Packaging Associate - 2nd Shift

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.

But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.

We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.

Attention Candidates!

This is a second shift position, Sunday-Thursday, 2:30pm to 11:00pm with intermittent overtime on Fridays.

The Packaging Associate position is responsible to perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis.

• Responsible for operating, cleaning, and maintaining multiple pieces of manufacturing equipment. This may include material handling to the production line, set-up, changeover, operation and troubleshooting of all retail packaging equipment - spiral through Final Case palletizing.
• Removes damaged products or supplies, as needed.
• Responsible for production, package, and product changeovers.
• Maintains required product inspection processes.
• Performs basic troubleshooting and minor repairs to ensure production equipment runs efficiently.
• Perform preventative maintenance, clear jams as well as set up for new production runs.
• Operate all manufacturing equipment (including new technologies) efficiently and safely.
• Maintain clean work area through good housekeeping practices.
• Perform cleaning, inspection, and lubrication of equipment.
• Keep daily records of product, temperatures, weights, and down time.
• Work well with others in a team-oriented atmosphere.
• Responsible for training other packaging machine operators or cross train other procedures.
• Ability to understand and perform equipment changeovers in a timely manner.
• Be able to quickly learn and explain the operating principals for assigned equipment.
• Understand and perform manufacturer related sanitation and assembly tasks on equipment.
• Be able to perform basic technical functions such as removing belts for cleaning and changing out basic damaged components.
• Be able to notify and explain to maintenance when the assigned equipment is not running to center line.
• Assist in the development of a lubrication schedule for the assigned equipment and execute the schedule.
• Gain a subject matter expert level of understanding of the operational principles of the assigned equipment.
• Ability to operate pallet jack.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
• Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
• Follows all Safety rules & procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
• Follows all food safety procedures.
• Follows all environmental protocols as applicable.
• Follows all sanitation procedures and work instructions.

• High school diploma of GED certificate.
• 1 + years’ experience in a manufacturing facility. Per fervidly in food.
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.
• Must have high attention to detail.
• Must be dependable, trustworthy, able to bring energy to the performance of a task and able to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.
• Ability to exhibit a professional and…