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1st shift- Food Packaging Assistant

Penzeys Spices
Penzeys Spices Salary
Wauwatosa, WI Full Time
POSTED ON 2/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/8/2025
Love people, cooking and making a difference?
Visit our About Us Page on our website- and read how together we are "making the world a better place."
Help us grow the kindness and compassion of Cooks into an ongoing movement for positive change. Come be a part of creating a more equitable world.

We are looking for people to help us out in our Wauwatosa Warehouse as Food Packaging Assistants on 1st shift.

Become a machine operator with our job training and pay incentive to follow. Starting Pay: Food Packaging Assistants $15.75/ hour. Machine Operators make $17.75/hour after successful training is completed. 

NO Experience required!

As a food packaging assistant, you will work in our Production Department and help package our high quality spices for our customers. The job involves working independently as well as working with others within the department. A willingness to learn, help out where needed and accept new tasks are an important part of the job. During the packaging process there are important safety and quality processes that are involved.  

We provide thorough training, as well as opportunity and encouragement for Assistants to transition into Machine Operators which includes a pay increase. 
 
Full Time Shifts Available:
First Shift- Monday-Friday 6am-2pm
Weekends & Overtime as Business Needs Require
 
Your daily job will include: 
  • Assisting the machine operator with the daily production runs
  • Preparing production lines by loading with spices, containers, boxes, and supplies
  • Checking to see that spices are being packaged correctly with our company quality standards and making the necessary corrections to items that do not meet the standards
  • Packing spices into boxes and then palletizing those boxes
  • Check/Inspect the quality of raw goods (spices) and finished goods (packaged) to ensure the items meet our standards
  • Cleaning machinery and packaging area as needed
  • Communicate with the Machine Operators you work with daily, as well as other employees within the same department   
  • You will be part of supporting the Company Safety Culture in the packaging process which includes following quality guidelines and following good manufacturing practices (GMP) to ensure safety and quality product is being produced
  • Other duties as assigned
Physical requirements:
  • Be able to stand for long periods, bend, twist, lift, climb stairs, perform repetitive fine motor movements, and able to lift up to but not limited to 50 pounds.

Full Time Benefits:
*Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Available
*Paid Time Off
*Paid Holidays
*401K 
*Employee Assistance Program
*On site Health Services Available

Additional Employee Benefits:
*Paid breaks
*On site employee break room
*Penzeys complimentary home cooked meals, served to our employees twice weekly
*Complimentary beverages available on breaks
*Employee Discount
*And more!

At the very heart of cooking is the bedrock belief that when we give of ourselves and take time to care for others the world becomes a better place.  This is the job.  If this sounds like what you're looking for, we would love for you to fill out an application
Please complete an online application or contact Lexi with questions at 262-785-7697.

Salary : $16 - $18

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