General Labor, Packing

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

As a General Labor, Packing, you will be part of a diverse and inclusive team that produces high-quality baked goods for our customers. You will pack products according to case count and quality specifications, following the guidance of the Production Manager/Supervisor. If you are looking for a rewarding role that requires attention to detail, teamwork, and safety, this is the job for you!

Responsibilities: 

• Packs production units in cases, according to case pack specifications. 

• Ensures product units being packed are to quality and product specifications, including color, weight, height, length, appearance, and core temperature. 

• Inserts master case liner, baking instructions, and retail bags as needed in formed cases.  

• Ensures that finished cases have been accurately coded and identified. 

• Places finished cases on pallets properly and labels pallets correctly. 

• Records packaging documents accurately and in a timely fashion. 

• Prepares box cartons with accurate labels for packaged products, and/or ensures that box labeler is accurately labeling cases. 

• Operates various packaging equipment, which may include but is not limited to metal detectors, product counters, case erector/bag inserters, conveyors, box labelers, box tapers, pallet jacks, pallet wrappers, and bag counters. 

• Alerts Packaging Foreman, Packaging Lead or Production Supervisor when metal detector is kicking off product units, or when other machinery is not functioning properly. 

• Maintains sufficient materials for the Packaging Department, including but not limited to pallets, box cartons, box carton tape, master case inserts, baking instructions, pallet tags, correct retail bags, and correct box labels. 

• May assist in collating retail bags according to case counts based on the production schedules. 

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:  

• Ability to count to 60. Ability to do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Ability to write numbers legibly. 

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. 

• Ability to comprehend basic verbal and written instructions. Ability to distinguish and identify different products by reading labels. 

• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.  

• Written Communication - Writes numbers legibly. 

• Previous experience in an automated or semi-automated packing environment preferred.   

Shift: 3rd

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.