General Laborer

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 8-hour shifts with voluntary and mandatory overtime as needed. With one 20 minute paid lunch break and one 30 minute unpaid lunch break.
Job Summary
The General Laborer position has two main job components: 1) basic line tasks on our cereal/ingredient packaging lines, and 2) cleaning tasks. All GL’s rotate assignments throughout each workday. This is Kerry’s entry-level production job.


 

Key responsibilities

Essential Job Functions

  Palletize, shrink wrap, and record and certify quantities.
  Perform cleaning duties such as sweeping and sanitizing. Cleaning duties often require working at heights using a scissor-lift. During changeovers, GL’s may work entire shifts of cleaning duties.
  Perform varied line duties such as checking code dates, aligning bags on conveyors, refilling cardboard stock, moving product and materials with a pallet jack, filling and weighing bulk product containers, assembling boxes, etc.
  Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and skills

  High school diploma or GED preferred, but not required.   Must be able to tolerate the above-listed physical and environmental demands of this position with or without accommodations.
  Ability to communicate verbally and in written form.
  Must have some work experience doing manual labor within the last 5 years.
  Previous manufacturing experience preferred.