Dawn Foods Is Now Hiring Warehouse Worker – Brampton, ON

Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Competitive Pay $24.06/hour + $1/hour shift differential
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.

About the Job

The schedule for this position is Monday to Friday, 3:30 pm to 12:00 am, with possible overtime.

This position participates in the distribution warehouse activities related to selecting, staging, loading/unloading, receiving, and storing of products in a safe and efficient manner.

What Does It Take to be a Warehouse Worker at Dawn Foods?

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

• Forklift Certification preferred.
• Must have previous experience Picking and Coordination of loading trucks.
• Previous Experience in warehouse or distribution environment preferred.
• Must have experience in handling heavy warehouse equipment.
• Must understand and be able to operate handheld computer and scanning devices for Warehouse management system.
• Computer skills and SAP knowledge is an asset.
• Knowledge of warehouse operations systems is an asset.
• Requires strong oral written and communication skills.

What You’ll Do as a Warehouse Worker

• Correctly select, palletize, shrink wrap and stage (per truck) customer orders preparing them for delivery.
• Safely load trucks/trailers in an even and productive fashion.
• Unload the inbound trucks, receiving products and moving them to their designated locations.
• Rotate and replenish current stock in its designated location to maintain FIFO inventory system.
• Perform pre-shift inspection on forklifts, electric rider jacks, electric pallet jacks and pallet wrap machines and maintain the highest possible personal safety standards.
• Maintain cleanliness of entire warehouse and practice safe food handling procedures by learning and practicing IFS and
• AIB standards for warehouse sanitation.

Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member 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 must regularly stand, walk; use hands to grasp, move, or use objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.
• Physical duties involved in performing this position include but are not limited to lifting, pushing, pulling, walking, bending, standing, crouching, reaching overhead, and climbing.
• Team members must also be able to lift 50-75 lbs., occasionally 100 lbs. Position supplies constant and continuous support to production and other departments.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
• Temperature fluctuates with the season – colder during the winter/warmer during the summer.

About Our Benefits
Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click “Apply.”

About Dawn Foods
Dawn Foods supplies high-quality bakery solutions to customers around the globe. With unmatched manufacturing and distribution capabilities, we bring together the knowledge, commitment, and innovation our customers deserve.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.