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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE.    PRODUCTS.    CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance and well-being coverage after 1 month
• Competitive Pay
• Generous company retirement benefit contributions
• 3 Weeks of Vacation to Start
• Professional training
• professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service 

Compensation: The starting pay is $31.54 per hour and after successful completion of training they will progress towards the full rate at $39.43 per hour

Afternoon Shift Schedule: Monday- Friday 4 - 10 Hour Shifts; Rotating days off per week; 2:25 PM -12:55 AM

What Does It Take to be a Plant Operator at Dawn Foods?  

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.   

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Ability to read and understand documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports.
• Ability to communicate effectively with fellow employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problem-solving in variable situations
• Must be able to work well with others or independently.
• Computer skills helpful / Forklift driving skills an asset.

What will you do as a Plant Operator at Dawn Foods? 

• Perform all required production and change-over duties as required through rotating duty schedule:  i.e.: packer, batch prep, forklift operator, material handling.
• Operate equipment as needed for each respective function
• Operate in a safe manner according to Dawn Foods' health and safety expectations.
• Follow production paperwork instructions to ensure accurate, consistent, high-quality, and food-safe products.
• Responsible for maintaining the workstation and keeping it clean, and 5S organized.
• Team Members will be required to complete food safety and personal safety training on a regular, reoccurring basis.
• Perform other tasks as may be required and assigned by the Supervisor.
• Demonstrate the “Dawn Values” of Team Dawn and support the ‘Circle of Excellence’.

Physical Demands & Work Environment 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products. 
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move 22- 25 Kilograms and frequently lift and/or move 22- 25 Kilograms. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus 
• Temperature fluctuates with the season – colder during the winter/warmer during the summer 
• Working around heavy machinery – hearing protection required in the production area 

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here. 

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.” 

About Our Benefits 

Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits. We also help protect our Team Members’ future financial health with a generous RRSP matching program that provide additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. The contributions start as early as one month from employment. 

Dawn is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Dawn Foods welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 36644