Food Manufacturing Machine Operator - Days

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Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose.

At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis US Yogurt, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Machine Operator based in Londonderry, NH.

The Machine Operator will be responsible for all operational activities related to safety, product safety, line efficiency, performance and ingredient usage of the assigned production line.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Responsible for personal and personnel safety for the assign production line and make recommendations for improvements to supervision.
• Responsible for the product quality of the assigned line, to include ensuring that all components used in the process match our Stonyfield standard (correct white mass, fruit dosing flavor injection, cups, lids, cup code, box code)
• Responsible for monitoring the weight control, line checks, changeovers, start up, shutdown and other process at the line.
• Responsible to ensure Stonyfield products are aligned with specification, making adjustments when needed and reporting any deviations to maintenance and supervision.
• Responsible for ensuring the housekeeping, General Manufacturing Practice compliance, and respect for the zoning for the assigned production line.
• Responsible to ensure all containers used in the production process have proper labels to be in compliance
• Responsible for the Clean in Place (CIP) of the assigned production line, ensuring high level of sanitation is performed and working to stay within CIP expected timeframe allotted for the assigned line.
• Responsible to ensure operator control sheets have accurate information related to the fruit and flavor consumption for each SKU run.
• Being able to deal with changes in the work environment, being an active contributor to positive changes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• 1-2 Years experience in manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work in a 12 hour schedule.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Solid written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work in a noisy area.
• Computer literacy required.
• English proficiency (reading , writing skills)
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints.
• Ability to operate in a team environment.
• Ability to adapt in a changing work environment.

Yes - you read that right! Our two week rotation in Production allows our team members to have every other Friday, Saturday, Sunday off!

We run 12 hour shifts - Week 1: 48 Hours, Week 2: 36 hours

6:30a - 6:30p

• Week 1: Sat - On, Sun - On, Mon - Off, Tues - Off, Wed - On Thurs - On, Fri - Off
• Week 2: Sat - Off, Sun - Off, Mon - On, Tues - On, Wed - Off, Thurs - Off, Fri - On

*For current employees referring an applicant, this is a HOT job*

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.