Warehouse Operator
GlanbiaAbout the role
Warehouse Operator I
Job Description – August 2025
Supervisor’s Title: Warehouse Team Leader
Department: Production
Location: Blackfoot Plant
Exempt Status: Hourly
At Glanbia Dairy Nutrition, our portfolio centers on dairy and non-dairy nutritional ingredients. We co-innovate and deliver ingredient solutions and precision premixes for use in the mainstream food and beverage, infant and clinical, and functional nutrition markets. We are the number one provider of whey-based nutritional ingredients globally and the number one producer of American-style cheddar cheese. Our protein systems have transformed the bar and beverage categories — bringing increased levels of protein, cleaner labels and greater product functionality to market. We have a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and China, and international sales and technical offices around the world.
Job Summary
Oversee the efficient operations in the warehouse.
Essential Functions
- Efficiently operate a forklift
- Ensure that trucks are loaded and unloaded correctly
- Maintain records of shipments and work accomplished
- Keep work area clean and uncluttered and floors free of broken pieces of pallets
- Keep Warehouse ingredients, chemicals, and products organized and neat
- Safely handle, measure, mix, and dispose of cleaning and sanitizing chemicals used in the Clean-In-Place (CIP) process in accordance with established procedures, safety data sheets (SDS), and company safety policies.
- Perform daily checks on the forklifts for mechanical problems
- Inspect out going & in going loads for damage product
- Helps maintain a good safe work environment
- Staging loads for shipping
- Maintains an accurate inventory at all times
- Maintains an audit ready warehouse at all times
- Stage & prep loads
- Sample product
- Takes active role in continuous improvement teams
- Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act which are applicable to his/her own actions and conduct.
- Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates (Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)
- Perform other duties as assigned
Additional Functions
- Regular and timely attendance required
Qualifications
- Must be able to operate a forklift while loading & unloading truck trailers of chemicals, pallets, products, and ingredients
- Computer experience helpful
- Must be dependable and trustworthy
- Must be able to work in a cold environment
- Self-motivated and ability to work with little supervision
- Must be able to lift at least 55 lbs consecutively
- Ability to operate (or learn to operate) necessary equipment
- Excellent record required in safety, attendance, and punctuality
- Ability to stand and walk the entire shift if needed
- Ability to read and write instructions in English
- Knowledge of the proper use of all cleaning chemicals
- Must be able to work weekends, and overtime as required
Typical Physical Activity
Physical Demands
The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee and the work environment characteristics are those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Requirements
- Frequently (51-75%) use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Stand, walk, lift??
- Occasionally (25-50%) walk, lift and/or move 26 to 60 lbs.
- Rarely (1-25%) stand, sit, talk or hear, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or cra
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