Packaging Technician/ NIghts 2-2-3 6 pm to 6 am

Ocean Spray Packaging Technician

Ocean Spray is now hiring packaging technicians at the Lehigh Valley facility. We are looking for packaging technicians to join the team at our high-speed beverage manufacturing facility. The 300,000 square foot Lehigh Valley plant has four production lines with volumes up to 40 million cases per year. This represents more than 45% of Ocean Spray's North American volume and is operated with a workforce of approximately 190 team members. This position is a 12-hour rotating shift from 6 pm-6 am with rotating weekends. The machine operator position has a starting salary of $24.73 per hour plus $1.25 shift differential for night assignments.

We're an iconic brand and a farmer-owned cooperative. Being part of Ocean Spray means making an impact in support of our family-farmers, while also building experience you cannot get anywhere else. If you're looking for a meaningful opportunity, this role may be for you!

Complete insurance package on day-one 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
• 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

Job summary:

The successful candidate will be responsible to learn to operate all equipment in the bottling area, operate a forklift as required, assist in line changeovers, and perform level one PMs while maintaining a high level of safety and quality awareness.

What we're looking for:

• Bottling and manufacturing experience, a plus
• Must maintain excellent attendance reliability.
• Must be able to work in a 24/7 environment, 12-hour nights, every other weekend, and possibly some holidays.
• Ability to work overtime for vacation coverage and training purposes.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and quality standards, processes, procedures.
• Become familiar with and learn to operate multiple machine centers to promote cross-functional skills.
• Communicate with all operators on the same shift and between shifts to ensure continuous productivity and effective operations.

The Lehigh Valley facility is in Breinigsville, PA.

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.