Maintenance Warehouse Operator

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

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Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

The Role:

- We are looking for our next _Maintenance Warehouse Operator._
- This position is located _in Portage la Prairie, MB location_

What We Offer:
- A highly collaborative team environment with ample room for exponential career growth.- Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, up to 6% RRSP match, and professional development opportunities.- Comprehensive benefits including extended healthcare coverage, an Employee Assistance Plan, wellness benefits, and generous paid time off (including medical and personal leave)- Free healthy on-site snacks, on-site gym, and a supportive work environment

Job Summary:
- Supports and adheres to all safety, environmental and quality requirement- Loads and unloads dry van trailers- Create and process shipment documentation- Maintain inventory of supplies and product- Meets customer requirements cleaning, loading, documenting, and sealing trucks- Preforms other duties as assigned- Inventory clean and empty trailers daily- Work with Ark Logistics on full / MT shuttle trailer inventory- Work with customer care and Oakley Transport on Hershey bulk trailer status

Essential Functions and additional responsibilities:
- Wears designated PPE- Certified Forklift Operator- Protects safety, the environment and product quality in all situations- Qualifies on designated department positions- Remotely operates process via Foxboro or DLCS and PLC’s- Conducts routine tours and inspections of warehouse, bulk loading and packaging areas as assigned- Manually manipulates equipment and preforms other manual operations as required (e.g. manipulates valves, positions loading spouts, etc.)- Coordinate and take product samples for customers or QC as required.- Communicates effectively, both written and verbal, with other employees, Team Leaders and Contractors- Works with maintenance employees and contractors to complete equipment repairs and modification- Performs assigned computer functions- Performs incidental maintenance activities- Lifts approximately 50 pounds as needed- Climb stairs as needed- Works outside in all seasons- Maintains loading logs and log book- Effectively performs multiple tasks at one time- Capable of operating with infrequent supervision
- as little as one to two contacts per 8 hour shift- Carries out loading and housekeeping schedules as defined in verbal and written Team leader notes, truck schedule, and Master Cleaning for the assigned area.

Accountabilities: Satisfactory performance of this job yields the following results
- On budget safety, environmental and quality performance- Product output matching the production plan- Satisfied customers- Error-free documentation of loads- A clean and tidy work place with little or no product buildup- Positive interaction with others and good morale within and across departments

Job Specifications:
- Owns the safety of self and others in the department- Qualifies on defined jobs in the designated timeframe- Qualified in a single area- Monitors and understands assigned loading processes; optimizes process performance without sacrificing safety, environmental or quality (e.g. makes appropriate adjustments, etc.)- Requires mínimal supervision to sustain process operation- Commonly work in hot, humid areas- Routinely works outside for 60 minutes at a time, sometimes longer, in all seasons.- Spends much of the shift standing, walking or operating forklift- Crawl, crouch, and reach as needed- Operates processes that are unique technology to Roquette in a highly competitive environment. Disclosure of this process information could cause substantial harm to Roquette’s completive position

This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by this position. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and preform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

AAP/EEO Statement
- Roquette is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. “AAP, EEO, Drug-Free Workplace”_

Other Duties
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice._

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