Manufacturing Technician
About the role
As a part of our manufacturing group, you will be responsible for supporting production packaging and processing operations, sanitation and participation in startup, operation, changeover and shutdown of operating equipment.
Responsibilities
- Create high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
- Use TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
- Work with HIGH-LEVEL operators on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers
- Be WILLING TO LEARN and get paid doing it
- Challenging yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
- Troubleshoot problems with machinery and partner with maintenance staff to resolve issues
- Calibrate processing and packaging systems daily to meet required specifications
- Participate in startup, changeover, and shut down of operating equipment
- Participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives to increase platform performance
- Assist in training new employees
Requirements
- Minimum of a high school education or GED
- Experience in a manufacturing/production environment desired
- Mechanical and/or electrical capability/experience desired
Qualifications
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
- Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
- Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
- Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, a hair/beard net and gloves when required
- Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
- Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
- Willing to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
Skills
- Strong mechanical and/or electrical capability
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Attention to detail and ability to follow procedures
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
Benefits
- 120 hours of vacation annually and 11 paid company holidays
- Great paid time off benefits
- 401(k) - company match, annual company contribution and more
- Health Insurance that includes medical, dental, vision and life
- AND much more!
Pay
- $24.22 - Start Rate (T1)
- $28.23-$46.78 (T2-T5)
Schedule
- 12.5-hour shifts with 3-2-2 schedule
- 5:30 am to 6:00 pm (day shift)
- 5:30 pm to 6:00 am (night shift)
- Shift rotation every 6 months (day to night or night to days)
- On-off pattern is 3 days on shift followed by 2 days off shift, 2 days on shift
- Cycle length is 2 weeks
- Plant operation is 24 hours per day, 7 days per week
- You only work 15 to 16 days a month!
About our Location
The Albuquerque, NM plant offers ample growth opportunities, capability building, and encouragement for employee development. It also hosts various events to recognize employees and promote health and wellness, such as having a gym onsite and providing sports facilities. Additionally, we are the only plant in the world that makes Reese's Puffs.
Company Overview
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.