to comprehend written and oral communication and apply commonsense understanding to carry out and follow instructions and standard procedures

Ability to read production orders and machine specifications

Ability to use computers for data entry

Ability to work as a team player

Ability to communicate information one-on-one and in small group situations

Ability to keep up with fast-paced conveyor line

Ability to drive forklift and to pass in-company forklift driver training program

High degree of attention to drive safely required to prevent injury to others

Mental alertness to identify quality issues

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At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact

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