Utility Worker

McCain Foods; Wisconsin Rapids (WI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance day ONE of employment

401k match up to 6%

PTO and holidays

Maternity/paternity leave

Shift differential

Job summary

McCain Foods USA, Inc. in Wisconsin Rapids is seeking a Utility Worker P3 for the 3rd shift (10 PM–6 AM). You will remove foreign material, trim defects, and sort product on the production line, while keeping a clean, safe work area and following sanitation standards.

The role requires a high school diploma, manufacturing experience preferred, and forklift certification. You will join a team focused on quality, safety, and continuous improvement, with competitive pay and shift differential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience working in manufacturing and/or food manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Ability to obtain forklift certification required.
• Maintains a continuous learning mindset and adapts quickly to new equipment, processes, and roles.
• Communicates clearly with all levels of the organization, follows instructions, and completes necessary documentation independently.

Responsibilities

• Remove foreign material and defects from the production line.
• Hand-sort and inspect product and bags to ensure sanitation standards.
• Form cases, prepare bags, and operate at line speed with a clean area.
• Work safely in extreme temperatures and noisy environments, supporting continuous improvement.
• Notify supervisors of quality or production issues and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Safety-conscious

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift certification

Job description

Position Title: Utility Worker P3 - 3rd Shift

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Grade: 3A

Requisition ID: 42306

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.

Required

The Utility Worker is responsible for removing foreign material and defects from the production line flow as directed, ensuring product quality and compliance. This role requires working on production lines in the P3 area and participating in scheduled cleanups to maintain cleanliness standards. Complete knowledge and proficiency in two positions are required, with certification awarded upon learning the first position and achieving certification for the second within one year. The individual must adhere to all directives related to quality control and sanitation, supporting overall factory operations. Your day-to-day may consist of:

• Trim defects and remove foreign material from raw product using proper techniques and cut-resistant gloves to minimize waste.
• Hand-sort and inspect product and bags, ensuring efficient sorting and adherence to sanitation standards to avoid contamination.
• Form cases, prepare bags, and operate at line speed while maintaining a clean, orderly work area, including periodic factory cleanups with tools and chemicals.
• Work safely in environments with extreme temperatures and loud noise, consistently promoting job safety and continuous improvement.
• Notify appropriate personnel of quality or production issues, and perform other duties as assigned by supervision.

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 required.
• Experience working in manufacturing and/or food manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Ability to obtain forklift certification required.
• 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 65 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, company holidays, 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.

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 26.06 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 : Wisconsin Rapids

Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.