• Job Description

  Req#: R2428

  Ocean Spray is Now Hiring at the Middleboro facility. We are looking for an Entry Level Operator to join our team at our Processing facility. The shifts are from 6pm-6am and 6am to 6 pm with rotating weekends off. Entry Level Operators make $18.54 an hour.

  What Ocean Spray has to offer:

  • Competitive Pay and Excellent benefits
  • Monthly Pay for Performance bonus (up to 10% of gross earnings)
  • Retirement benefits including 401(k)
  • Benefits on the first day of employment
  • Paid Time Off after 90 days plus Vacation
  • Premium pay for holidays worked
  • Night Shift Differentials
  • Employee recognition programs
  • Stable and essential employment
  • Comprehensive wellness benefits, including nutrition and fitness

  • Educational assistance and scholarship programs
  • Full-time, Year-Round

  Position Overview:

  Primary responsibilities include maintaining, cleaning and sanitation of facility and equipment (hosing floors, sweeping spills, etc.). Other duties include but are not limited to screening final product to ensure there is no foreign material, creating appropriate documentation; operation of extraction, infusion, filtering and packaging equipment; and performing quality tests.

  What We’re Looking For?

  • Must maintain excellent attendance reliability.
  • Manufacturing experience or mechanical aptitude a plus
  • Must be able to work in a 24/7 environment, 12hr nights, every other weekend, and possibly some holidays.
  • Ability to work overtime.
  • Ability to work 12 hour shifts with frequent standing and walking.
  • Ability to climb ladders, stairs, and traverse elevated platforms
  • Ability to detect differences in color shades and brightness
  • Must be able to lift low to medium weight on a regular basis
  • Ensure compliance with all Safety and Quality standards, processes, procedures.
  • Must possess good interpersonal skills required to work in a team environment
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently, or as part of a team to resolve issues.

  The Middleboro facility is in Middleboro, MA. This 600,000 square foot processing plant has 3 production lines and can produce up to 80 million pounds per year of Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Craisins). This volume represents more than 30% of Ocean Spray’s North American Sweetened Dried Cranberry volume and is operated with a workforce of approximately 200 team members.

  Who We Are:

  You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.
  
  Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

  • G rower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.
  • Sustainable R esults – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.
  • I ntegrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other
  • Inclusive T eamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

• About the company

  Ocean Spray is an American agricultural cooperative of growers of cranberries and grapefruit headquartered in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

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