Jobs at Aurora Organic Dairy

An 8–10 month rotational program teaching organic dairy manufacturing, production, quality, maintenance, supervision, supply chain, accounting, and leadership. The trainee supports plant operations, improvement projects, employee development, scheduling, safety, food quality, and cost efficiency. Successful completion leads to an Operations Supervisor role. The position requires working full shifts on a cool, wet plant floor and performing physical tasks around manufacturing equipment and vehicles.

Implements technical projects and new equipment, programs PLC and industrial network systems, maintains plant automation infrastructure, supports data collection and ERP or factory efficiency integrations, and assists with capital projects and equipment selection. The role coordinates repairs and cross-functional projects, supports SQF compliance, addresses plant technical issues, and may require after-hours availability, plant-floor work, and travel.

Supervises quality laboratory operations in a milk plant, including staffing, training, microbiological and chemical testing, instrument maintenance, inventory, documentation, and audit support. Ensures compliance with HACCP, SQF, GMP, GLP, safety, and food-quality standards. Leads quality teams, supports regulatory requirements, manages reporting accuracy, and provides backup for the Quality Manager. Weekend, night, and off-hours coverage may be required.

Manages Aurora Organic Dairy’s third-party warehouse and shuttle network, including partner performance, capacity, inventory accuracy, costs, invoicing, and service improvements. Leads the coordination team, oversees inventory reconciliation and daily shuttle execution, resolves operational issues, and provides performance and risk visibility to leadership. Collaborates across supply chain, production, sales, customer service, and plant operations in a 24/7 environment. Travel to facilities and 3PL sites is required as needed.

Owns inventory and manufacturing cost accounting, month-end close, product standard costing, budgeting, variance analysis, inventory reconciliation, and financial reporting. Partners with Operations, FP&A, IT, and Finance leadership to improve costing processes, maintain ERP data, develop SQL/SSRS reports, strengthen controls, and automate workflows. Supports external production accounting, audits, general ledger integrity, and management reporting in a complex dairy manufacturing environment.

Oversee daily farm office operations, including invoices, cattle and feed data entry, organic records, reports, animal documentation, payroll paperwork, inventory coordination, and new-hire orientation. Support farm managers and supervisors, assist truck drivers, and provide customer service to visitors and applicants. The role requires bilingual Spanish skills, Microsoft Office and Excel proficiency, office experience, and regular travel to remote facilities.

Supports daily dairy farm operations through cattle and nutrition data collection, administrative workbook maintenance, production reporting, feed reconciliation, commodity inventory tracking, vendor coordination, records review, and management analysis. Provides administrative guidance and office coverage across multiple farm locations while maintaining data accuracy, confidentiality, and responsiveness. Requires Microsoft Office proficiency, strong communication, attention to detail, and flexibility for travel between farms.

Provides daily administrative support for a farm, including invoice processing, cattle and feed data entry, organic records, reports, documentation, payroll, inventory, and meeting coordination. Supports new-hire orientation, HR paperwork, truck drivers, farm managers, supervisors, visitors, and applicants. Requires Spanish bilingual skills, Microsoft Office and Excel proficiency, reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, and regular travel to remote facilities.

Supports safety, sustainability, employee engagement, training, audits, and operational improvement across dairy farm locations. Responsibilities include facilitating safety orientations and seminars, coaching supervisors, evaluating risks, maintaining safety data and reports, developing job certification programs, assisting with training content, and supporting animal, feed, and operational documentation. The role requires collaboration with farm teams, safety committees, management, and industry partners, along with up to 20% travel to remote facilities.

Controls Engineer responsible for industrial automation, PLC programming, plant networking, shop-floor data collection, equipment selection, capital project implementation, and technical issue resolution. The role supports plant operations, coordinates cross-functional projects and repairs, maintains SQF compliance, and assists with employee development. Work occurs across office and plant-floor environments, including occasional after-hours support, travel, and physical activity.