Production Associate - 1st Shift

Join America’s favorite family bakery since 1934—home of Little Debbie®, Drake’s® Cakes, and Sunbelt Bakery® Granola Bars. Work with legacy brands that bring smiles to faces nationwide, including yours. You’ll experience a culture committed to work-life balance, guaranteed time off, and supportive health and wellness offerings. Enjoy profit sharing, long-term job security, and a range of exciting career paths. When you join McKee Foods, you’ll discover a better way to live and work.

Please submit comprehensive work history or a resume covering the past 18 months. Include all periods of employment, unemployment, self-employment, short-term jobs, caregiving, and education. Ensure you provide accurate month and year ranges for each period.

Pay

$22.62 - $23.88/ hour, depending on experience and qualifications

$1,000 Sign-On Bonus: Paid $250 after first week, plus $250 after each of the next 3 quarters

Note: Must be actively employed at payout; former employees terminated within the last 90 days are not eligible

Schedule

1st Shift (Monday – Friday, 5:50 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. OR 6:20 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.)

Onsite; other days and hours as needed

Location

272 Patton Farm Road Stuarts Draft, Virginia, 24477

Job Summary

McKee Foods is seeking a Production Associate, 2nd Shift to join our Manufacturing team.  This is an entry-level Packaging Technician or Make-up Monitor position at our bakery that requires no previous experience.  We offer on-the-job training in our modern manufacturing facility.  In this role, you’ll play an important role on our high-speed production line ensuring the efficient and precise packaging of our snack cakes.  Your key responsibilities will include:

• Performing minor line equipment set ups, moving product trays, conducting product inspections
• Monitoring: inspecting product quality and removing defects to meet quality and productivity targets
• Loading and Unloading:  moving materials onto pallets, trays, racks, and shelves
• Case-packing/palletizing: placing cartons into shipping cases and/or stacking shipping cases onto pallets
• Operating: operating power hoists and electric pallet jacks to lift heavy objects

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrates a solid work history reflected in reliable attendance, safe work practices, effective job performance, adaptability and teamwork
• Proven ability to work efficiently and accurately in a fast-paced production environment
• Ability to perform repetitive motions while sitting or standing for duration of entire shift
• Regularly lift up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally move more than 100 pounds (with or without accommodation)
• Ability to read, write, and do basic math
• Record product data using a computer
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, troubleshooting issues as they arise
• Ability to learn new processes, procedures, and equipment while maintaining a positive attitude

• Maintain a clean work area and practice good personal hygiene
• Keeps waste to a minimum while ensuring products meet quality specifications and food safety standards
• Follow proper safety procedures at all times.  This includes wearing approved uniform such as hearing protection, hairnets, slip-resistant shoes, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a manufacturing or production environment
• Previous experience in food manufacturing or a related field
• Previous technical training
• Accurate measurement and conversion skills
• Troubleshooting ability
• Previous machine operator experience

WARNING: APPLICANTS WITH ALLERGIES SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SOY FLOUR, RAW AND COOKED PEANUTS, ALMONDS, WALNUTS AND POSSIBLY OTHER TREE NUTS MAY BE PRESENT IN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND MAY NEED TO BE HANDLED AS PART OF NORMAL JOB DUTIES.

Benefits

• Competitive weekly pay
• Profit-sharing cash bonus program
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off (for vacation, holidays, sick time, personal time, etc.)
• Medical insurance, including health, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
• Supplemental plans, including life insurance
• Fully-paid parental leave
• Health Center and Pharmacy
• Mental wellness counseling (on-site in TN, virtual elsewhere)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Credit Union
• Exercise and recreation facility
• Wellness programs with incentives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Short-term and long-term disability (company-paid)

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer