Creamery Team Member

Creamery Team Member

07 Sep 2024
California, Humboldt county, 95511 Humboldt county USA

Creamery Team Member

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Cypress Grove is one of America's best-known artisan cheese producers. We are proud of the joy our award-winning goat cheese brings to people, and that starts with the hardworking production staff who mix, shape, and package our cheese. It took a lot of dedicated, creative, and talented people to get where we are today and we are now seeking .

A Creamery Team Member

The Gig

What the HECK goes on in a creamery?

Creamery team members at Cypress Grove have their hands in every part of cheese making, using strength and stamina, technical skills, state of the art machinery, and attention to detail and safety procedures. Creamery Team Members are expected to:

Provide Cross-departmental support including:

Accurate tracking and documentation of technical production information throughout the cheese making, aging and packaging process.

Operation and routine maintenance of cheese making equipment including staging, setup, operation, breakdown and cleaning.

There are five teams in our creamery, and Creamery Team Members may be assigned to any of them, including: Curd Production, Aged Team, Packaging, Sanitation and Shipping.

Curd Production Team Members are responsible for:

Receiving, pasteurization and fermentation of raw goats milk into fresh curd

Having the ability to independently perform detailed procedures and adhere to all safety and legal requirements.

Preferred Experience: Knowledge of operating and troubleshooting automated plumed systems. Microbiology or food science background.

Schedule: Generally Sunday through Friday from 6:00am to 2:30pm

Aged Cheese Team Members are responsible for:

Making and forming our aged cheese by mixing ingredients and forming our aged cheese into shapes, and finishing formed cheeses by ashing, spraying, turning and stacking. Rotate in the dishroom ensuring tools remain sanitary.

Monitoring and caring for the cheese as it ages by mixing ingredients and moving, turning, inspecting, and stacking formed cheeses. Works closely with the Packaging Team to wrap the aged cheeses.

Schedule: Generally Sunday through Friday from 6:00am to 2:30pm

Packaging Team Members are responsible for:

Production of our fresh cheese and preparing all cheeses to ship by mixing ingredients, forming and packaging all fresh cheeses, working closely with the Aged Team to wrap the aged cheese. Labeling, dipping, boxing, weighing and palletizing all finished cheeses.

Schedule: Generally Monday through Friday from 6:00am to 2:30pm

Sanitation Team Members are responsible for:

Maintaining a safe and sanitary production environment by the disassembly, pre-rinse, cleaning, rinsing, inspecting, assembling, and sanitizing of the production equipment and plant drains, floors, walls and ceilings.

Washing, sanitizing and drying of plant uniforms and PPE as well as general cleaning of common areas such as break rooms, office areas and restrooms.

Schedule: Generally Monday through Friday from 12:00pm (noon) to 8:30pm

Shipping Team Members are responsible for:

Prepare and palletize orders for customer pickup, delivery and for 3rd party shippers. Forklift operation, only if certified and approved.

Schedule: Generally Monday through Friday from 6:00am to 2:30pm

I don't know how to do ANY of that!

Don't worry, some experience helps, but we offer a training program for the right candidate designed to make sure you have the skills needed to be a member of your team. You'll know exactly what is expected of you and will have the support of your co-workers and supervisor. If you aren't afraid to work hard and have a great attendance record and attitude, we'll help with the rest.

How HARD is the work?

We'll be honest it's hard work, but it's also fun and rewarding to be a member of one of our tight-knit teams and produce a product that makes people so happy! You can expect:

an environment which is colder and much more humid than you are used to.

to remain upright on wet concrete floors for your full shift, and to bend and reach objects below your waist and above your head.

to operate heavy equipment, occasionally use a computer keyboard and mouse, and operate other technical devices or machinery.

to regularly grasp and move objects up to 20lbs by yourself and up to 30 lbs with help, and to occasionally grasp and move objects up to 50lbs with help.

to work with industrial strength cleaning chemicals while wearing protective gear.

The Ideal Candidate

We aren't just looking for an employee we are looking for a Grover! Cypress Grove is proud of our company culture which is based on being supportive and respectful with open communication. Do you have strong ethics, judgement, professionalism, adaptability, and dependability? Can you work and play hard? Are you always on time? Do you have the flexibility to learn new skills and chip in as needed? Are you flexible to work early shifts and some weekends and /or overtime?

WE KNEW THAT YOU WOULD, but do you also

Already live in Arcata, CA area or the surrounding areas? We need someone able to start right away!

Have experience working on a production line?

Have at least 6 months experience working with food?

PREFERENCE, will be given to candidates with

1 or 2 years working in a food production environment

Show Me the Money

This position starts a $18/hour

A full benefits package, swag, and YES free cheese! See our main Employment Opportunities page for more details.

It's a Dream Come True

So the job sounds made for you, now let's find out if you are made for the job! Download and review our full job description and then click here:https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=9408&clientkey=880590F659C79979D9B14220A782B6E0

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