Production Line Operations Crew Member (Food Processing)

Join Our Production Team

We’re hiring in Romeoville for a hands-on Production role in our Production department. You’ll report to the Shift Supervisor and help ensure every product meets customer expectations and regulatory standards.

Why This Role Matters

Our customers count on us for quality and consistency. Your work will directly support compliance with Safety, QA, USDA guidelines, and the SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacturing.

What You’ll Do

• Produce high-quality products that meet customer specs and regulatory requirements.
• Communicate effectively with your supervisor.
• Follow instructions and training related to Safety, QA, GMPs, and USDA rules.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area.
• Assist teammates and the Supervisor when requested.
• Keep pace with the production line while delivering your best effort.
• Adhere to good handwashing and the employee hygiene plan.
• Report any potential food safety or quality concern immediately to supervision and/or QA.
• Meet applicable customer-specific requirements.
• Support the SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacturing daily.
• Complete additional duties as assigned or volunteered.

Accountability

Accountable for the production of a quality product that fulfills customer and regulatory needs.

Qualifications

• Required: Hard working, dependable, safety conscious and team oriented.
• Preferred: High School diploma or equivalent; basic reading, writing, and math skills.

Core Skills & Background

• Basic literacy and numeracy
• Experience in manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, or shipping/receiving
• Material handling and heavy lifting; comfort with hand jacks
• Weighing raw materials, mixing, and packaging
• FSQA awareness and commitment to hygiene/GMPs

Food Safety & Quality

• Escalate any food safety or quality issue immediately.
• Report any risk or evidence of unsafe or out-of-spec product, equipment, packaging, or raw materials to a designated manager for immediate action.

Proficiencies We Value

• Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA)
• Shipping/Receiving
• Warehouse Experience
• Material Handler Experience
• Distribution Experience
• Mixing
• Weighing Raw Materials
• Heavy Material Handling
• Packaging Experience
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment

Role Details

• Location: Romeoville
• Department: Production
• Reports to: Shift Supervisor
• Purpose: Perform assigned work per Safety, QA, and USDA rules.

Physical Requirements

*The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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• Lift up to 50 lbs.

• Work standing or walking for long periods of time.

• Work bending and squatting.

• Work making fast and repetitive hand motions.

• Work in cold refrigerated and frozen conditions.

• And able to push/pull heavy loads using hand jack.

Work Environment

*The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed outside weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme cold.

• The noise level in the work environment is often moderate to loud.

• Ability to work different shifts and weekends.