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Location:Ardmore, OK Department:Human Resources (HR) Reports To: HR Manager
Your Role: Work closely with the DC HR Manager and administrative team to support the hiring process, company benefits administration, company programs and other special projects, as needed.
- Maintains ongoing databases of current employees, training hours, etc.
- Assists in the hiring process by scheduling interviews and pre-employment testing, as well as administering reference checks and background checks
- Enters new hire paperwork and benefits into HR tracking system
- Processes regular payroll reporting
- Updates and maintains applicant tracking system data
- Accurately records safety information, per OSHA regulations
- Provides ongoing clerical support for DC Management personnel
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
Role Specifics:
- Involves environment of sitting for extended periods of time and performing data entry
What Can Dot Offer You?
As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 55 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:
- Full benefits package including vacation, medical, dental, 401k and profit-sharing
- Family-friendly work environment
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Location: Burley, Idaho Department:Housekeeping Reports To: Maintenance Manager
Your Role: This position performs general janitorial and housekeeping responsibilities. Maintaining a professional and clean environment for employees private work areas as well as employee gathering areas.
- Trash removal
- Cubicle/ office cleaning
- Floor cleaning vacuuming, wet/dry mopping
- Break room and bathroom cleaning/restocking
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
Role Specifics:
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2 days a week (weekends)/6 Hours per day after initial training period, with some flexibility.
- Extensive standing/ walking
- Manual labor, some heavy lifting
- May require travel between buildings
What Can Dot Offer You?
As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 55 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:
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Job Title: Class A CDL Student Driver
Company/ Department: Dot Transportation, Inc. (DTI)
Location: University Park, IL
Schedule: Full-time
Primary Purpose:
- To obtain a Class A CDL before being employed by Dot Transportation, Inc. (DTI)
- Student Driver attends an approved truck driver training program and receive his/her Class A CDL and HAZMAT endorsement.
- As a Student Driver, tuition to an approved Truck Driving School will be paid by DTI.
Supervision:
- Reports to Director of Transportation
- Work schedule is directed by the Director of Transportation.
- Executes work under direction or established procedures 90% of the time; works independently setting work schedule priorities 10% of the time.
- Does not supervise others.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Safely and efficiently utilize transportation equipment for transportation of product to and from customers and suppliers and between Dot locations.
- Read and understand product descriptions, packaging, and delivery receipt messages.
- Access load paperwork, determine tractor, trailer and load to be handled, understand and follow directions to customer and supplier locations.
- Ability to consistently meet established company production and service level standards.
- Understanding of the operations clerk, order selector, and dock worker duties as they apply to the driving position.
- Utilize established processes / procedures to minimize damage and other wastes.
- Load / unload dry, frozen and refrigerated product as required.
- Understanding of cost-containment in regards to managing out-of-route miles, miles per gallon, fuel purchasing, idle time, and speed control.
- Maintain all driver logbooks and paperwork as required.
- Applies lean tools and thinking to identify and eliminate waste
- Follows and applies standard work and work instructions
Safety Responsibility:
This position assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work location, exercises and promotes safe behaviors and shows unyielding support of programs, rules and policies regarding safety.
Working Conditions:
- Temperature extremes: indoor / outdoor work in all weather conditions.
- Day or night / weekday or weekend work.
- Extensive sitting, walking, and standing during work hours.
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Location:Dyersburg, TN Department:Warehouse Reports To:Maintenance Manager
Your Role: This position utilizes various electric or manual equipment to stage pallets for warehouse use, sorts pallets for reuse or removal, removes damaged pallets, loads/unloads pallet trailers, and assists the department with maintaining a safe, clean, sanitary work environment to company and food safety quality standards.
- Use electric or manual equipment to sort and stage pallets for warehouse use
- Clean and maintain pallet staging areas
- Remove pallets in aisles and from under racks; place in proper locations
- Maintain pallet trailer flow by working with warehouse and clerk staff
- Monitor pest control activity in warehouse
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position
- Pallet separation and organization
Role Specifics:
- Part Time; Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm or Monday-Friday 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
- Indoor/outdoor work in all temperatures and weather conditions
- Regular standing, walking up to 7 miles per shift, and lifting of products and equipment up to 75 pounds
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Location:Mt. Sterling, IL Department:Accounts Receivable Reports To:Accounts Receivable Manager
Your Role: Responsible for identifying and contacting customers regarding payment status. Maintaining customers account credit guidelines and may include cash posting and some billing responsibilities.
- Full-Time: Monday – Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
- Creates, posts and adjusts deposits to customer accounts
- Indexing all back up that is related to customer deductions
- Reviews and researches invoice discrepancies
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
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Location:Modesto, CA Department:Warehouse Reports To:Warehouse Shift Manager
Your Role: Operate material handling equipment and palletize product for shipment according to customer standards utilizing computerized equipment.
- Safely & efficiently utilize the warehouse material handling equipment
- Build stable, well-built accurate pallet loads for shipment
- Consistently pick, load, receive, and replenish product to meet established company production and service levels
- Utilize warehouse processes to minimize damage and other wastes
- Work to eliminate waste in all areas of the position
For a realistic job preview, please click this link: Warehouse Material Handler
Role Specifics:
- Schedule: Wednesday – Saturday 6:00pm-4:30am
- Environment: Warehouse environment with temperature extremes ranging from 5 degrees in frozen to ambient temperatures in dry
- Job Demands: Regular physical activity, including lifting up to 35 or 60 pounds repetitively
- You will be required to obtain pallet jack & narrow aisle license and forklift certifications during initial training phase
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Location:Mt. Sterling, IL Department:Accounts Receivable/Credit Reports To: AR Supervisor
Your Role: Responsible for research and resolution of partner (customer or supplier) behavior and payment variances.
- Provide analytical expertise in managing partner portfolios to develop work processes that enhance efficiency and productivity
- Initiate communication (current and proactive) with appropriate process partners to correct root causes, prevent re-occurrence and streamline processes
- Contact and work with partner and partner teams, across different levels and layers, to secure resolution of claims and solve root cause of problems
- Collaborate with partners to analyze current processes and establish mutually beneficial improvements
- Develop and leverage internal and external relationships to improve business processes
- Assists in training new employees on AR Processes
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
Role Specifics:
- Travel – Occasional overnight travel for internal trainings and meetings. Must have ability to travel
independently as needed, without restriction by all modes of transportation, including car, plane, or train.
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Location:Modesto, CA Department:Dot Transportation Reports To: Asst. Transportation Manager
Your Role: This position will provide support to the Transportation Department in coordination with customers, suppliers, drivers, and other Dot/DTI employees.
- Provide excellent customer service to internal customers
- Provide DTI phone coverage
- Schedule appointments for deliveries and pick-ups
- Communicate with drivers on schedules and work assignments
- Prepare necessary paperwork for drivers
- Set up and maintain system to accurately track internal quality measures
- Participate in continuous improvement projects
- Apply lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position
Role Specifics:
- Schedule: Part time – Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri, 6:00AM-12:00PM
- Utilize data analysis and interpretation
What Can Dot Offer You?
As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 55 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:
- Competitive pay – Range: $14.36 - $21.54 per hour
- Family-friendly work environment
- Ongoing training and development
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Location:Mt. Sterling Department:Food Safety Reports To:Director of Food Safety
Your Role: To help deliver product satisfaction to our partners by reviewing and coordinating all temperature integrity issues companywide. This individual uses problem solving and data analysis to oversee and improve our company’s temperature integrity program.
- Works closely with warehouse and transportation leadership as well as Dot’s supplier partners.
- Manages quality and safety guidelines to recommend or determine how to disposition product while following all legal and regulatory guidelines.
- Conducts root cause analysis of temperature integrity issues for corrective action.
- Leads groups, committees or kaizen teams at all locations to improve root causes and ensures predicted savings are tracked, validated and communicated.
- Leads continuous improvement efforts while applying lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste.
Role Specifics:
- Travel– Approx. 6-8 times per year to company meetings, planning events, and distribution center visits. Must have ability to travel independently as needed, without restriction by all modes of transportation, including car, plane, or train.
- Environment– Mostly office based with some infrequent work in areas of varying temperature from high heat/humidity to below zero.
- Physical – Potential for standing and/or walking on concrete for extended periods of time
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Location: Burley, ID Department:Human ResourcesReports To: Director of Safety
Your Role: Develops, implements, tracks, and measures occupational health programs as a proactive approach to injury prevention and employee wellness to support reductions in related costs.
- Conducts injury management consultations on current employees.
- Attends work-related doctor visits with the employees to assist with appropriate treatment plan.
- Facilitate the action plan for injury severity reduction at the facility.
- Performs physical ability testing on post job-offer applicants.
- Establishes and maintains professional relationships with local physicians.
- Provides injury prevention activities such as functional movement testing, safe lifting observations and employee education through 1-1 interaction and driver safety meetings.
- Supports wellness and safety initiatives at the facility.
- Responds to after hour calls for assistance with employee injuries.
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
Role Specifics:
- Schedule –Will include 2 evening shifts per week and rare weekend hours.
- Travel – Occasional overnight travel (3-5 times per year) to company locations or to attend seminars and meetings to develop professional expertise. Must have ability to travel independently as needed, without restriction by all modes of transportation, including car, plane, or train.
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Your Role:This position is responsible for controlling, inspecting, recording and tracking inbound and outbound customer and vendor truck traffic.
- Inspect & record inbound vehicle data
- Verifying correct load & temperature settings
- Use of Yard Management systems.
- Process Company Driver check-in paper work
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
Role Specifics:
- Assist DTI team with after office hours driver support
- Maintain a safe and accurate work performance
- Notify Safety Department of safety or security accidents, incidents, or violations
- Assist with custom haul load and paperwork tracking
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Location:Mt. Sterling, IL Department:Based on student interest/major Reports To:Department Supervisor
Your Role: This partnership between Quincy University, a nationally recognized College of Distinction, and Dot Foods, Inc. offers select Sophomore and Freshmen students the opportunity to explore promising future careers with Dot Foods, one of the nation's largest privately-held companies.
- Training and job shadowing within departments relating to your field of study
- Leadership/ownership of given project(s) in assigned department(s)
- Problem-definition, research, data collection, analysis to determine best processes and methods for problem-solving
- Review, update, and track a variety of reports
- Present project information at the culmination of projects or semesters to communicate research, findings, analysis, and any recommendations.
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
Role Specifics:
- Ability to work over a minimum of two semesters
- Ability to work from Dot Foods Corporate Headquarters as well as the Student Success Center on campus
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Location:University Park, IL Department:Warehouse Operations Reports To:Warehouse Director
Your Role:This position involves the day-to-day management of the DC support personnel as well as working with the rest of the University Park Management Team to drive results with operational flow for both warehouse and DTI.
- Hires/ supervises sub-departments.
- Coordinates monthly work schedules.
- Oversees personnel development, including evaluations and training plans.
- Develops, analyzes, and reinforces appropriate sub-department policies.
- Conducts monthly staff meetings and helps manage sub-committees.
- Budgets for multiple sub-departments.
- Maintains safe workplace actions/ conditions for self and co-workers.
- Leads continuous improvement efforts while applying lean tools and thinking to identify and eliminate waste.
Role Specifics:
- Supervision– Multiple sub-departments
- Travel– Approx. 3-5 times per year to company meetings and planning events. Must have ability to travel independently as needed, without restriction by all modes of transportation, including car, plane, or train.
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Location: Burley, Idaho Department:Warehouse Reports To:Warehouse Shift Manager
Your Role: Operate material handling equipment and palletize product for shipment according to customer standards utilizing computerized equipment.
- Safely & efficiently utilize the warehouse material handling equipment
- Build stable, well-built accurate pallet loads for shipment
- Consistently pick, load, receive, and replenish product to meet established company production and service levels
- Utilize warehouse processes to minimize damage and other wastes
- Work to eliminate waste in all areas of the position
For a realistic job preview, please click this link: Warehouse Order Selector
Role Specifics:
- Schedule: Part-Time schedule to be determined
- Environment: Warehouse environment with temperature extremes ranging from 5 degrees in frozen to ambient temperatures in dry
- Job Demands: Regular physical activity, including lifting up to 35 or 60 pounds repetitively
- You will be required to obtain pallet jack & narrow aisle license and forklift certifications during initial training phase
What Can Dot Offer You?
As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 55 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:
- Significant advancement opportunities
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Location: Burley, ID Department:Warehouse Reports To:Warehouse Shift Manager
Your Role: Operate material handling equipment and palletize product for shipment according to customer standards utilizing computerized equipment.
- Safely & efficiently utilize the warehouse material handling equipment
- Build stable, well-built accurate pallet loads for shipment
- Consistently pick, load, receive, and replenish product to meet established company production and service levels
- Utilize warehouse processes to minimize damage and other wastes
- Work to eliminate waste in all areas of the position
For a realistic job preview, please click this link: Warehouse Order Selector
Role Specifics:
- Schedule: Full-time Friday-Sunday 6 PM - 6:30 AM
- Environment: Warehouse environment with temperature extremes ranging from 5 degrees in frozen to ambient temperatures in dry
- Job Demands: Regular physical activity, including lifting up to 35 or 60 pounds repetitively
- You will be required to obtain pallet jack & narrow aisle license and forklift certifications during initial
What Can Dot Offer You?
As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 55 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:
- Potential productivity bonuses each pay check
- Significant advancement opportunities
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Location:Mt Sterling, IL Department:Human Resources Reports To:Director of Occupational Health
Your Role: This position is responsible for providing clerical support for the Occupational Health Department and Safety Department while keeping a high degree of accuracy and maintaining confidentiality.
- Assists in clerical work such as scanning, faxing, and shredding documents
- Tracks department statistics as needed
- Aids in other miscellaneous data entry and duties as assigned
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
Role Specifics:
- Schedule: Monday – Friday 3:00pm – 6:00pm, possibly Saturday, 10-17 hours per week.
- Standing for long periods of time for filing purposes
- Always maintains complete confidentiality
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Job Title: Warehouse Support
Department: Warehouse
Location: Williamsport, MD
Schedule: PT Flex
Supervision:
- Reports to Warehouse Manager
- Executes work under direct supervision or established procedures 10% of the time.
- Works independently setting priorities and work schedule 90% of the time.
- Supervises none.
- Primary Purpose: Research inventory discrepancies, driver call-ins, and lost pallets. Collect, repair, and consolidate damage for shipment and/or repair. Work with CSR to resolve customer billing issues. Assist warehouse with inventory issues that may arise.
- Essential Duties May Include:
- Manage return process.
- Responsible for damage collection/accuracy of damage product.
- Researching and finding lost product. This includes finding out where product is to be re-slotted if necessary, and make corrections.
- Researching returns placed in the Lost and Found area.
- Helping warehouse with inventory issues/problems.
- Supplier Damage-Consolidate, wrapping, staging product and getting ready for shipping once a week.
- Data Entry for weekly reporting.
- Attend and participate in weekly Inventory Control meetings. Assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work location.
- Safety Responsibility:
Assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work location.
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Operations Management Trainee Job Title: Operations Management TraineeDepartment: Warehouses/ Operations Location: Williamsport, MD
Your RoleInitially, this person will spend a significant amount of time rotating through job roles in the distribution center to learn the key components of the operations side of Dot and provide support/ leadership as needed in various roles. As the individual gains experience in this role, they will assume people management responsibility and also be expected to increase their impact to the company through their activity and the activity of the people they manage. This position is designed to provide upward mobility, assuming availability, within 2 years.
- Work with individuals across departments to develop knowledge of warehouse impact to various internal partners.
- Provide training or training opportunities and perform evaluations of direct reports.
- Gather, measure, and interpret data critical to improving processes within the distribution center and in support of internal partners.
- Participate in meetings with purchasing, warehouse, transportation, and outside distribution centers to enhance knowledge of the processes and develop relationships necessary to collaborate effectively.
- Leads continuous improvement efforts while applying lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste.
Role Specifics:
- Travel– Occasional overnight travel to other company facilities or outside facilities for training. Must have ability to travel independently as needed, without restriction by all modes of transportation, including car, plane, or train
- Working Environment – Ability to work in all temperature conditions, from below 0 to above 100 degrees.
- Schedule – Ability to work flexible hours (weekend, night shift and on-call) based upon facility needs
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Location: Vidalia, GA Department:Warehouse Reports To:Warehouse Shift Manager
Your Role: Operate material handling equipment and palletize product for shipment according to customer standards utilizing computerized equipment.
- Safely & efficiently utilize the warehouse material handling equipment
- Build stable, well-built accurate pallet loads for shipment
- Consistently pick, load, receive, and replenish product to meet established company production and service levels
- Utilize warehouse processes to minimize damage and other wastes
- Work to eliminate waste in all areas of the position
For a realistic job preview, please click this link: Warehouse Material Handler
Role Specifics:
- Environment: Warehouse environment with temperature extremes ranging from 5 degrees in frozen to ambient temperatures in dry
- Job Demands: Regular physical activity, including lifting up to 35 or 60 pounds repetitively
- You will be required to obtain pallet jack & narrow aisle license and forklift certifications during initial training phase
What Can Dot Offer You?
As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 55 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:
- $.75 raise after 6 months of FT employment
- $.50 raise after 1 year of FT employment
- Night differential
- Potential productivity bonuses each pay check
- Significant advancement opportunities
Safety: This position assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work locations, exercise and promotes safe behaviors and show unyielding support of programs, rules and policies regarding safety.
EOE/AA Employer: Dot believes all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities. Dot will not discriminate against its employees or applicants for employment because of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status or other basic classes protected by applicable federal or state law provided they are qualified for employment or for existing positions.
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Location:Dyersburg, TN Department:Warehouse Reports To:Warehouse Shift Manager
Your Role: Operate material handling equipment and palletize product for shipment according to customer standards utilizing computerized equipment.
- Safely & efficiently utilize the warehouse material handling equipment
- Build stable, well-built accurate pallet loads for shipment
- Consistently pick, load, receive, and replenish product to meet established company production and service levels
- Utilize warehouse processes to minimize damage and other wastes
- Work to eliminate waste in all areas of the position
For a realistic job preview, please click this link: Warehouse Material Handler
Role Specifics:
- Schedule: Part-time Days and Nights / schedule days vary
- Environment: Warehouse environment with temperature extremes ranging from 5 degrees in frozen to ambient temperatures in dry
- Job Demands: Regular physical activity, including lifting up to 35 or 60 pounds repetitively
- You will be required to obtain pallet jack & narrow aisle license and forklift certifications during initial training phase
