Job Description

Employment Type: Hourly
Shift: Various Shifts
Work Designation:  Onsite 

Position Summary:

As a Production Assistant, you’ll be an essential part of our team, operating filling lines to complete products for customer orders and following appropriate policies and procedures to ensure successful execution of position responsibilities. This role also offers an exciting opportunity to advance your career within our structured path for growth and guaranteed pay progression milestones at 90 days and 180 days! 

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs packaging of finished product packages (i.e. makes up corrugated boxes and partitions, packs finished product in boxes, seals cases manually, labels or stencils finished cases with proper identification, and places finished cases on pallets using pre-determined case placements) and makes minor machine adjustments
• Assists in operating filling line equipment and packaging equipment, does general inspections of products during operation and packs off finished product
• Monitors product cases to ensure proper weight and accurate packaging components and machinery for film splices, breakage, and machinery jams and reports them to the service machine operator immediately
• Prepares work area for production and keeps it clean and orderly throughout the work shift, places damaged product packages into proper containers and discards trash
• Starts and stops production equipment to which assigned during the shift and maintains daily report on product, brand, type and quantity produced
• Support the SQF program and promotes food safety by maintaining housekeeping in immediate area and contributes to an audit ready department
• Responsible for following all food safety policies, procedures and regulatory criteria including the current SQF code, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and associated preventive controls
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience

Knowledge and Skills:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills 
• Must have the ability to read and understand standard instructions and to work effectively with others
• Self-starting, self-directing and exercises good judgment and decision making skills

Why Join Us:
Ventura Foods innovates and manufactures food solutions for foodservice and retail businesses. We make exclusive products for the world's most iconic restaurants and retailers, we provide ready-to-go product solutions for professional kitchens, and we make consumer brands everyone knows and loves. When you work for Ventura Foods, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work. As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth because you invest in ours.

Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:​

• Competitive Pay with Built-In Progression: We offer a competitive starting wage with guaranteed pay increases within the first 180 days. 

• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage from day one, along with paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and profit-sharing/401(k) matching after eligibility criteria are met. 

• Supportive Culture and Growth: Join a safe, inclusive environment where we invest. 

Physical Demands:
Regularly requires intermittent sitting, standing, walking, climbing, squatting, kneeling, pushing, and pulling. Physical strength and dexterity sufficient to perform the required task(s). Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds or more with assistance. Additional demands may be required.

Work Environment:
In addition to normal business hours, work schedules may include after hours and weekends as needed. May work outside and in adverse temperatures which include extreme hot, cold, and humidity. May be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. Must be willing and able to wear personal protective equipment as required by established Company Safety standards. May require work in confined and dark spaces, and at heights in excess of 18 feet for prolonged periods of time.

Diversity & Inclusion:
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment in which all employees are treated with respect is evident in our company culture and values. We believe that fostering an environment of inclusion and a focus on diversity across our organization is vital to attracting top talent, driving innovation, and meeting the high expectations of our customers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

Ventura Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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