Packaging Technician

McCain Foods; Town of Rice Lake (WI); On-site; USD 24,796 - 33,062; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Volunteer Time

Mental Health Resources

Job summary

McCain Foods USA, Inc. is seeking a Packaging Technician for the 3rd shift in Rice Lake, WI. You will operate and maintain automatic packaging machinery, perform setup and adjustments, and troubleshoot issues to ensure quality and efficiency on Sunday-Thursday 11pm–7am.

Join a global, family-owned company with a strong safety culture and comprehensive benefits. You will be part of a manufacturing team focused on consistent product quality while upholding McCain’s values and commitments to

Qualifications

• Operate automatic packaging machines according to procedures and standards.
• Set up and adjust machines to meet product specifications and speed requirements.
• Troubleshoot minor equipment problems and escalate major issues to maintenance as needed.
• Lift and handle 30 lb spools of film as part of daily operations.

Responsibilities

• Operate automatic packaging machines according to procedures and standards.
• Set up, adjust, and monitor machines to meet product specifications and ensure quality.
• Troubleshoot minor equipment problems and escalate major repairs to maintenance as needed.
• Ensure packaging and product requirements are fulfilled and maintain clean, organized work area.

Skills

Machinery Operation

Machine Setup & Adjustment

Troubleshooting

Equipment Maintenance

Job description

Position Title: Packaging Technician - 3rd Shift

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 43695

About The Role.

The Packaging Technician is responsible for operating and maintaining automatic packaging machinery under limited supervision, ensuring efficient, high-quality packaging operations in compliance with established standards and procedures. The role encompasses machine setup, adjustment, and troubleshooting to maintain conformity with product specifications and to optimize equipment performance. The Packaging Technician also ensures that packaging and product quality requirements are consistently met. This role will require a working schedule on 3rd shift. Sunday - Thursday 11pm to 7am.

Accountabilities

• Operate automatic packaging machines according to procedures and standards
• Setup, adjust, and monitor machines, controlling speed and ensuring product specifications are met
• Troubleshoot minor equipment problems and escalating repair needs to maintenance staff
• Ensure all packaging and product requirements are fulfilled
• Lift and carry 30 lb spools of film as part of daily operations
• Collaborate with production team for product quality and workflow efficiency
• Report any unusual equipment issues or conditions to management
• Pursue training as necessary to operate new packaging machinery
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the work area

Skills

• Machinery Operation: Ability to operate automatic packaging machines and understand mechanical systems.
• Machine Setup & Adjustment: Proficiency in setting up and adjusting machines, including speed and other parameters, to conform to various product specifications.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnostic skills to identify and resolve minor machine problems, and determine when to upscale issues to maintenance.
• Equipment Maintenance: Basic skills in maintaining equipment and reporting necessary repairs.

About McCain

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Leadership Principles.

Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer-obsessed.

Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead.

Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people

We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners.

Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain Experience

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.

Compensation Package

: - Starting at . 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 and 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 well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being 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. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with applicable law and can vary by work level, location, and nature of the role. Additional benefits 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 : Rice Lake

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.