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