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Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

ON Richmond Hill

Job Type:

Production Operations

Job Posting Title:

Utility Operator

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs

• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth

• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to yourteam through our employee recognition programs

Job Description:

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high-quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs

• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth

• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs

Key Responsibilities:

The Utility Operator role at the Richmond Hill location provides support to the production team, by performing various tasks to set up, operate, monitor, and troubleshoot assigned machines. This role will be required to perform various functions including, but not limited to:

• Follows all safety policies (such as LOTO, Safe Knife Handling, Safe Lifting Technics Safe Chemical Handling, Emergency Response Procedure, Fire Drills) and participate in safety training programs to promote a safety-first culture.

• Following all quality, GMP, and PPE policies & procedures (safe material handling, lot traceability, etc.)

• Setting up and keeping line equipment running

• Maintaining clean, sanitized work area

• Running alternate equipment as needed to support the production line.

• Keeping supervisor and maintenance informed of issues that require corrective action or repair

• Checking pallets coming to the production floor & codes associated with each against the process order

• Inspecting material, products, and specification sheets at each step of the process, ensuring the quality and integrity of the product meets specifications.

• Recording and reviewing production records and specifications

• Completing all necessary paperwork

• Performing other duties as assigned by a production supervisor or production lead

• Training and developing personnel as needed.

• Participating in a team environment by interacting with other employees and involvement on improvement projects

• Support team members ensuring tasks are being carried out efficiently and in accordance to production schedules

• Collaboration with all teams to ensure coordinated and efficient plant operations

• Report production progress, challenges and achievements to the production supervisor and other relevant stakeholders

• Collaborate with the team to implement changes that enhance productivity and reduce waste

Important Details: Employees work 12-hour shifts (7am to 7pm or 7pm to 7am), Rotating weekends required

Shift: NIGHT

Key Skills & Abilities:

• LANGUAGE SKILLS: Competency in English language (read, write, speak); excellent written, oral, and listening skills. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with groups of employees.

• COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, particularly Word, Excel, and Outlook. Proficiency in SAP or other warehouse management systems. Detailed SAP experience using all related transaction and analytics.

• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Can add, subtract, divide and have ability to calculate figures and amounts such as weights and cubic measurements.

• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret and prioritize a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

• PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands 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 regularly required to stand and talk or listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and use hands to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment varies from quiet to that of a normal warehouse operation with material handling equipment noise in background.

*Applicant must demonstrate reliability as they will be supporting the entire

department.*

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment – preferably in the food industry

• Demonstrated drive to continuously improve operations

• Ability to accomplish established goals through the efforts of others by motivating, fostering teamwork, resolving conflict, coaching, safety management, production planning and manufacturing control planning

About You:

You’ll fit right in if you have:

• Ability to troubleshoot and work without direct supervision

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers, including decimals and fractions.

• Ability to apply simple use of formulas, charts, tables, drawings, specifications, schedules, wiring diagrams, computer scanning devices, adjustable measuring instruments

Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!

Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!

Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!

Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team!

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TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service.

Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products.

Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats.TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 35 plants across the United States, Canada, and Italy, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Disability Assistance and EEO Considerations: At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com

To all recruitment agencies: TreeHouse Foods does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Treehouse Foods employees, or any company location(s). TreeHouse Foods is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.