Production Associate - 3rd Shift
About the role
Job Summary: McKee Foods is seeking a Production Associate, 3rd Shift to join our Manufacturing team. This is an entry-level position at our bakery that requires no previous experience. We offer on-the-job training in our modern manufacturing facility. Production Associates perform multiple job functions in the packaging department of our manufacturing plant. These tasks may be automated at varying degrees and can differ.
Responsibilities
- Performing minor line equipment set ups
- Moving product trays
- Conducting product inspections
- Monitoring: inspecting product quality and removing defects
- Feeding: placing product onto a moving track for wrapping
- Catching: placing wrapped product into cartons
- Loading and Unloading: moving materials onto pallets, trays, racks, and shelves
- Case-packing/palletizing: placing cartons into shipping cases and/or stacking shipping cases onto pallets
- Operating: operating power hoists and electric pallet jacks to lift heavy objects
- General Duties: Record product data using a computer
- Regularly lift up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally move more than 100 pounds
- Maintain a clean work area and practice good personal hygiene
- Keep waste to a minimum while ensuring products meet quality specifications and food safety standards
- Follow proper safety procedures at all times, including wearing approved uniform such as hearing protection, hairnets, slip-resistant shoes, goggles, etc.
Warning: Applicants with allergies should be aware that soy flour, raw and cooked peanuts, almonds, walnuts and possibly other tree nuts may be present in the work environment and may need to be handled as part of normal job duties.
Requirements
- Ability to read, write, and do basic math
- Good decision making skills
- Works well independently and as a member of the team
- Able to perform repetitive motions while sitting or standing for duration of entire shift
- Positive attitude
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Good overall work and safety record
Qualifications
- Good mechanical skills (preferred)
Benefits
- Competitive weekly pay
- Profit-sharing cash bonus program
- 401(k) with matching contributions
- Paid Time Off (for vacation, holidays, sick time, personal time, etc.)
- Medical insurance, including health, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
- Supplemental plans, including life insurance
- Fully-paid parental leave
- Health Center and Pharmacy
- Mental wellness counseling (virtual)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Credit Union
- Exercise and recreation facility
- Wellness programs with incentives
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Short-term and long-term disability (company-paid)
Pay
$22.62 - $23.88 / hour, depending on experience and qualifications. Plus $2.00/hour shift premium for 3rd shift hours. $1,000 Sign-On Bonus: $250 paid after week 1, plus $250 at the end of each of the next 3 quarters (must be actively employed at time of payout).
Schedule
3rd Shift (Sunday – Thursday, 9:50 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. or 10:20 p.m. – 6:30 a.m) (other days and hours as needed). On-site Location: 272 Patton Farm Road, Stuarts Draft VA 24477.