Machine Operator Nights

Do you have manufacturing experience? Ocean Spray is hiring Machine Operators for night shift at our Tomah Production Plant—this is more than just a job, it’s a chance to build a real career. You’ll start at $24.66/hour plus a $1.25/hour night shift differential, with training and opportunities to move into higher‑paying roles and potentially transition to day shift as openings come up.

This is a full‑time, year‑round position on a 12‑hour 2‑2‑3 schedule (4:00 p.m.–4:00 a.m.), which means you get Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off every other week. You’ll work indoors in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment making Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Craisins) with a team that values growth and stability.

Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a variety of health and wellness programs.

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Telehealth services
• Fertility benefits
• Transgender benefits
• 1:1 health coaching and more
• Additional Benefits: 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end
• Quarterly Pay for Performance bonus (average 3 to 5% of earnings)
• Annual Safety Shoe Allotment
• Paid Time Off
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Tuition/Education assistance programs
• Parental leave
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
• Adoption assistance
• Bereavement leave
• Employee appreciation events
• Charitable giving

Full time – Year-Round Employment” Compensation Operator 1: $24.66/hour Operator 2: $26.10/hour Operator 3: $28.42/hour Operator 4: $30.62/hour Operator 5: $31.01/hour

Progression:
Advancement is performance-based and requires meeting defined criteria and passing skills assessments; timelines are not guaranteed.

Machine Operators complete required lab checks timely, ensuring the quality of our raw materials and product. He/she uses in-house applications for recordkeeping and inputting for in utilized systems (e.g. Maximo and SAP). Other duties include numbering batches, completing full/partial confirmations, controls and inventory, operating a scale, and supporting other plant production needs as requested by management.

• Maintains a constant flow of juice in appropriate directions
• Safely and competently operates and manages various machinery and equipment, completing any necessary and related paperwork and testing
• Manage inventory and enter into a database for yield calculation
• Load and unload tankers, assure proper chemicals are used, and complete necessary related testing and paperwork Perform equipment start-up and shutdown, as aligned with the facility's requirements (e.g. CIP/COP requirements using Lock-Out, Tag-Out, Try-Out)
• Keeps area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition.
• Monitor operational parameters and records results hourly.
• Perform general maintenance on machinery as needed.
• Work within established quality procedures and standards to ensure food safety.
• Comply with all aspects of the corresponding facility’s safety policy
• Perform other duties as assigned by management personnel
• Support other teams as needed.

• Ability to be or become Forklift Certified.
• Ability to lift up to 48 lbs on occasion.
• Ability to stand, perform, and maneuver around a plant and production line during an eight- or 12-hour shift (e.g., walking, lifting, climbing, bending, stretching and reaching, squatting, crawling under conveyors, using ladders, vision, hearing, and may require long periods of standing and frenzied activity).
• Ability to wear and work using fall and other protection equipment (e.g., Safety glasses with side shields, steel-toed shoes, hearing…