Warehouse Associate

Date: 12 Jan 2026

Location: Byron, MN, US, 55920

Company: Ornua Co-operative Limited

We are looking for an energetic, fast-paced, hardworking, and reliable employee to join our 1st shift team! Ornua Ingredients offers competitive starting wages along with an excellent benefits package.

Wage:

$18, opportunity to increase with additional training + 8% quarterly bonus opportunity

Schedule:

Monday-Thursday 9am - 6:30pm, Friday overtime as required.

 

Job Summary:  

The Warehouse Associate works in a team environment to prepare cheese products to ship to customers. All tasks are performed in a busy environment with limited supervision. This position will prepare, receive, order and export warehouse deliveries, to include job site content and consumables. Prior forklift experience required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Safely operates forklift in enviroment with limited space. 
  • Sample and check the cheese as required and deliver to the Quality Control lab for testing. 
  • Stack pallets of properly cooled cheese while inspecting the boxes for damage or any other variation; report deficiencies to proper parties.   
  • Clean up spills in a timely manner and keep work area orderly. 
  • Perform duties following all good manufacturing practices (GMP’s) including food, equipment, and operating safety requirements. 
  • Complete all necessary cleaning and workplace sanitation requirements.  
  • Record production/warehousing information in a tablet, scanner, computer or by hand.  
  • Identify variation in cheese manufacturing processes, troubleshoot and report to supervisor if unable to resolve.  
  • Attend all required company training. 
  • Flexible to support work in all areas as needed.  
  • Other duties may be required as needed to meet production demand.  

 

Required Skills and Abilities:  

  • 2+ years' forklift driving experience.
  • Verbal/written communication skills 
  • Work as a member of a team 
  • Define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and act upon them 
  • Time management skills 
  • Uphold confidentiality of sensitive information 
  • High attention to detail 
  • Maintain excellent attendance 

Education and Experience: 

  • High school diploma or equivalent 
  • Prior forklift operation preferred 

Physical Requirements: 

  • Continuously lift up to 55 pounds
  • Stand continuously 
  • Walk frequently 
  • Climb ramps or stairs  
  • Push/pull materials form conveyors 
  • Sit rarely 

 

Environmental Conditions 

  • Refrigerated warehouse environment 
  • General manufacturing conditions  


Nearest Major Market: Rochester MN