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.  Burnett Dairy Cooperative – Where Hard Work & Cheese Go Hand in Hand 🧀    

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.  

Makeroom Operator PM Shift

🧀✨ Help Us Make the Magic of Cheese!  At Burnett Dairy Cooperative, the Makeroom is where all the cheesy magic happens, and we’re looking for hardworking, reliable, and motivated people to join our team as Makeroom Operators!

If you’re someone who loves learning, growing, and being part of a tradition that goes back generations, this is your chance to play a hands-on role in crafting world-class cheese.

🔧 What you’ll do:

  • Monitor the cheesemaking process (you’ll be part scientist, part cheesemaker!)

  • Check temps, pH, and acid levels

  • Operate production machinery

  • Keep everything clean and safe through sanitation practices

💪 What it takes:

  • Ability to lift up to 65 lbs

  • A self-starter attitude, someone who thrives with little direction

  • Comfort working in hot, humid, and damp environments (it’s all part of the cheesemaking process!)

⏰ Schedule: PM shift, 7p–7a on a rotational schedule — 7 days on, 7 days off (that’s a full week off every other week, plus every other weekend free!).

Come for the challenge, stay for the cheese. 🧀 Apply today and become part of the team where magic meets mozzarella!

String Packer-3rd Shift

🧀🎶 Pack the Cheese, Join the Team!  Looking for a night shift where you can be part of something truly string-tacular? Burnett Dairy Cooperative is hiring 3rd Shift String Packers to help us package the cheese everyone loves — our famous string cheese!

✨ What you’ll do:

  • Package string cheese into a variety of sizes (snack packs to family packs!)

  • Box, palletize, and get product ready to ship out

  • Work together as a team to keep things moving smoothly

💪 What it takes:

  • Ability to lift up to 30 lbs

  • Comfortable with standing, lifting, stretching, and repetitive hand motions (grasping, pinching, holding — basically cheese wrangling!)

  • Team spirit + energy to keep up in a fast-paced environment

⏰ Schedule:

  • 3rd shift, starting at 10:30 p.m.

  • End times vary depending on production orders (because cheese waits for no one!)

  • Rotating schedule: Week 1 = Sunday–Thursday, Week 2 = Monday–Thursday

Come for the night shift, stay for the cheese. 🧀 If you’re ready to join a team that works hard and has fun while making one of the world’s favorite snacks, apply today to be a part of our string crew!

Loaf Packer – 2nd Shift

Are you ready to cheese the day with a rewarding job at Burnett Dairy Cooperative? We’re looking for an energetic, team-oriented Loaf Packer to help us package our delicious cheese loafs and keep the dairy magic flowing on 2nd shift!

What You’ll Be Doing:

🧀 Packing up fresh, high-quality cheese loafs with care

🧀 Monitoring machinery to keep everything running smoothly

🧼 Cleaning, sanitizing, and dismantling equipment after daily operation.  

🧀 Ensuring each product meets our top-notch quality standards

What We’re Looking For:

🔹 Team players who thrive in a fast-paced environment

🔹 Individuals comfortable with lifting up to 70 lbs and working on their feet

🔹 People who love seeing the results of a hard day’s work

The Details:

⏰ 2nd Shift Hours: 4:00 PM - Done

📆 Rotational Schedule: Sunday – Saturday (because cheese never sleeps!)

💪 Physical work that keeps you moving – no gym membership needed!

Why Burnett Dairy? At Burnett Dairy, you’re not just another employee – you’re part of a team that’s been crafting award-winning cheeses for years! If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves, pack some cheese, and be part of something delicious, apply today!

Retail Openings

🎁🧀 Cheese Store Holiday Crew

Get in the Holiday Spirit with Burnett Dairy! It may only be September, but we’re already gearing up for the most wonderful (and cheesiest) time of the year — and we want YOU on our Holiday Crew! Looking to earn some extra cash this season? Join us from October 26, 2025 – January 8, 2026 and help us spread holiday cheer (and cheese!) in our store and through our e-commerce site.

✨ What you’ll be doing:

  • Weighing and pricing our award-winning cheese

  • Packing up cheesy goodness for shipments

  • Assembling gift boxes that will make anyone smile

  • Stocking shelves to keep the store merry & bright

🕒 Schedule: Sunday–Thursday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
💵 Pay: $14/hour + end-of-season bonus (terms apply)
🧀 Perks: Employee discount during the holiday season (cheese lovers, rejoice!)

So if you’re ready to sleigh the holidays with us, cheese apply today for this GRATE opportunity!

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

No current openings.

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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 Laura Cort at 715.689.1011 or Sara Trojanowski at 715.689.2010 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.