Job Description

Food Processing Vertical Form Fill (VFF) Operator (Machine Operator, Production 2)

Employer: Fresh Start Foods

Job Location: 110-11188 Featherstone Way Richmond, BC V6W 1K9

Salary:

• $20.00 to $21.38/hour (salary increase based on annual performance review per company policy)
• $0.50/hour premium for night shifts
• Bonus per company policy
• Performance Incentive Program

Benefits:

• Disability, Extended medical, Dental
• Life insurance
• Company-matched RRSP program
• 100% company-paid MSP premiums
• PPE reimbursement
• Boot allowance up to $85.00

Terms and Conditions of Employment:

• Permanent, Full-Time (40h/week)
• Shifts:
  • Day: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. or 6:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  • Afternoon: 11:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
  • Night: 2:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
  • Weekends, overtime, and holidays may be required

Work Setting: Fruit and vegetable manufacturing and processing plant

Work Site Environment: Cold/refrigerated, Wet/damp

Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible

Vacancies: 9

Job requirements:

Languages: BasicEnglish

Experience: Some experience in food processing required (1 - 7 months); equipment training provided

Own Tools/Equipment: Steel-toed safety boots

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities: Handling heavy loads (up to 23kg/50lbs), Physically demanding, Standing for extended periods, Fast-paced environment, Repetitive tasks, Attention to detail

Personal Suitability: Team player, Flexibility, Dependability

Duties:

• Vertical form fill setup and operation
• Food processing of salads
• Packing of finished goods into boxes
• Coordinating order completion
• Line change over
• Managing line traceability forms
• Cleaning of equipment between product runs
• Use of pallet jacks to remove finished goods from the line
• Quality inspections of the processed salads
• May operate forklift (approximately 10% of work hours, training provided).

How to apply:

• By email: denise.friesen@intercitypackers.ca
• By mail: 110-11188 Featherstone Way Richmond, BC V6W 1K9

Youth, Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, Visible minorities, Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada are welcome to apply.