Machine Operators

Join the team at the Middleboro Location!

Ocean Spray is Now Hiring Machine Operators at the Middleboro facility.    This 600,000 square foot processing plant has 3 production lines and can produce up to 80 million pounds per year of Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Craisins). This volume represents more than 30% of Ocean Spray’s North American Sweetened Dried Cranberry volume and is operated with a workforce of approximately 200 team members.  The Machine Operator position is a 12-hour rotating shift from 6pm-6am with rotating weekends off with a starting pay rate of $ 29.38 per hour plus a shift differential.   The position is a year-round position, working indoors with three 30-minute paid breaks. 

Our Purpose:

Whatever your title, whatever your role – it all comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned cooperative where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done.  We champion cranberries and support the farmers who grow them.

We value not just what we do, but how we do it.  For the second year in a row, Deloitte has names Ocean Spray one of the U.S. Best Managed Private Companies based on the criteria of strategy, execution, financials, and culture.  Here’s to rolling up our sleeves to get the job done. 

Why work for Ocean Spray?

• Competitive Pay (Opportunities to train for higher paying positions)
• Benefits on the first day of employment
• Excellent benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision and 401K)
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including nutrition and fitness
• Monthly Pay for Performance bonus (up to 10% of gross earnings)
• Retirement benefits including Pension
• Paid Time Off after 90 days plus Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Night Shift Differentials
• Employee recognition programs
• Educational assistance and scholarship programs
• Full-time, Year-Round Indoor work

Position Overview:

The primary responsibilities of this position are to proficiently perform the duties associated with the operation of processing and packaging equipment. Including batch mixing, equipment calibration, data collection and input utilizing appropriate software, as well as any other duties assigned to support the needs of the business.

• Handles heavy materials, including raw, packaging, and finished goods either manually by hand or via industrial vehicles/equipment.
 • Operates all equipment associated with production and transferring of products according to current best methods in manual or automatic mode.
 • Supports all production associated tasks for items being shipped.
 • Must perform all quality, sensory, and sanitation tests involved in production of products.
 • Draws samples and records color for use in production according to all quality parameters and specifications within the current best methods.
 • Maintains records of material receipts, usage, and returns.
 • Loads and/or unloads tank trucks.
 • Maintains records and takes inventories as necessary.
 • Performs routine maintenance of equipment.
 • Must be able to clean and sanitize all equipment associated with production, transferring, tanker loading, tanker unloading, and perform other related duties as necessary.
 • Will be forklift certified.

What We’re Looking For?

• Ability to be or become Forklift Certified.
 • Ability to lift up to 48 lbs on occasion.
 • Ability to stand, perform, and maneuver around a plant and production line during a 12-hour shift (e.g., walking, lifting, climbing, bending, stretching and reaching, squatting, crawling under conveyors, using ladders, vision, hearing, and may require long periods of standing and frenzied activity).
 • Ability to wear and work using fall and other protection equipment (e.g., Safety glasses with side shields, steel-toed shoes, hearing protection, hairnets, rubber shoes, aprons or coveralls, smocks, gloves, and face shields).
 • Ability to effectively use of hand tools.
 • Ability to read, write, verbally communicate, and follow simple oral and written instructions, short correspondence, technical manuals, and instruments/gauges as needed to accurately fill out paperwork and understand production readings.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations and in team meetings to other employees of the organization.
 • Ability to apply understanding to stoppages of the production lines.
 • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, figure percentages and averages and on occasion solve for x, for all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Must be able to interpret if results of computation are within specifications and provide corrective action when not.
 • Ability to function as a team member and contribute to team goals.
 • Basic computer skills.

We're an iconic brand and a farmer-owned cooperative. Being part of Ocean Spray means making an impact in support of our family-farmers, while also building experience you cannot get anywhere else. If you're looking for a meaningful opportunity, this role may be for you! 

Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.

• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.

• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other

• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

For MA Applicants – It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. Any employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.