Entry Level Dairy Clerk Jobs
New grad dairy clerk jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where reliability, a customer-service mindset, and any hands-on retail or food-handling internship can give you a real edge over a longer resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Distribution & Wholesale, Retail, and Food & Beverage, with employers like Kroger, Meijer, and Shamrock Foods Company hiring at this level now.
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As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Meijer Rewards
Weekly pay
Scheduling flexibility
Paid parental leave
Paid education assistance
Team member discount
Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
What You'll be Doing:
- Accountable for 200% Safety – self and others.
- Ensure mechanical and electrical expertise is available to production and other departments to maintain production systems, utilities, buildings and grounds in a 24-hour 7-day per week operation.
- Experience in Ammonia, Boiler and/or waste water treatment plant.
- Collaborate with plant management and corporate staff to utilize equipment to improve employee safety, production quality, equipment reliability and overall equipment effectiveness utilizing Continuous Improvement techniques.
- Support and promote maintenance and engineering standards to comply with SQF (Safe Quality Foods), FDA (Food & Drug Admin) and OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) regulations.
- Utilize a computerized maintenance management system to optimize asset utilization through scheduled preventative maintenance.
- Develop, report and analyze key maintenance performance indicators as a means to create and implement corrective actions.
- Remain current with latest and emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical systems design and operation.
- Ensure corporate policies and standards are followed in both capital project implementation as well as daily maintenance and other tasks.
- Strictly manage maintenance budget with an emphasis on cost savings.
- Adhere to and support all work rule policies regarding safety as detailed in the Meijer Guiding Principles, Meijer Safety Standards, and related Meijer policies.
- Provide management of employees directly or through supervisors to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action and performance management.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience.
- Minimum 2 years of experience leading manufacturing-related capital projects, including oversight and execution.
- Prior experience with ESL and/or Aseptic filling equipment required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Auto CAD.
- Experience managing capital projects.
- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Ability to follow all Sanitation and Quality Policies and Procedures, and report and follow through on any deficiencies.
- Must possess a passion for continuous improvement.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
- Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs; ability to lead others through change.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Skill in organization and prioritization, and attention to detail.
- Strong team player and leader with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines.
- Ability to effectively select, coach, develop, engage and retain a team.
As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Meijer Rewards
Weekly pay
Scheduling flexibility
Paid parental leave
Paid education assistance
Team member discount
Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
What You'll be Doing:
- Accountable for 200% Safety – self and others.
- Ensure mechanical and electrical expertise is available to production and other departments to maintain production systems, utilities, buildings and grounds in a 24-hour 7-day per week operation.
- Experience in Ammonia, Boiler and/or waste water treatment plant.
- Collaborate with plant management and corporate staff to utilize equipment to improve employee safety, production quality, equipment reliability and overall equipment effectiveness utilizing Continuous Improvement techniques.
- Support and promote maintenance and engineering standards to comply with SQF (Safe Quality Foods), FDA (Food & Drug Admin) and OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) regulations.
- Utilize a computerized maintenance management system to optimize asset utilization through scheduled preventative maintenance.
- Develop, report and analyze key maintenance performance indicators as a means to create and implement corrective actions.
- Remain current with latest and emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical systems design and operation.
- Ensure corporate policies and standards are followed in both capital project implementation as well as daily maintenance and other tasks.
- Strictly manage maintenance budget with an emphasis on cost savings.
- Adhere to and support all work rule policies regarding safety as detailed in the Meijer Guiding Principles, Meijer Safety Standards, and related Meijer policies.
- Provide management of employees directly or through supervisors to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action and performance management.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience.
- Minimum 2 years of experience leading manufacturing-related capital projects, including oversight and execution.
- Prior experience with ESL and/or Aseptic filling equipment required.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Auto CAD.
- Experience managing capital projects.
- Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices.
- Ability to follow all Sanitation and Quality Policies and Procedures, and report and follow through on any deficiencies.
- Must possess a passion for continuous improvement.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
- Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs; ability to lead others through change.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Skill in organization and prioritization, and attention to detail.
- Strong team player and leader with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines.
- Ability to effectively select, coach, develop, engage and retain a team.
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Entry Level Dairy Clerk Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level dairy clerk job?
Focus on roles that explicitly welcome no prior experience or list one to two years as preferred rather than required. Highlight any retail, grocery, stocking, or food-handling work from part-time jobs, internships, or volunteer shifts. Dependability, physical stamina, and basic food safety awareness are what entry level hiring managers care about most at this stage, so lead with those qualities in your resume and interviews.
Which companies hire entry level dairy clerks?
Companies hiring entry level dairy clerks right now include Kroger, Meijer, and Shamrock Foods Company, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At the entry level, regional grocery chains, national supermarket retailers, wholesale clubs, and food distribution centers tend to post the most openings and are generally open to candidates with little to no prior experience.
Are there remote entry level dairy clerk jobs?
Yes, though the vast majority of dairy clerk roles are on-site by nature. About 0% of entry level dairy clerk openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, and those positions typically involve coordination, inventory reporting, or vendor communication functions rather than hands-on stocking or refrigerated-section work. If flexibility matters to you, filter for those listings specifically.
Are these new grad dairy clerk jobs?
Yes, many of the listings here are new grad and junior roles that welcome recent graduates and candidates with zero to two years of experience. A new-grad-friendly posting typically says it requires no prior experience, accepts internship or part-time retail work in lieu of full-time history, or lists a portfolio of relevant coursework or certifications. These are strong entry points for anyone starting a career in grocery retail or food distribution.
Which industries hire the most entry level dairy clerks?
Entry Level dairy clerk roles concentrate in Distribution & Wholesale, Retail, and Food & Beverage, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring at the entry level because they operate continuous, high-volume perishable departments that need reliable clerks for stocking, rotation, and customer-facing work, and they typically train new hires on the job rather than requiring prior specialized experience.