Job Description

Wonderbrands (Formerly Weston Foods) is a leading North American bakery company with a specialized focus across all key bakery categories, including bread and rolls, donuts, pies, cakes, alternative breads, and others. We bake our products in more than 30 bakeries across Canada and the USA, conducting our business with integrity, contributing to our communities, and fostering a respectful culture. We are building a culture of success here, and it depends on our people striving for greatness and having the courage and commitment to getting better every day.

Wonderbrands, a division of FGF Brands, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading-edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake. We are hiring to build a robust Talent and Development team to support our bakeries and Team Members.

Role: Production Flex Operator

Location: 560 Victoria Street North, Kitchener

Details: Full time permanent position with a gradual wage increase

Wage: $21.00/Hour + hourly night shift premium

Shift Schedule: Nights: (Sunday - Thursday, 9:30pm-5:45am)

*Availability required (flexibility with working overtime, and on weekends, as necessary)

Here are some of many reasons to join Wonderbrands:

• Full-time Permanent Job
• Progressive Wage Scale
• Competitive Benefits include full Health, Dental, and Pension Plans
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Employee Bread Discount Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Growth opportunities
• Training Provided

Our bakery team is the heart of our company and plays an important role in keeping North America's food supply going. Our Production Operators are an integral part of the Baking/Production/Packaging process, ensuring our delicious baked goods are baked/packaged, and safely end up on grocery store shelves and at your favorite restaurants across North America. We are not just a job, we are an extended family, committed to elevating everyday moments and feeding communities and families across the country. Join us and find fulfillment and purpose in your work.

In a typical day, you'll:

• Pick, pack, wrap, sort, and package fresh products into bags and boxes.
• Work in production/packaging area to make and stack boxes onto pallets and wrap them safely.
• Inspect filled packages to ensure product is packaged according to specifications.
• Work in production/packaging area to Wrap and stack bread trays onto pallets and Operate Production Machine as required.
• Be responsible for equipment set-up and change overs and running production lines as needed for various food products.
• Assist Machine operators/Mixers/oven captains and crew with other duties as assigned.
• Work as flex operator to monitor the Production of different production lines.
• Cover multiple positions depending on vacation and absenteeism need.
• May assist sanitation crew in the cleanliness of production equipment and area
• Ensure all Food Safety and Health & Safety policies and procedures are followed

Skills & Requirements

About You:

• A lover of bread and baked goods!
• You must be comfortable to loft 50 pounds repetitively.
• You have strong people skills--you're approachable, a good listener, and empathetic
• You have previously worked in a manufacturing environment (even better if it was food manufacturing!)
• You're dedicated to the health and safety of yourself and your colleagues
• You digest constructive feedback as an opportunity to listen, and improve your skills, abilities, and performance
• You are someone who listens to comprehend a situation first, asking questions to clarify your own understanding, instead of listening to be able to reply quickly

Wonderbrands is committed to fostering a work environment with strong core values that support diversity through various policies, programs and activities that encourage sensitivity and accommodations. Wonderbrands offers employment regardless of race, colour, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Diversity is integral to our success as an organization and we will use diversity as a model to help identify and develop the best talent, create effective teams, and achieve overall excellence. In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

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