Milk Receiver

Lactalis US Yogurt is currently seeking candidates to join our Processing Team.

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

At Lactalis US Yogurt, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and we know that our candidates come from many different backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply and share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE! You may be just the perfect candidate for this or other roles within our company.

From your PASSION to ours

The Milk Receiver is responsible for the unloading of milk from tanker trucks, pumping incoming raw milk or cream from tanker trucks into storage tanks, documenting, and recording volume into inventory, and washing and sanitizing silos and receiving lines. The selected candidate must have the capability to work from HMI screens, working in high places, and excellent interpersonal skills.

Milk Receivers start at $19/hour (more dependent upon experience.) Full-time.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include

Milk Receiver

• Sanitizes all unloading equipment prior to use.
• Check security seals on tankers and verify against manifest.
• Check all incoming tanker loads for order, temperature, taste, and any other factors as indicated.
• Collect samples of incoming product, using defined procedures, and take to laboratory for analysis.
• Operate all computer-controlled product transfer equipment to transfer incoming product from tanker trucks to the appropriate receiving holding tanks. Monitor equipment regularly to ensure proper operation and product integrity.
• Monitor all tanks, clamps, and values at start-up and during transfer process.
• Document product loss and report promptly to Processing Management.
• Routinely check for malfunctions and proper sanitation. Take appropriate action as necessary.
• Report any non-routine repair tasks immediately to Maintenance Management.
• Ensure all required information is documented in accordance with SOP's.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices and all required work safety practices.
• Report any food safety and food quality related issues to management immediately.
• Other duties as assigned

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ year of experience in a manufacturing setting required. Experience in the food and beverage industry preferred.

Skills / Abilities / Knowledge

• Fluency in English; speak, read, and write.
• Able to read and interpret receiving documents.
• Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Must be able to work in a wet environment with variable temperatures.
• Must be flexible and willing to work the demands of the department which may be subject to evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Must be able to obtain Arizona State Lab Sample Testing Certification and Arizona State Sample Pulling Certification within 30 days of hire.
• Regularly required to stand, use hands, stretch, and reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Required to climb, work in high places, and balance. Using a safety harness when required to climb to high restricted places.
• Must be able to taste or smell and talk and hear.
• Requires close, distance, and color vision.
• Must frequently lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift / regularly lift up to 50 pounds with good manual dexterity.

The above job description is intended to describe the duties of an employee in general terms and does not necessarily describe all the duties.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Direct hire – No agencies.

Lactalis US Yogurt and Subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer