Upgrade Crew

Upgrade Crew

Babcock, WI, USA

Full-time

Company Description

Ocean Spray is a vibrant agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 cranberry farmers in the United States, Canada and Chile, who have helped preserve the family farming way of life for generations. The cooperative’s cranberries are currently featured in more than a thousand great-tasting, good-for-you products in over 100 countries worldwide.

With more than 2,000 employees and nearly 20 receiving and processing facilities, Ocean Spray is committed to managing our business in a way that respects our communities, colleagues and the environment.

Ocean Spray believes that our colleagues are our best assets and we offer an environment where you can work with exceptionally smart, innovative and passionate teams that are motivated to deliver Ocean Spray products around the world. If you are looking for a rewarding career where you can Grow, Own, Live and Drive your career every day, Ocean Spray is for you!

Job Description

Upgrade Crew

Ocean Spray believes that our employees are our best asset and we offer an environment where you can work with exceptionally smart, innovative, passionate teams that are motivated to deliver Ocean Spray products around the world.

The position is located at our Babcock Receiving Station Facility in Babcock, WI.

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for the daily operator relief for breaks and the daily sanitation/cleaning of the Upgrade line.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monitoring the quality of fruit, and advising the Quality Coordinator or Team Lead of any foreign material or food safety issue
• Operates hydraulic lift to break multiple line drivers and operators
• Removes excess fruit from bottom of bins
• Ensures the continual flow of cranberries to the production line by communicating with forklift driver
• Ensures area remains clean at all times
• Assists with bin breakdown when required
• Follows Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Upgrade Clean and Relief which includes daily and weekly line wash down and sanitation including weekly ATP testing
• Maintenance Helper

Minimum Knowledge, Skill and Ability Requirements:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.  Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide.  Ability to perform these operations using units, weight measurement, volume and distance.  Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to

deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.  Ability to understand the importance of and comply with the established GMP and SOP(s).

Minimum Education and Experience:

High School/GED

Ability to acquire OSC forklift certification

Successfully meet the Receiving Station safety adherence for chemical awareness and safety handling, general safety rules, hazard communication and MSDS labeling, PPE, ammonia, GMP, Pails/Shovels/Brushes program, SOP and SSPS9(s)

2 – 4 years experience

Physical and Environmental Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, handle, or feel and reach; push and pull with hands, arms.  The employee is occasionally required to walk, crouch and knee, crawl or climb.  The employee must occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.  Specific vision abilities of this job includes: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical/electrical parts and pressurized equipment, and extreme cold or heat.  The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and performs duties at high levels.  The noise level in the work environment is typical for a manufacturing environment, and

required appropriate hearing protection within the plant’s operations.

Qualifications

• High School/GED
• Ability to acquire OSC forklift certification
• Successfully meet the Receiving Station safety adherence for chemical awareness and safety handling, general safety rules, hazard communication and MSDS labeling, PPE, ammonia, GMP, Pails/Shovels/Brushes program, SOP and SSPS9(s)
• Additional information
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Who We Are: You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.
• Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:
• G rower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
• Sustainable R esults – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
• I ntegrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
• Inclusive T eamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.