Clerk MDS Production - Sobeys, Vancouver

The opportunity

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact. Safeway grocery stores provide an exceptional food shopping experience to consumers from Vancouver, British Columbia to Thunder Bay, Ontario. As the newest member of Sobeys Inc.’s retail food offering, we serve the needs of Canadians with more than 1,600 stores in over 930 communities from coast-to-coast.

Whether it is your first job or you are ready for a new challenge, we have a career to fit your life. Our commitment to delivering top quality products and superior service to our customers, and for giving back to the communities we serve has earned us a reputation as an employer of choice for those looking for an exciting career in food retail.

Responsibilities

As a production line person, you are responsible for placing ingredients on bread, in trays, applying labels, and ensuring that all products are processed in an efficient manner. Working on the production line requires good dexterity and the ability to assemble small items at a fast pace while maintaining accurate ingredient weights on all products. Here is where you will be focusing:

• Upholds and complies with company procedures, standards and policies in all situations
• Handles production equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Build product accurately and quickly
• Work as part of a coordinated team
• Understand and follow all safety standards including safety training, handling of chemicals (WHIMIS), good manufacturing practices (GMP’S), and using personal protective equipment (PPE)

What you'll bring

No previous experience is required, but previous food production experience serves as an asset. You must be comfortable working with others, coordinating with them, and following instructions. Accuracy and maintaining a steady pace are integral to this position.

• Ability to work at a consistent pace throughout the day
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Highly motivated and team oriented
• Works in a Safe and responsible manner
• Must be available to work on weekends, day shifts, and night shifts
• Constant lifting and carrying of less than 10 pounds
• Constant standing
• Constant reaching below shoulder level
• Constant gripping and use of production materials
• Occasional bending and twisting
• Occasional lifting or carrying of up to 40 pounds including waist level and low level lifts
• Ability to handle a cool working environment of 1 to 4 degrees Celsius

Benefits

If you want the chance to join one of the best retail teams in the industry, enhance your skill set, learn from experts and advance your career, this is the place to be. We offer a supportive environment and tangible rewards for eligible employees:

• Regular pay increases for hourly employees
• Flexible scheduling
• Comprehensive benefit plan including employer funded prescription drug coverage
• Vision care
• Dental coverage
• Pension plan for eligible employees