Utility Worker


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Job Title: Utility Worker
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Nationwide United States, USA

Company: McCain Foods
Industry Sector: Food/Processing
Industry Type: Food & Beverage Products and Processing
Career Type: Operator/General Laborer
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: 26.06 USD hourly
26.0600 HOUR

Job Description:

 

Requisition ID: 42306

 

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.

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.

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Job Post Date: 10/08/26
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