Night Cheese Tower Operator at Dean Foods in Zumbrota, Minnesota

Job Description:

Job Title



Night Cheese Tower OperatorLocation



Zumbrota, MinnesotaDescription




General Purpose:



The Tower Sealer Palletizer works in the Cheese department rotating between three workstations: bagging finished cheese blocks, sealing of the cheese package and palletizing finished product.



Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follow all DFA GMP's and work in a manner consistent with all corporate and regulatory, food safety, quality and sanitation requirements.


• Operate a forklift, moving cheese from production area to the warehouse cooler


• Run Beta Vac / bag sealer with no leakers


• Weigh blocks, place label tickets on blocks and boxes


• Operate and validate metal detector


• Operate boxer and palletizer (Robot)


• Tower operation


• Maintain operating records (Block Counts)


• Perform necessary routine cleaning and preventive maintenance


• Master sanitation as needed

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) or equivalent experience


• Basic computer skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals


• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percentage


• Perform work independently as required


• Perform necessary routine cleaning and preventive maintenance


• Knowledge with machines, tools, equipment and Lock out Tag out