
Receiving Lead
Fort Morgan, COJob$27/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Receiving Lead works as part of the Operations Team to support safe, compliant dairy manufacturing and receiving operations. The role oversees receiver workflow, training, tanker deliveries, and CIP washing, while providing shift coverage and serving as a first escalation point. The position also supports production supervision and helps maintain food safety, product quality, sanitation, and regulatory compliance.
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Job Description
$2000 Sign On Bonus
Safely make and deliver a quality product right the first time that meet or exceeds company and customer expectations. Perform as a member of the Operations Team. Perform tasks required to work safely around manufacturing equipment; work safely in handling industrial cleaning chemicals; unload tankers, run, shutdown, and CIP the dryer, evaporator, and all associated equipment; and run and clean packaging equipment. Perform minor equipment maintenance. Adhere to all GMP, HACCP, safety, regulatory, and plant policies and procedures. Promote safety, maintain a sanitary food environment, and ensure that only the highest quality product is made. Work with facility leadership to engage in professional development in a learning organization. Work day or night shifts, 12-hour shift schedules including weekends and holidays, and overtime as needed.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
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Maintain all systems that correspond with the operation
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Maintain daily sheets with audit information and all lab testing information when necessary. Enter all appropriate information into correct systems
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Ensure all documentation is within required compliance
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Assist with haulers to ensure timely deliveries to the plant (reaching out for ETA’s of Tankers)
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Oversee CIP washing to ensure proper chemicals, pressure, and all processes are being followed. Assist with external washes to maintain and reach daily goals
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Manage workflow of receivers and ensure they are following rotation to ensure consistent overall training
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Train new hire receivers- responsible for keeping up on DOA’s and reporting issues immediately to Supervisor
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Provide feedback, training and coaching to existing receivers
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First level of escalation for receivers
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Attendance at all required meetings
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Backup to Production Supervisor
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Backup coverage for opposite shift Receiving Lead
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On shift coverage for call ins as needed
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Report any food safety and food quality related issues to management immediately
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Maintain safe working conditions for employees and compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues
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Follow all DFA good manufacturing practices (GMP) and work in a manner consistent with all corporate regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements
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The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required
Requirements
Education and Experience
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High school diploma or equivalent preferred
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4 to 6 years of experience or 4+ years of experience with demonstrated leadership attributes preferred
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Certification and/or License – may be required during course of employment
Compensation Details :
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The starting rate is $27.00, but increases eligible over time.
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Sign on bonus may be available.
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This position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, AD&D, long term disability, short term disability, 401k and flex spending/HSA benefits.
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans
Pay Range 27.00
How this job compares
Set against the 10,652 open Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$27/hr
- Colorado median$24–28/hr90 hourly ranges
- US median$21–25/hr2,017 hourly ranges
This rate, $27/hr, is close to the Colorado median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the middle half of Operations hourly ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 235 open Operations jobs in Colorado and 10,652 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (6,646 postings).
- Education
- 3,592 of the 10,652 open Operations jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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