Team Member 1

Bonduelle Americas; Swedesboro (NJ); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Bonduelle Americas seeks a Team Member for our Swedesboro, NJ production room. This role supports production leads to meet safety, quality, and efficiency standards, performing packer, filler, stacker, box labeler, or inspector duties as needed.

Key requirements include English literacy, ability to work in a cold, wet environment, and a GED or high school diploma. The position emphasizes safety, multitasking, and teamwork on a fast-paced line.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write and speak English.
• Willingness and ability to work in a cold, wet, fast-paced plant environment.
• GED/High School Diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Follow GMP/PPE, Safety guidelines, HACCP and sanitation requirements.
• Operate packing, labeling, and related production equipment as assigned.
• Inspect bowls for quality, seal integrity, weight and placement.
• Cross-train and multitask across multiple production positions.
• Maintain a clean, safe work area and comply with 5S methodology.

Skills

English proficiency

Teamwork

Attention to safety

Education

GED/High School Diploma

Job description

• Position: Team Member
• Reports To: Production Supervisor
• Location: Swedesboro NJ

Groupe Bonduelle is a company that is making a positive impact

Groupe Bonduelle is the world leader in ready-to-use plant-rich food. By joining our company you will have an opportunity to make a positive and sustainable impact on yourself, others and the planet. You will play an active part in our mission to inspire the transition toward a plant-rich diet to contribute to people's well-being and planet health.

Groupe Bonduelle Fresh Americas is the U.S. business unit of France based Groupe Bonduelle (BON.PA). We are the first business unit of Groupe Bonduelle to become a Certified B Corporation. We operate three processing facilities throughout the U.S. and employ nearly 3,000 Associates who focus on producing and bringing to market fresh vegetable products, prepared salads and plant-rich meal solutions.

Groupe Bonduelle is a 170 year old French family-owned company that has been at the forefront of plant based food innovations since 1853. Our ready-to-use plant-rich food products are grown on 168,000 acres by our grower partners and marketed in nearly 100 countries. The company currently employees more than 11,000 Associates globally.

Join us at Bonduelle Fresh Americas for an opportunity to advance your career in a culture that places people first and makes contributing to a better future through plant-based food our top priority.

Position Summary:

This role is a key position within our production room and supports our production team leads as they drive production to the highest safety, quality and efficiency standards. This position can perform anyone or multiple of the following roles within the room: packer, filler, stacker, box labeler, inspector.

What you will Do:

• Follows GMP/PPE, Safety guidelines, maintains HACCP & Sanitation guidelines & processes
• Utilization of proper tools (scoops) & correct tools to open bags following proper process
• Understands yield standards
• Works safely around moving equipment & conveyors in wet environment
• Places product & condiment into bowls
• Packs units into approved cases
• Follow specifications for certain salad blending
• Visually inspects bowls of packed product for quality to include proper bowl marking & positioning, seal integrity, weight & migration
• Ability to be crossed trained & multitask in multiple positions
• Maintain safe work environment
• Work in a fast paced environment
• Comply with SQF Regulatory Programs
• Maintains a clean work area at all times
• Notifies QA if product has quality issues (out of specifications)
• Must follow the proper process when using the decanting spray (remove condiments from bags, put in clean tote & spray bags before
• Ability to operate a dishwasher after checking to ensure soap is in the dishwasher
• Cleans bowls
• Maintain tools & equipment as delimited by the 5S marking
• Process of cleaning totes followed (manual or automatic)
• Ability to change out tape machine and box labeler
• Follow & enforce the 5S Methodology

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to read, write and speak English; comprehension of basic math.
• Willingness and flexibility to work in a cold, wet, fast-paced, 24-hour plant environment.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• GED/High School Diploma.

Physical Work Environment / Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be required to perform repetitive movements (i.e., scooping condiments into salad bowls). The associate regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

• Ability to frequently move, push, or carry items up to 50lbs
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods
• Ability to move about within a fast paced environment in/outside facility, and traverse between the maintenance shop & production floor.
• Ability to ascend/descend on stairs/ladder for repairs
• Ability to position self to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Exposed to a cold & wet environment of 34 degrees. Ability to work in outdoor weather conditions
• Must be able to exchange accurate information through frequent communications within all levels of the organization
• Must be able to detect, identify, inspect, observe, and assess surroundings

About The Company

We aim to inspire the transition toward a plant-rich diet to contribute to people’s well-being and planet health. Since 1853, the family business has already crossed seven generations, with a drive that has stood the test of time: to create solutions to offer the consumer the best of what nature gives us. Offering high-quality plants from sustainable agriculture, harvested at the height of their maturity and very little processing: our promise is possible thanks to the work of close proximity and mutual trust with our 2,000 farmers partners, all over the world.

Behind our three brands (Bonduelle, Cassegrain, Globus), 9,000 employees and a whole ecosystem of stakeholders are committed to contribute to a balanced diet, sustainable and affordable diet for as many people as possible.