Cellar Team Member 2nd Shift at Emmi Roth

Who WE Are

We are a leader in the specialty cheese industry serving our consumers by crafting and importing the best cheeses in the world while caring for our employees and our communities.

Who YOU Are   

You strive for excellence in your area of expertise and are proud to work at a company producing premium products. You are passionate about continuous improvement, enjoy bringing creativity to your work, and are excited to blaze new trails to grow and improve our business. You foster a positive and rewarding workplace culture by valuing flexibility, work-life balance, and team development while inspiring team members to achieve their full potential.

If this sounds like you, we want you to consider joining Emmi Roth!

Summary: 

Monitor the cheese in cellars for proper aging and perform quality swabbing

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Monitor cheese in cellars and document room conditions for temperature, ammonia levels, moisture, and air flow

• Maintain, program, and troubleshoot smearing machines

• Perform minor maintenance on smearing machines

• Complete routine department walk throughs

• Clean and maintain equipment and cheese boards

• Ensure all cheese is removed from brine in a timely manner and samples are taken and given to the Quality Assurance Department

• Perform tray-in/tray-out according to posted schedule

• Utilize the JD Edwards system for inventory tracking and managing work orders

• Attend staff and department meetings

• May be required to work overtime, weekends, and holidays if deemed necessary

• Performs all other duties as assigned

• Report any and all injuries to your supervisor or manager at the time of injury.

• Complete all required training in a timely manner

• Adhere to ERU food safety policies and all government food safety and sanitation regulations (ex. FDA, HACCP, GMP, OSHA)

Qualifications, Skills, Education and/or Experience 

• Hand jack, scissors license or certification within 6 months of hire

• Process flow knowledge of cheesemaking, prep, and packaging

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers

• Basic computer skills including e-mail, word processing, and spreadsheets

• Experience with JD Edwards software

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work with automated equipment

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize under pressure

• Ability to work in cross-functional teams

• History of good attendance

• Excellent organization and problem-solving skills

• Detail-oriented nature

• Ability to work with minimum supervision

Skills & Competencies: 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to coach and mentor others. 

• Solid understanding of cheese conversion equipment and procedures. 

• Familiarity with safety practices, GMPs, and quality control standards. 

• Basic knowledge of training systems and documentation tools (e.g., Alchemy, Q-Matrix) a plus. 

• Dependable, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently or in a team environment. 

• Willingness to work across shifts or flexible hours based on training needs. 

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects and controls.

• Constantly required to stand up to 8hrs during a shift

• Constantly required to walk, bend, and reach with hands and arms

• Constantly required to talk and hear

• Constantly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus naturally or with correction.

  
   

(Occasionally = 1-25% of the time; Frequently = 26-75% of the time; Constantly = 76-100% of the time)

Work environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Constantly exposed to a high level of noise that may make it difficult to concentrate

• Constantly exposed to wet, humid with slippery conditions, hot environment

• Frequently exposed to food grade chemicals required for proper sanitation

• Occasionally exposed odors and air particulates related to the cheese make and aging process.

(Occasionally = 1-25% of the time; Frequently = 26-75% of the time; Constantly = 76-100% of the time)