Packaging Line Operator

Position Title: Packaging Line Operator Pool Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Requisition ID: 44626 In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences —together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy. About The Role. What you’ll be doing. Responsibilities The Packaging Line Operator ensures the efficient operation of assigned packaging lines under normal supervision. This role is responsible for equipment setup, adjustments, quality checks, product flow, and maintaining safe and sanitary work practices throughout the packaging process. Your day-to-day may consist of: Operate, set up, and adjust all equipment on assigned packaging lines, ensuring proper function and efficiency. Perform product changeovers, quality inspections, testing, and maintain documentation to meet specifications. Monitor and calibrate scales for accurate weights and consistent product flow. Maintain supplies, prevent contamination, and uphold cleanliness and compliance with GMP and sanitation standards. Report quality or production issues, contribute to continuous improvement, and complete required reports and other assigned duties. This role works in a manufacturing environment with potential exposure to loud noises, strong odors, temperature fluctuations, moving machinery, wet or humid conditions, hazardous chemicals, high or confined areas, extreme temperatures, and vibration throughout various facility areas. This role also regularly engages in prolonged standing, walking, communicating, and sensory tasks throughout each shift, while frequently handling objects, climbing, balancing, and performing various physical movements such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling as part of job duties. The use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus is required. Available Shifts: AM Shift (6AM-6PM) on a 2-2-3 schedule. What You’ll Need To Be Successful. High school diploma or equivalent required. 2+ years of relevant machine operating experience required, preferably working in a manufacturing environment. Ability to obtain forklift certification required. Maintains a continuous learning mindset and adapts quickly to new equipment, processes, and roles. Demonstrates strong technical ability with a digital-first approach, embracing new technologies and accurately entering data. Communicates clearly with all levels of the organization, follows instructions (written/oral/diagram form), and completes necessary documentation independently in English. Pays close attention to detail, prioritizing product quality, safety, and accurate record-keeping. Physically capable of meeting job requirements and consistently brings a positive, team-focused attitude to work. Demonstrates adaptability, technical proficiency, analytical ability, and problem-solving skills while working independently or collaboratively to ensure effective and logical decision-making in diverse situations. Demonstrates the physical capability to bend frequently and lift heavy objects (up to 40 pounds), alongside proficiency in safely operating Powered Industrial Vehicles to support workplace operations. Benefits Of The Role. Competitive hourly rate Insurance day ONE of employment 401k match up to 6% PTO, company holidays, wellness days Maternity/paternity leave Set schedule/overtime allowances Education reimbursement Leadership principles. At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results. AI & Digital Capabilities At McCain, AI and digital capabilities are part of how we work and innovate. We value curiosity toward emerging technologies and the thoughtful, responsible use of AI-enabled tools to improve outcomes as part of our future-ready culture The McCain Experience. We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together. Compensation Package: Starting at $30.54 USD hourly + bonus eligibility + hourly pay differential for applicable shifts The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs. This posting is for an existing vacancy. Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with the collective agreement, country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process. Your well‑being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home. McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. 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 find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here. Job Family: Manufacturing Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Wisconsin Rapids Company: McCain Foods Limited #J-18808-Ljbffr McCain Foods