Production Associate

**WE ARE RECRUITING PRODUCTION ACCOCIATE - ICE CREAM **AT OUR BOBCAYGEON PLANT**

**Competitive Pay Great Benefits** Family-Owned**

**Yes, you even get FREE ICE CREAM**

**A Little Bit About Us**:
For the past 85 years, Kawartha Dairy has been proud to be a 100% Canadian-owned company, still operated by the same family that founded it in 1937. Although the company has grown tremendously from its early days, it remains headquartered in the lakeside community of Bobcaygeon, Ontario, where it was founded, near Peterborough, an hour north of the GTA.

Today Kawartha Dairy operates 10 retail stores and services a wide range of customers, from grocery stores to foodservice establishments and of course, ice cream parlours. The company also provides custom dairy ingredients to other food companies using Kawartha Dairy’s long history of dairy expertise.

Reflecting the explosive growth in the brand and the business as a whole, Kawartha Dairy has recently constructed a 54,000-square-foot Distribution Centre just south of Bobcaygeon to serve its provincial operations. Investments are also underway to modernize the production plant, our systems and our infrastructure.

As a part of our close-knit Ice Cream Team as a Production Associate, you are responsible for ensuring good communication and cooperation between your co-workers while safely meeting company quality and production expectations; so we may continue to efficiently provide our top-notch dairy products to our loyal customers and creating memories for families.

Kawartha Dairy is committed to growing our company culture of super-friendly staff, above-and-beyond customer service and of course creating a fabulous collection of ice cream and other products.

**We at Kawartha Dairy live by our five values**:

- **We are Family**
- **We Enjoy Our Work**
- **We are Customer Obsessed**
- **We are Small Town Canada**
- **We are Proud of Our Quality**

**What You’ll Do**:

- Hand package filled containers into cardboard boxes as they progress down from conveyor line and tape boxes and ready for palletizing
- Empty track and palletize ice cream onto skids in hardening room. (Note: Sub zero minus 25 degree environment). Requirement to use manual pallet jack to move frozen ice cream to specified location in hardening room
- Observes & fills inclusions into proper equipment and sets controls to meet recipe requirements
- Inspect filled container to ensure product is packaged according to specifications
- Check for leaks and other minor defects
- End of shift prepare for sanitation process. Disassemble equipment parts for washing
- Perform housekeeping tasks on shift

**What you Need to Get the Job Done**:

- High School Diploma required or a combination of equivalent experience
- Previous machine operator or packing experience strongly preferred ideally from a food/beverage manufacturing environment
- Basic understanding of manufacturing processes and related equipment is an asset
- Good verbal and written communication skills to communicate effectively with others
- Ability to discuss production issues in a constructive way with co-workers and Supervisor in a respectful, positive and collaborative manner
- Eye/hand coordination is essential
- Comfortable performing repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity and good hand-eye co-ordination
- Extended periods of standing, and other physically demanding conditions (i.e. lifting up to 25kg)
- Must be reliable
- Able to work as a team member

**What Will Make Us REALLY Love You**:

- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and HACCP an asset
- Self-motivated with a drive for success
- High attention to quality related details
- Exposure to hazards associated with the manufacturing industry
- Understands and constantly pursues the principles of continuous improvement
- Lives our Values and wants to join us on our journey

**What You’ll Love About Us**:

- **Financial Peace of Mind. **Competitive wage. Generous annual performance bonus program.
- **The Health Benefits are On Us. **Comprehensive group benefits (vision, dental, prescription, travel plans) at no cost to you for single/family monthly premiums
- **Grow with Us. **An opportunity for career development in a growing, dynamic Canadian-owned company and an amazing company Culture
- **Prepare for the Future. **RRSP with a generous company match
- **Perks, Perks, Perks **Discount on products sold in our retail stores, free daily dairy beverages (we do make awesome milk) provided in all our company fridges, annual boot allowance, uniforms provided, active social committee. And the best thing about working at Kawartha Dairy - you get FREE ICE CREAM