General Labor Trainee

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Dixon

Job Type:

Production Operations

Job Posting Title:

General Labor Trainee

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program!

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs! Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities!

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth.

• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs.

Job Description:

General Labor Trainee

Job Description

About the Role:

• Food production environment
• Proper PPE required on production floor at all times
• Due to the nature of the Union Contract, production employees are not hired into specific shifts and may be required to work first, second or third shift
• Job positions are assigned based on the Union’s job bid process
• 10 hour shifts ranging from four to six shifts per week
• Starting pay of $21.85 per hour
• .30/hour shift premium for 2nd shift
• .40/hour shift premium for 3rd shift

Important Details:  This is a full-time permanent role, Monday through Thursday with various Fridays and Saturdays. Overtime may be available, depending on the needs of the business.

About You:

• You’ll fit right in if you have:
• Production experience
• Attention to detail
• An outstanding attendance history
• Will conform to all good manufacturing practices and be responsible for the cleanliness of immediate work area and contribute to the overall cleanliness of the facility.
• Will have adequate vision ability (depth perception and field of vision) to move around the facility safely and distinguish colors.
• Will have a good sense of smell.
• Will work in all areas of the facility, both inside and outside, and on all floors in the facility.
• Will work any shift, overtime, holidays and weekends as production requires based on seniority.
• Will be required to obtain and maintain a valid forklift operator’s license at all times and operate the forklift in a safe and efficient manner.
• During periods of downtime, will consult with supervisor for assignment of job duties to be performed.
• Will communicate concerns/issues/problems to supervisor/co-workers in a timely and professional manner.
• Responsible for recognizing and reporting food safety and/or quality issues to supervisor and/or manager.
• Will have the knowledge and ability to install, set-up, maintain, troubleshoot and repair all equipment in the facility.
• Will have the knowledge and ability to follow and work from blueprints, sketches, verbal instructions and/or written work orders with minimal supervision.
• Will understand, sign and conform to written power lockout procedures.
• Will perform duties efficiently and calmly during critical “down time” situations.
• Will be willing and able to attend training classes or seminars that may require out of town and/or over night travel.
• Will possess and maintain a good attendance and work record.
• Will train employees coming into the classification of all duties that are required of this position.

                                                             

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Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!

Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!

At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”. TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com

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