Re-Pack General Laborer

McCain Foods Limited; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance day ONE of employment

401k match up to 6%

PTO, holiday pay, wellness days

Maternity/paternity leave

Set schedule/overtime allowances

Education reimbursement

Job summary

McCain Foods USA, Inc. in Appleton is hiring a General Laborer for the third shift to support appetizer production. You will inspect, sort, and package materials, operate packing machinery, and help keep areas clean and compliant with safety standards.

The role requires basic manufacturing experience, strong attention to detail, and the ability to follow instructions in English. Benefits include insurance from day one, 401k matching, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• 6+ months of experience in manufacturing, preferably food manufacturing.
• Ability to enter data accurately and follow written and oral instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, sort, and package raw materials and finished goods to meet quality standards.
• Operate and monitor production line equipment and packaging processes.
• Maintain clean and safe work areas, including use of chemicals and routine checks.
• Complete documentation and report any quality or production issues to leadership.
• Follow safety and sanitation regulations and work in a contamination-free environment.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Powered Industrial Vehicles (PIVs)

Job description

Position Title: Appleton - Re-Pack General Laborer Pool

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID: 45471

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

As a General Laborer, You Will Be Hands On Every Day As The Frontline Of Our Appetizer Production Process, Ensuring Our Snacks Foods Are Made To The Highest Standards And Are Delivered With Quality, Safety, And The End Customer In Mind. Your Day-to-day May Consist Of

• Inspect, sort, and package raw food materials such as raw jalapeño peppers, zucchini, pickles, peppers, cheese, etc. as well as finished goods, ensuring all products meet company quality and quantity standards by identifying and addressing defects and foreign materials.
• Operate and monitor production line equipment, including unfolding, forming, and filling cases, positioning them onto packing machinery, and handling improperly sealed packages in accordance with standards.
• Maintain work areas, tools, and equipment in clean and proper working order, performing regular cleaning (including chemical use), and basic equipment checks as required.
• Complete necessary documentation (digital and/or hardcopy), provide timely updates to production leadership, and promptly notify appropriate personnel of any quality or production issues.
• Promote and adhere to company safety and sanitation regulations, demonstrating safe work practices and maintaining a clean, contamination-free production area.

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 Shift: 3rd Shift (10PM-6AM) Monday-Friday, shift differential offered.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 6+ months of experience working in manufacturing, experience working in food manufacturing strongly preferred.
• 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 50 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, holiday pay, wellness days
• Maternity/paternity leave
• Set schedule/overtime allowances
• Education reimbursement

About McCain

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

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 $23.12 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.

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 applicable law 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 : Appleton

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.