Job Title: General Production Worker 19.00 - 21.50/hr

Job Description

As a General Production Worker, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of our packaging line. You will be responsible for adhering to all food-related GMP and SOP guidelines, packing dry powdered contents for shipment, and ensuring product quality. Your role will also involve handling ingredients correctly, checking weights, and maintaining sanitation practices of the equipment.

Responsibilities

Follow all food-related GMP and SOP guidelines.Pack items on the lines for shipment, ensuring no damage occurs.Correctly use ingredients for mixing and verify weights.Record all lot and bag numbers accurately.Maintain sanitation practices of equipment due to food packaging.Keep the work area clean.Lift and shift weights of 50-55 lbs consistently.Work in confined spaces and at heights, such as catwalks above machines.

Essential Skills

Ability to lift 50-55 lbs consistently.Willingness to train on forklift usage in the future.Previous machine operation experience in a manufacturing setting.Basic understanding of batching, recipe reading, and packaging.Mechanical aptitude for basic maintenance tasks.Knowledge of GMP is essential.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Ability to read and write legibly.Math skills involving decimals and fractions.Experience in batch mixing or recipe reading.

Why Work Here?

We offer bi-weekly pay, benefits through United Healthcare starting after 30 days, and a 401k match up to 6%. We provide uniforms that are paid for and cleaned, as well as vacation, sick, and personal time after 90 days. Join a supportive environment where your hard work is rewarded with tangible benefits.

Work Environment

You will be working in a large, older-style brick manufacturing building that produces dry powder items. This is a food-grade, GMP-required facility where certain areas may be hot, although the mixing area is air-conditioned. Shifts are 12 hours, with a schedule of Monday to Wednesday and potential for overtime on Thursday. In the future, shifts may expand to four days a week. Uniforms and steel-toed boots are required, and safety is a priority in this facility with many stairs and walking involved.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Defiance, OH.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $19.00 - $19.75/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job\n classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be\n subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits\n available for this temporary role may include the following:\n\n • Medical, dental & vision\n • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital\n • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available\n • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)\n • Short and long-term disability\n • Health Spending Account (HSA)\n • Transportation benefits\n • Employee Assistance Program\n • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Defiance,OH.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 22, 2025.

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\n About Aerotek:\n\n

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

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Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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