Get in on the ground floor of our new freeze-dry manufacturing facility! Grow your career into 2025 as a key member of our pet food division as Thrive Freeze Dry expands into the largest freeze-dry manufacturer in the world.

Conveniently located in Oak Creek, WI, we are hiring immediately for a full-time position in our Pet Food Division.

• Position: Production Team Member
• Location: Ryan Rd & I-94, Oak Creek, WI
• Schedule: 1^st Shift - 6am – 6pm, Monday – Thursday
• Starting Pay: $20.00/hr
• Reports to: Production Supervisor

About Thrive Freeze Dry:

Thrive Foods is a leader in the freeze-dried food industry. Headquartered in American Fork, Utah with plant operations throughout North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Thrive Foods is leading trends in healthy snacking, good for you ingredients and clean label products in growing human food, probiotics, and pet food segments. As a result, Thrive Foods maintains a blue-chip customer list of food service companies, natural food retailers, and well-known brands.

As our company grows so do our dreams. We are team-oriented and committed to safety and food quality and our values are simple. Leading with integrity means we treat people well. In chasing big goals it’s important to do what matters most in order to win together, learning and growing as we do.

Thrive Freeze Dry Values:

Job Summary:

The Production Team Member plays a vital role in delivering high-quality product to our customers to fuel their life’s important moments. The ideal candidate is one who is committed to food safety and quality, looks for improvement and is ready to roll up their sleeves with us.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities Include: 

• Receiving, inspecting, milling, packing, and distributing the product
• Adhere to standard work methods and practice safe work habits to ensure production is as efficient and safe as possible
• Pass cleaning tests and complete all cleaning requirements set forth by the quality assurance department and other third-party inspections
• Great care is taken to clean the rooms, tools, and equipment used during all operations
• The ability to read instructions and/or labels efficiently, attach labels and tags to products and packages, communicate effectively and frequent lifting of products in preparation for canning products. 
• Other duties as assigned

 Requirements Include: 

• Must be able to perform physical and mental work requirements of position. 
• Perform basic math and demonstrate an ability to communicate orally or in written form effectively with co-workers and departments, including the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 
• This person must be able to perform as part of a team. 

Physical Requirements - Must be able to perform the following functions with or without accommodations:

• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and frequent fine finger dexterity. 
• 50% or more sitting, 50% or more walking, and 40% or more standing. 
• The job is performed under occasional temperature variations and in a food manufacturing production environment. 
• Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees. The ability to lift to 40 lbs. is required. 

Benefits:

We offer a full range of benefits for today, tomorrow and beyond!

Health Insurance: Medical (UMR/United Healthcare Network), Dental (Sunlife), Vision (VSP), Health Savings Account (HSA), Employee Assistance Program, (1^st of the month after 30 days of employment)

Supplementary Insurance: Optional Critical Illness and Critical Accident Insurances, Company paid life, short-term and long-term disability insurances

Retirement: 401k w/ employer match, up to 4% annual salary (1^st of the month after 90 days of employment)

Other Benefits: Weekly Pay, Paid time off, Holidays, Safety shoe program, Tuition reimbursement 

Thrive Freeze Dry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under law, please visitwww.EEOC.gov .

View all of our current open positions at https://www.thrivefoods.com/careers/