3rd Shift Bulk Cheese Handler
Great Lakes CheeseWisconsin, United States
Posted December 10, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Great Lakes Cheese is a premier manufacturer and packager of natural and processed cheeses, serving grocery stores, restaurants, and foodservice distributors across the U.S. with facilities in multiple states. Founded by Hans Epprecht in 1958, the company remains privately owned by the Epprecht Family and features an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) that gives all employee-owners a shared stake in the business.
Job Description
The Bulk Cheese Handler prepares product and cutting to meet customer specifications in compliance with company policy related to GMP’s and Safety.
Requirements
- Maintain area, equipment, and personal sanitation.
- De-box/unwrap cheese from original packaging.
- Weigh cheese when applicable.
- Manual Measurement and countdown of cheese needed for customer and order specs.
- Inspect/clean cheese.
- Maintain accurate production records.
- Keep line stocked with product to assure no down time.
- Operate cutters and lifting equipment.
- Load cheese into machines / onto equipment for further processing.
- Pack and seal trim.
- Productive use of down time.
- Review order specifications to perform quality checks against customer orders.
- Direct/communicate to line personnel on order specifications and quality issues.
- Enter data on production reports.
- Communicate to line personnel on safety issues.
- Perform handheld functions using a handheld scanner.
- Operate a pallet truck.
- Ability to rotate to all lines in all Bulk positions.
- All GLC employees are expected to perform any assignment or job task according to the stated safety policies and procedures.
- All GLC employees are expected to produce our products in a manner that exceeds the quality and value expectation of our customers and consumers by adhering to Good Manufacturing Practices, Policies and Procedures outlined in our Safe Quality Food Program.