What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operator - Production & Packaging position at HARIBO of America, Inc.?
Start: immediately in Pleasant Prairie, WI / United States
Permanent position, Full-time
We are the world's #1 gummi candy manufacturer. It's a great time to join our growing organization and help spread "Childlike Happiness" (one of our core values) to consumers across the United States. Reporting to the Shift Supervisor, the Operator – Production & Packaging is responsible for safely and efficiently operating, maintaining, and cleaning production and packaging equipment across multiple areas—including kitchen, mogul, and packaging lines. The Operator – Production & Packaging ensures all work meets quality, food safety, environmental, and cost standards while supporting production schedules and minimizing downtime. Operators partner with support teams using problem-solving techniques and a continuous-improvement mindset to identify and reduce unplanned losses in safety, quality, and efficiency.
Responsibilities
HARIBO is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please contact the location for which you are applying and ask to speak with the human resources representative or email careers-us@Haribo.com.
Permanent position, Full-time
We are the world's #1 gummi candy manufacturer. It's a great time to join our growing organization and help spread "Childlike Happiness" (one of our core values) to consumers across the United States. Reporting to the Shift Supervisor, the Operator – Production & Packaging is responsible for safely and efficiently operating, maintaining, and cleaning production and packaging equipment across multiple areas—including kitchen, mogul, and packaging lines. The Operator – Production & Packaging ensures all work meets quality, food safety, environmental, and cost standards while supporting production schedules and minimizing downtime. Operators partner with support teams using problem-solving techniques and a continuous-improvement mindset to identify and reduce unplanned losses in safety, quality, and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Safely operate, monitor, adjust, and clean assigned production and packaging equipment.
- Conduct routine inspections and preventative maintenance to ensure proper functionality.
- Prepare equipment for changeovers, including size and material adjustments.
- Load raw materials, premixes, and packaging materials to maintain continuous line flow.
- Perform quality checks, including product specifications, coding, sealing, weights, and packaging integrity.
- Responsible for training and coaching others in the assigned areas.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Requires high school diploma or equivalent (HSED/GED).
- Requires three (3) years of progressive manufacturing and/or packaging experience.
- Must be flexible with off-shift work schedule and overtime as needed.
- Ability to handle stress and to interact with others to establish and maintain a positive and productive work environment and minimize personal conflicts.
- Machine operations preferably in the fast-moving consumer goods/food/beverage/pharma industries.
- Understanding of manufacturing and packaging equipment (cooking/molding, weighing, wrapping, coding, case packing, palletizing, etc.).
- Knowledgeable of food safety and food quality standards and regulations such as SQF and environmental and people-based safety practices and regulations.
- Knowledge of ERP systems preferably SAP.
- Basic computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); SAP experience preferred.
- Strong teamwork and communication skills.
- Requires basic mathematical skills to be able to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and work with percentages.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English to document work, communicate with management, and collaborate with colleagues.
- Standing/walking: Continuous (over 75%)
- Talking/hearing: Continuous (over 75%)
- Hand/finger dexterity: Frequent to continuous
- Climbing, bending, kneeling, crouching: Frequent
- Lifting/carrying up to 35–50 lbs: Frequent to continuous
- Ability to multitask and function in high-stress environments
- Work performed indoors with artificial lighting, mid-level noise, and proper ventilation
HARIBO is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please contact the location for which you are applying and ask to speak with the human resources representative or email careers-us@Haribo.com.