Packaging Flex Operator

**Role: Packaging Flex Operator
**Reporting To: Production Manager**

**Location: Kitchener, 560 Victoria Street North**

**Details: Full time permanent position with a gradual wage increase.**

**Wage: $21.00/Hour**

**Shift Schedule**:Nights**:(Sunday - Thursday, 8-hour shifts).

**Afternoon Shift: 3:00 pm-11:15 pm**
- **Availability required (flexibility with working overtime, and on weekends, as necessary).**

**Wonder Brands Inc., is a leading North American bakery (formerly Weston Foods, fresh and**

**_Here are some of many reasons to join Wonderbrands_**
- Full-time Permanent Job
- Progressive Wage Scale
- Competitive Benefits include full Health, Dental, and Pension Plans
- Paid Vacations and Holidays
- Employee Bread Discount Program
- Employee Referral Program
- Growth opportunities
- Training Provided

Wonderbrands, is a leading North American bakery (formerly Weston Foods, fresh and frozen businesses) with 140 years of experience in baking packaged breads, artisan breads, and donuts. We are one of the largest bakeries in North America and makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D’Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa.

Wonderbrands, a division of FGF Brands, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading-edge supply chain

practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake. We are hiring production operators to support our bakeries and Team Members.

Our bakery team is the heart of our company and plays an important role in keeping North America’s food supply going. Our Production Operators are an integral part of the Baking/Production/Packaging process, ensuring our delicious baked goods are baked/packaged, and safely end up on grocery store shelves and at your favorite restaurants across North America.

We are not just a job, we are an extended family, committed to elevating everyday moments and feeding communities and families across the country.

Join us and find fulfillment and purpose in your work.

In a typical day, you’ll:

- Pick, pack, wrap, sort, and package fresh products into bags and boxes.
- Work in production/packaging area to make and stack boxes onto pallets and wrap them safely.
- Inspect filled packages to ensure product is packaged according to specifications.
- Work in production/packaging area to Wrap and stack bread trays onto pallets and Operate Production Machine as required.
- Be responsible for equipment set-up and change overs and running production lines as needed for various food products.
- Assist Machine operators/Mixers/oven captains and crew with other duties as assigned.
- Work as flex operator to monitor the Production of different production lines, primarily the packing department
- Cover multiple positions depending on vacation and absenteeism need.
- May assist sanitation crew in the cleanliness of production equipment and area
- Ensure all Food Safety and Health & Safety policies and procedures are followed

About You:

- A lover of bread and baked goods
- You must be comfortable to loft 50 pounds repetitively.
- You have strong people skills—you’re approachable, a good listener, and empathetic
- You have previously worked in a manufacturing environment (even better if it was food manufacturing)
- You’re dedicated to the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues
- You digest constructive feedback as an opportunity to listen, and improve your skills, abilities, and performance
- You are someone who listens to comprehend a situation first, asking questions to clarify your own understanding, instead of listening to be able to repl