Careers

Below you will find the employment opportunities currently available at Burnett Dairy Cooperative.

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Are you looking for a position where your role has an impact on the community around you?!?  Burnett Dairy Cooperative can offer you just that opportunity!  Owned by the farmers right here in our local communities, Burnett Dairy offers numerous career options with a wide variety of responsibilities, working schedules, and growth opportunities with our 2 locations.  Some positions include cheese production positions helping to create award winning cheese, CDL drivers working closely with our farmers, and retail store clerks making someone’s day better on a every shift!  Join a successful 'farm to fork' cooperative where your contributions make a difference and there is always an opportunity for growth and advancement!

If this sounds like a team and company you’d like to be a part of, please review these opportunities below and along with the information on how to apply.  

In addition to competitive wages, an excellent work environment, and a company history of stability and security, Burnett Dairy Cooperative is happy to offer the following benefits:

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Employer Paid Life Insurance
  • Employer Paid Long-Term Disability
  • Paid Vacation and Sick Time after 60 days
  • Paid Holidays (including your birthday!)
  • 401(k) with generous company match
  • Profit Sharing
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Discounts (up to 25%!)

Not all benefits are available for part-time employees.

Current Openings at our Grantsburg location:

Production Opportunities

Wages up to $21.85 per hour!  No experience needed, we will train!  

Burnett Dairy Cooperative is currently looking to hire full-time production employees to work in various manufacturing departments of our cheese production facility. All applicants must be 18 years old to apply. Multiple positions and shifts are currently available and listed below.  

String Packer-1st Shift

The String Packer position performs the packaging operation of string cheese, monitoring the machinery and ensuring quality of the product.  Specific duties include packaging string cheese into various package sizes, boxing, palletizing, and daily sanitation of all machinery prior to daily operation and after daily production.  Applicants must be able to work as part of a team in a changing work environment.  Physical requirements include lifting up to 30 pounds, frequent standing, lifting and stretching, frequent repetitive motion of hands (i.e. grasping, pinching, holding) and the ability to work well in a fast-paced, team work environment.  This is a 1st shift opportunity working Mon-Fri.  Start and end times may vary based on production order.

WRC Makeroom Operator 

The WRC Makeroom Operator is responsible for key tasks in the cheese production process, including ditching cheese to drain whey, taking pH readings, cutting and flipping cheese, milling, packing into forms, and pressing. This role also involves sanitation duties and monitoring the Makeroom CIP system to ensure proper chemical concentration.  This is a very fast-paced, and physical position with requirements of: 

  • Frequently lift/carry up to 40lbs
  • Occasionally life/carry up to 70 lbs
  • Frequent reaching and lifting at shoulder level and below.
  • Frequent bending forward will standing.
  • Must be able to work in hot, humid, damp work environment.
  • Must be able to stand, climb, walk and use fine motor coordination throughout the entire shift.

The shift for this position is Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights from, 6:00 pm - 4:00 am, overtime as scheduled. 

 

Current Openings at our Cady Cheese location in Wilson, WI:

No openings are available at this time.

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Burnett Dairy Cooperative Employment Application

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Burnett Dairy Cooperative Driver Application

To apply at our Grantsburg location, please complete the job application by clicking on the link above.  You may email your application and/or resume to jobs@burnettdairy.com, or call Sara Trojanowski at 715.689.2010 or Becky Popp at 715.689.2005 for more information. 

To apply at our Cady Location: please complete the please complete the job application by clicking on the link above.  You may email your application and/or resume to jill.filkins@burnettdairy.com or call Jill Filkins at 715.689.4403 for more information.