Entry Level Operator Jobs in Wisconsin (NOW HIRING)

Join Ocean Spray as a Production Operator. Get a 3day weekend every other week. Work nights, earn more, and move up fast.

Ocean Spray is hiring EntryLevel Production Operator for night shift at our Kenosha Bottling Plant. Starting pay is $23.66/hour plus a $0.75/hour night shift differential, with opportunities to earn up to $32.20/hour within 90 days and potential to move to day shift as openings become available. This is a fulltime, yearround role working a 12hour 223 schedule (6:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m.) with Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off every other week. Work indoors in a highspeed manufacturing environment producing cranberry products, with three paid 30minute breaks per shift.

Why work for Ocean Spray?
Complete insurance package available after 30 days of employment 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) match up to 6%
• Competitive Pay (Opportunities to train for higher paying positions)
• Monthly Pay for Performance bonus (up to 10% of gross earnings)
• OT opportunities
• Safety Shoe Allotment 2x per year up to $150 each
• Paid Time Off
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Tuition/Education assistance programs
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions - Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
• Employee appreciation events
• Charitable giving
• Full time - Year-Round Employment

Position Overview:

Production Resource, our entry level position, may be scheduled to work in any location in the plant based on qualifications and responsibilities change daily as staffing needs vary. Some responsibilities may include general housekeeping, support to Line Operators, assisting in the BDR, working in the Lab testing product, batching, unloading sugar trucks, helping the bulk line, working in the refinement area, stacking product, and assisting in rework/repack operations. This position will also require the personnel to be flexible and able to embrace schedule changes as manufacturing needs change often.

What we are Looking for:

• Must be able to work in a 24/7 environment, 12hr shifts, every other weekend, and possibly some holidays.
• Must be flexible to work on the day shift or night shift.
• Ability to work overtime for vacation coverage and training purposes.
• Must maintain excellent attendance reliability.
• Perform Cleaning In Place (CIP) in all required areas.
• Ensure compliance with all Safety and Quality standards, processes, procedures.
• Ensure proper operation of equipment (fill temperature, fill weights, torques, etc.)
• No deviation from required documentation/ensure information is timely, accurate and complete.
• Communicate with all operators on the same shift and between shifts to ensure continuous line productivity and effective operations.

Skill and abilities 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 a 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 protection, hairnets, rubber shoes, aprons or coveralls, smocks, gloves, and face shields).
• Ability to effectively use hand tools.
• Ability to apply understanding to stoppages of the production lines.

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Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what's better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.
Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset - We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.

• Sustainable Results - Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.

• Integrity Above All - We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other

• Inclusive Teamwork - We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.