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Job: Material Handler

Shift: Days 6:00AM-6:30PM; 223 Rotating Shift

Location: Royal Canin (Fremont, NE)

Being a Mars Associate is all about opportunity. The opportunity to do the kind of challenging, interesting work that shapes the world’s best-loved brands. To work with real purpose, supported by talented, friendly people from all sorts of different backgrounds. Access the tools, training and experience you need to have a positive impact on our business, on the planet, and most importantly on your own career. Being a Mars associate is more than a job. It’s an opportunity to start your tomorrow today.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Royal Canin offers a competitive benefits package to all associates: Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and 401k match. Associates are also immediately eligible (based on hire date) for up to three weeks of vacation, 12 Paid Holidays per year, Sick Pay, Maternity & Parental Leave, and annual bonus earning potential, plus many other ancillary benefits not listed here.

The Material Handler's role functions as a member of an area team that is directly responsible for the efficient production of quality products in the required quantities. This role will operate/change over specified machinery in the assigned area. Material Handlers must ensure efficiency, operational conformance, product quality and continuous improvement. Material Handlers must have the skills set to train and/or perform the tasks of other associates in the area as needed. This job requires strong communication, interpersonal and team building skills to support site objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Always operate equipment in a safe and efficient manner

  • Perform periodic and routine inventories of raw materials in storage

  • Provide and perform routine maintenance checks on equipment

  • Assist in other production, sanitation, maintenance, and quality activity in other areas as directed

  • Perform housekeeping and sanitation procedures

  • Provide functional communication with other staff members as necessary to optimize quality, efficiency, productivity and safety

  • Loading trucks, live loads and staged loads

  • Ability to operate Forklift – (Expert Level)

  • Direct ship responsibility including proper disposition of hold product, food safety hold product and released product

  • WMS, BOL responsibility / accountability

  • Support Warehouse Area Lead with all activities associated with shipping department

  • Standing on a concrete floor

  • Sitting, getting up and down off of a forklift often

  • Wearing proper personal protective equipment (hair net, bump cap, ear plugs, safety shoes, and uniform)

  • Bending, stooping, twist, turn, standing for extended time periods, reaching, climbing stairs, and lifting up to 55lbs

  • Must be able to adapt to temperature and environmental extremes such as hot to cold, dust dirt and chemicals

  • Vision correctable to 20/20

Qualifications

  • Be 18 years of age or older

  • Have a High school diploma, GED or equivalent education

  • Must be willing and able to work and accept varying shifts and schedules

  • Ability to understand and effectively communicate in the English language

  • Forklift certified

  • Must have valid drivers license

  • Knowledge of inventory computer systems WMS

  • Food manufacturing experience and knowledge of food safety

  • Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with over a century of history, making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave
Family health insurance
Pregnancy support
Neo-natal leave
Faith rooms
Meditation space
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Annual bonus
Employee discounts
Cinema discounts
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Theme park discounts
Lunch and learns
In house training
LinkedIn learning license
Studying sabbaticals
Open to part time work for some roles

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Company employees

4,000 In the UK

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