
Cooler Associate - Thursday - Saturday 6:30pm - 6:30am
Battle Creek, MIFull-time$21.63–25.63/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Cooler Associate supports Prairie Farms Dairy’s Battle Creek distribution center by preparing and loading product shipments. The role involves moving product in refrigerated conditions, working with others, and completing warehouse tasks on a Thursday-through-Saturday overnight schedule with rotating Sundays. Candidates considered for an interview must pass a mechanical aptitude test; candidates must also pass a drug screen, physical, and lift test.
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Full job description
Full Time
Manual Labor
PF - Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI, US
Requisition ID: 12904
Salary Range: $21.63 To $25.63 Hourly
All candidates that are considered for an interview must take and pass a mechanical aptitude test in order to be considered for employment. Passing score determines pay rate.
Title: Cooler Associate
Classification/Job Grade: Hourly
Location: Battle Creek, MI
Department: Loadout
Supervised by: Supervisor
Job Summary:
Our Cooler positions are fun and fast paced. They are critical roles for our Distribution Center to ensure we get product to our customers, timely. This job requires someone who enjoys working closely with others and can communicate effectively. We are looking for individuals who don’t mind working hard and in cold temperatures of 34 degrees to move and load product for our customers. This is a very physical position; you won’t need a gym!
This is a great opportunity to establish yourself in a secure company with a 75+ year history of success. We are proud to be comprised of more than 800 farm families throughout the Midwest. Since 1938, we have been producing high quality products for you and your family.
Schedule: Thursday - Saturday 6:30p- 6:30a w/ rotating Sundays 6:30p - 6:30a
$2.00 shift differential per hour while working on nights
All candidates must be able to pass a drug screen, physical and lift test.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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Executes warehouse department orders and packaging of shipments
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Loads and unloads material onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves
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Pulls stacks of product from refrigerated trailer and/or pallets
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Load stacks of product onto refrigerated route trucks
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Maintains load out dock clean
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Executes varied tasks with quality and completion, timely
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Follows all company policies and procedures regarding GMPs, SOPs and Quality standards
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Effectively utilize time available to achieve results through prioritizing demands
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Maintains an air of professionalism and communicates effectively
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Demonstrates problem solving and decision making ability, as needed
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Must demonstrate proficiency in essential tasks of the job and a willingness to learn
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Other duties as assigned or required
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be frequently exposed moving mechanical parts and forklifts
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The employee is occasionally exposed to wet / humid / cold conditions (non-weather)
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The noise level in the work environment may be loud
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The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and sit
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The employee may occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Prairie Farms, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. This job overview is not all inclusive. In addition, reserves the right to amend this job overview at any time.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,192 open Warehouse Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21.63–25.63/hr
- Michigan median$19–21/hr27 hourly ranges
- US median$19–21/hr2,065 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $23.63/hr, is 14% above the Michigan median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the top quarter of Warehouse Associate hourly ranges in Michigan.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 61 open Warehouse Associate jobs in Michigan and 3,192 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Warehouse Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (597 postings).
- Education
- 2 of the 3,192 open Warehouse Associate jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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