Production Associate

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelez International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

You independently operate and maintain at least one process, equipment or systems following autonomous maintenance (AM) standards and use your technical skills to improve line and/or system performance to meet business needs.

How you will contribute

You are a key ingredient in changing how the world snacks. With coaching, you will operate and maintain equipment to deliver on our safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and morale targets. You will use execute all standard work processes on your equipment using AM (autonomous maintenance) and PM (progressive maintenance) standards and ensure that safety processes are observed, and that quality assurance activities are performed. You will understand the losses in their area and equipment and report them.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Operating machines with coaching
• Safety and quality standards for operating machines
• Reading and writing, and fluently conversant in the language of communication as appropriate to the site
• Collaborating well in a diverse work environment

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

Employee will be required to work different shifts & overtime to meet business needs. Employee must follow all policies and procedures established as part of our Health Safety & Environmental (HSE) program, as well as all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).  Employee must be flexible to perform a variety of duties. Experience in a high-speed industrial/manufacturing environment is required.

Education / Certifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (Required).

Job specific requirements:

• Manufacturing Experience: Experience in a high-speed industrial/manufacturing environment is required.
• Availability/Flexibility: Must be able to work any shift, and work daily & weekend overtime, if necessary
• Physical Capability: Must be able to bend, carry, reach, climb, twist, and lift, up to 50-pounds.
• Computer Agility: Must be computer literate and be able to operate supporting equipment.
• English Proficiency
• Troubleshooting: Ability to identify and define root cause of line problems.
• Technical Aptitude: Ability to make minor adjustments on lines.
• Ability to operate mixers, ovens and/or a variety of packaging equipment, metal detectors and labelers.
• Must keep operating areas clean
• Must be adaptable to change, self-directed and self-motivated with ownership of their line responsibilities
• Must be able to operate different types of manufacturing equipment (i.e., transports, forklifts, etc.)
• Must be able to handle a variety of change and change tasks without loss of efficiency on the line
• Must be able to perform visual inspection and measuring techniques
• Must be able to complete quality and production required paperwork legibly, accurately, and timely
• Ability to receive guidance from supervision, communicate, follow work rules, safety practices, work procedures, meet deadlines, punctuality, and attendance standards, etc.
• Ability to work in a team setting, ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment, cooperate, and resolve conflicts and to recognize needs and be sensitive of others
• Ability to perform various duties as necessary, often changing from one task to another in different environments

Work schedule:

• M - F with required weekend overtime or Friday, Saturday and Sunday with required weekday overtime
• Have shift and schedule flexibility is required

Pay rate:

• $ 21.60 per hour

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Business Unit Summary

We are the makers and bakers of iconic brands including Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz, Triscuit, Swedish Fish, Sour Patch Kids and many others. The United States is the largest market in the Mondelez International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our snacks are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847-943-5460 for assistance.