**Job Title: Production Associate** **Job Description** As a Food Production Associate/Operator, you'll play an important role in ensuring our production processing lines and machinery run smoothly. This includes unloading/loading materials, following recipes, weighing/measuring raw ingredients, operating equipment, packaging the final product, and performing various quality checks to meet company and customer requirements. Food Production Workers are expected to assist in various areas of the production process as needed. **Responsibilities** + Help unload incoming shipments to supply production operation. Heavy lifting up to 50 lbs., unloading, and stacking. + Follow production specifications as the product moves through the process to ensure the quality of the end product. + Assist in various areas of production and operate various food production machinery. + Handle, weigh, measure, and store raw materials/dry ingredients. + Perform operator adjustments, observe settings, and adjust controls as needed to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific products. + Follow all SOPs according to company specifications to ensure quality standards are being met. + Understand and follow Good Manufacturing Practices and all other company regulations and safety practices. + Maintain production records, including production data such as weight and amount of product processed, down time, type of product, and time of processing. + Complete additional tasks as required or assigned. Must be flexible and willing to help out in various areas of the production process as needed. **Essential Skills** + 3+ Years of Manufacturing/Production Experience + 6+ Months of Food Manufacturing Experience (Knowledge of Food Handling/GMPs) + 2+ Years of Machine Operating Experience + Experience with Forklifts + Packaging + Food Manufacturing **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Basic use of computers, tablets, scanners, etc. to record and track production data + Ability to read and write English to review and prepare shipment paperwork/documents + Ability to drive sit-down forklifts to move products **Why Work Here?** Employees can purchase wholesale chocolate at a discount. Receive a free chocolate bar on their birthday. Employees are encouraged to express interest in internal career opportunities and can expect career progression driven by proficiency and performance in their current role. There is potential to move into other production positions or group lead roles. **Work Environment** Food Manufacturing Environment. The facility has hot (105°) and cold (68°) environments. One side of the facility is for manufacturing operations which is hot, and the other side is for chocolate cooling/packaging which is cold. Safety, quality, and hygiene requirements include ensuring tools and equipment are in good working order, complying with all legislated and relevant laws and regulations for safety and quality, wearing uniforms, steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, hair nets, beard nets, and safety gear specific to work activity when on the plant floor. Physical requirements include standing, walking for prolonged periods, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, reaching to view product flow and adjust equipment, lifting in excess of 50 lbs. on a repetitive basis, and working in a manufacturing production environment exposed to noise and temperature variations. Pacemakers are not permitted around magnets. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Union City, California. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $23.00 - $23.00 • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Union City,CA. **Application Deadline** This position will be accepting applications until Jan 1, 2025. **About Aerotek:** 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. 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. 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.