Production Specialist


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Job Title: Production Specialist
Location: Plover, WI, Nationwide United States, USA

Company: McCain Foods
Industry Sector: Food/Processing
Industry Type: Food & Beverage Products and Processing
Career Type: Manufacturing/Production
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: $23.14 USD hourly
23.1400 HOUR

Job Description:

 

Requisition ID: 42993 

 

Job Description

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 Production Specialist, you’ll be on the front lines of McCain’s manufacturing process—helping to ensure smooth operations and maintaining our high standards of product quality. You’ll perform a variety of hands-on production tasks such as drilling, filling, sorting, inspecting, and packaging products, while maintaining safety, sanitation, and quality standards. Your day-to-day may consist of:

  • Execute production tasks such as filling, inspecting, sorting, and packaging to meet quality and quantity standards.
  • Inspect products and equipment for quality compliance, promptly reporting issues and making necessary equipment adjustments.
  • Substitute for operators as needed, handling equipment setup, operation, shutdown, troubleshooting, and quality checks.
  • Adhere to food safety, quality policies, internal GMPs, and regulatory guidelines; accurately complete required documentation.
  • Perform sanitation duties, maintain overall cleanliness during shifts, and complete additional tasks assigned by supervisors.
     

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 Shifts: AM Shift (6AM-6PM) or PM Shift (6PM-6AM) on a 2-2-3 schedule. Shift differential offered for PM Shift.

 

What you’ll need to be successful.

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Manufacturing experience is not required but preferred – must be willing to learn, hungry for growth, & coachable.
  • 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 40 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 $23.14 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.

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Job Post Date: 07/06/26
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