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Production Worker

Ferrero
Bloomington, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 9/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/26/2025
Company Description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

About the Role:

As a production worker, you will be responsible for performing tasks related to the manufacturing and production of confectionary products. Production employees perform a wide variety of jobs that are critical to the successful production of confectionary products. This can range from general labor, housekeeping, pumping, cooking, packaging, sanitation, trash removal, etc.

This position will require flexibility as the position and shift you will fill is likely to change from week to week.

Main Responsibilities:

Know and practice all safety and GMP requirements in assigned work area

  • Perform the duties required of the position you are scheduled in
  • Adherence to all plant policies.

Each Production role has specific functions, examples of Production tasks:

  • Inspect, straighten, align, separate, or remove product on a conveyor
  • Examine rejected candy; sort rejected product into appropriate container for repacking, reworking, or disposal
  • Start and stop automatic wrapping machines
  • Collect and feed unwrapped candy bars into wrapping machines; clear jams
  • Inspect cartons for proper seal and code date
  • Remove overwrap from improperly wrapped cartons; replace cartons onto line for re-wrap
  • Inspect cases for proper code dates, seals, or damage and immediately report occurrences to supervisor
  • Remove debris and waste from floors
  • Empty vacuum bags and trash containers as needed
  • Sweep and wash floors, walls, overhead frames/fixtures, wall fans, exhaust vents, vents, sinks, drains, drinking fountains, refrigerators, microwave oven, Ice machine, displays, tables, chairs, windows, doors, trash containers and other plumbing fixtures.

Who we are looking for:

Education:

  • High School Degree or equivalent required
  • Technical / vocational / associate degree preferred

Experience:

  • 2 years of work experience
  • Food manufacturing experience preferred

Other Requirements:

  • Able to work overtime, weekends, and holidays when required.
  • Willing to work various shifts
  • Must be available on an “as needed” basis; willing to train in areas where needed, and be available to work as scheduled
  • Must be willing and able to read factory documents as necessary to understand and follow equipment operation, quality standards and safety procedures
  • Must be able to complete paperwork as needed for the job, including documentation of product codes, rejection of materials, material usage and quality records
  • Must be willing to communicate with Supervisor, Maintenance, and co-workers about issues and concerns as related to the line operations
  • Willing to work in a position that requires you to stand or walk continuously throughout the shift
  • Willing to work in a facility where milk, eggs, peanuts, soy and/or wheat allergens are processed, with or without accommodation

Compensation Data

The base rate for this position is $26.29 hourly. In addition to base pay, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we proved them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding. Ferrero N.A. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Job Location: Bloomington

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