Warehouse Associate 1st shift

We are looking for an energetic, fast-paced, hardworking, and reliable employee to join our 1st shift team! Ornua Ingredients offers competitive starting wages along with an excellent benefits package.

Wage:

Current Starting Pay: $17.75, opportunity to increase with additional training + 8% quarterly bonus opportunity

Increasing Base Pay to $22.50/hr effective May 24th, 2026 

Schedule: Monday-Thursday 5am - 2pm and Friday 5am-9am; overtime as required.

Job Summary:  

The Warehouse Associate re-palletizes cheese that has cooled and prepares it for warehouse storage.  This role works in a team environment to prepare cheese products to ship to customers. All tasks are performed in a busy environment with limited supervision.  

The Warehouse Associate will prepare, receive, order and export warehouse deliveries, to include job site content and consumables.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• The stacker re-palletizes cheese that has cooled down under 50 degrees. 

• Sample and check the cheese as required and deliver to the Quality Control lab for testing. 

• Stack pallets of properly cooled cheese while inspecting the boxes for damage or any other variation; report deficiencies to proper parties.   

• Clean up spills in a timely manner and keep work area orderly. 

• Perform duties following all good manufacturing practices (GMP’s) including food, equipment, and operating safety requirements. 

• Complete all necessary cleaning and workplace sanitation requirements.  

• Record production/warehousing information in a tablet, scanner, computer or by hand.  

• Identify variation in cheese manufacturing processes, troubleshoot and report to supervisor if unable to resolve.  

• Attend all required company training. 

• Flexible to support work in all areas as needed.  

• Other duties may be required as needed to meet production demand.  

Required Skills and Abilities:  

• Verbal/written communication skills 

• Work as a member of a team 

• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and act upon them 

• Time management skills 

• Uphold confidentiality of sensitive information 

• High attention to detail 

• Maintain excellent attendance 

Education and Experience: 

• High school diploma or equivalent 

• Prior forklift operation preferred 

Physical Requirements: 

• Continuously lift up to 55 pounds

• Stand continuously 

• Walk frequently 

• Climb ramps or stairs  

• Push/pull materials form conveyors 

• Sit rarely 

Environmental Conditions 

• Refrigerated warehouse environment 

• General manufacturing conditions