Position Title: Packaging Operator

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Plover Appetizer

Requisition ID: 20572

About McCain: McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

Why You Should Join Our Team:

McCain offers full benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance. In addition, we offer other benefits including:

+1.00 Shift Differential

401k

HSA

Adoption Assistance

Infertility Assistance

Education Reimbursement Assistance

Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave

McCain Food’s Appetizer facility in Plover, WI is a large-scale food processing plant manufacturing a wide variety of specialty appetizer products including mozzarella sticks, cheese curds, and other appetizers. Employing approximately 200 employees, there are many opportunities to advance and grow while making fun food!

Night Shift

Essential Duties / Responsibilities:

• Efficiently sets up and operates the bagging machines to obtain maximum bags per minute.

• Monitors packaging waste and takes corrective action to minimize it.

• Ensure proper functioning of product scales.

• Troubleshoots all equipment malfunctions and escalates issues to the maintenance department when required.

• Willing and able to problem solve with the maintenance department.

• Completes all product changeovers including machine adjustments and switching from polyethylene film to paper.

• Ensures that the case packers (Blueprints) are set in such a fashion to satisfy production and quality requirements.

• Ensures that bags and cases are properly sealed, coded and maintain at or below giveaways target by product.

• Must be able to operate bag check weighers, case erectors, X-Ray/Metal Detector and case tapers.

• Maintain good housekeeping throughout the packaging area including 5S and other routinely scheduled tasks including Food Safety Audit and Equipment Asset Care.

• Maintains all required checks and documentation including entering SPC data as directed and written in job procedure. .

• Validating CCP per procedure and documenting accordingly.

• Recognize food safety and workmanship concerns and calling them out to leadership immediately to be dealt with accordingly.

• Ability to consume packaging materials in SAP.

• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (Competencies)

• Mathematical ability to perform basic calculations.

• Must be familiar with product flow through packaging area.

• Familiarity with Statistical Process Control software (InfinityQS) and SAP data entry.

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize efficiently using effective time management and organizational skills.

• Physically capable of performing all required duties including some heavy and/or repetitive lifting (up to 50lbs).

• Able to work with minimal supervision.

• Mechanical aptitude and problem solving skills to minimize performance issues.

• Willing to work and adapt to cold temperatures.

• Preference will be given to candidates with a minimum of Grade 12 education.

• Must have proven history of safe work habits.

• Must be willing to cross train in other areas.

• Must be willing to work in a team based atmosphere.

• Must be willing to take Compactor Training.

• Successful completion of a 90-day familiarization period.

• Must be willing to work on any shift.

Physical Requirements

• Physically capable of performing all required duties including heavy lifting.

• Ability to pass fit test

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: NA Appetizer Manufacturing
Department: Infinity Production Lines
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Plover

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.