Description

At Russell Stover, not only do we love chocolate, but we love our jobs! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration.

Working at Russell Stover you’ll be part of the leading manufacturer of boxed, seasonal, and sugar-free chocolates. For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman’s, and Pangburn’s have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations.

Today, we produce over 55 million pounds of chocolate annually, and our legacy brands can be found in 13 company-owned stores and over 9,000 wholesale accounts.

Join our team and let’s continue making chocolate lovers happy!

A day in the life

As a Chocolate Grinder you be at the beginning of the candy making process. We receive Semi trailers full of our special blend of chocolate.

As a Grinder you will grind the pallets of chocolate and melt them down inside of a war wagon. Constant monitoring of the chocolate’s temperature and the functioning of the machine is necessary.

During down time sanitation of the area will be required.

What you will be doing

• Grinds different types of chocolate in specified amounts per RSC standards.
• Operates machinery, equipment, and tools in a safe and proficient manner according to guidelines and instructions.
• Request, receives, secures, maintains, and delivers materials per RSC standards.
• Must be able to read and understand specifications, formulas / recipes, scales, rules, tapes, and thermometers.
• Requires repeated lifting, bending, and stooping.
• Performs clean-up activities as assigned.
• May be assigned other duties by plant management as required.

Do you have what it takes?

Basic Qualifications)

• Must have ability to routinely and frequently stand, stoop, bend, climb and lift to meet cleaning requirements. Ability to work in high temperature.
• Ability to read and write English
• Must have good hand-eye coordination and possess motor skills enabling mobility and quick reflexes, as well as dexterity in ceiling height areas.
• Must have visual / hearing ability sufficient to recognize or detect warning devices / signs.
• Body strain from repeated motion.

Do you stand above the rest?

Preferred Qualifications)

Team player that enjoys physical activity and has a passion for chocolate.

What it’s like at the Russell Stover Plants

• Safety. Your safety is important to us, so we provide protective gear. We also go through an in-depth Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) training on your first day and continue to share safety tips daily.
• Surroundings. You’ll be working around different machines Schubert’s, forklifts, electric pallet jacks, and chocolate candy banks / steels.
• Activity. Some activities may require standing in one place for long periods, walking around, or climbing stairs / ladders, and routinely lift 50 lbs.
• Temperature. You will be comfortable year-round with our climate-controlled environment. Our temperatures are consistently around 63 F but could fluctuate depending on your specific role.
• Smell. You will enjoy a variety of deliciously sweet aromas and you may end your day smelling like chocolate!
• Dress code. Relaxed, with a few rules to follow for food safety, personal safety and in guidance with our good manufacturing practices (GMP).

Comfortable, closed-toe shoes are required. Leather, imitation leather, or rubber boots or shoes must be worn in the kitchen and other areas when working around hot liquid / product or hot water.

At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don’t just accept difference we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community.

Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Make Happy. Work Happy.

Last updated : 2024-06-04