Job Details
**Competitive** and **comprehensive compensation** and benefits package focusing on your physical, financial and emotional health to include the following perks as well as the standard benefit offerings:
+ **Pay increases after 6 and 12 months of employment**
+ 401(k) Retirement Plan with **up to a 7% company match**
+ Paid Time Off **(available on day 1)**
+ Tuition Reimbursement Program
+ Employee Discounts
+ Bonus Program
+ Uniform Program
+ Shoe Allowance
+ Support to meet everyday challenges as well as resources to support elderly loved ones
+ Wellness resources to help you stay fit and well**What this role is all about**:We are looking for **Ingredient Packagers** in **Le Sueur, Minnesota.****For Current Agropur Employees:**
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Regular**Working at Agropur means being a member of an extended family where simplicity and honesty are part of everyday life, and where the management style is based on integrity, openness and autonomy.** **You too can join the Agropur family!**
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Agropurs US operations produce approximately 1 billion pounds of quality, award winning cheese each year. The US operations produce more than 20 different cheese varieties along with whey protein and dry ingredients.
**What Agropur offers YOU:**
* Internal Advancement Opportunities for both lateral and promotional growth
* 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****
The Ingredient Packager is the final stage in the Agropur production process. This position is responsible for bagging the ingredients and ensuring it meets standard production requirements as well as properly sealing and stacking the package to meet each customers needs.
* Working 12 hour shifts, 7:00 am 7:00 pm, working 7 days in a two week period
* Double time on Sundays
* $1.50/hour night shift differential
**What you need:**
* Willingness to learn and work as a team
* Ability to walk, stand, bend, lift up to 50 lbs. as well as push/pull products up to 170 lbs.
* Must be able to communicate, read, write and understand English.
**Where youll be working:**
Our presence in Le Sueur, MN, consists of the following locations; Le Sueur Cheese, The Friendly Confines Cheese Shoppe, Le Sueur Ingredients, Le Sueur Protein Research Center, and Le Sueur Business Office. These locations produce various types of cheeses, such as; parmesan, romano, asiago, gouda, muenster, Monterey Jack, and cheddar. They also run various whey streams, such as; whey protein isolate (WPI), whey protein concentrate 34 (WPC 34), whey protein concentrate 80 (WPC 80), and both pharma and food-grade lactose.
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