Production Operator

Niagara Bottling•Reading, PA

About The Position

The Production Operator is responsible for daily production-floor operations and ensuring the shift meets established safety, quality, and production goals while complying with applicable legal and food safety requirements. The role includes operating across assigned production areas, monitoring product quality and line throughput, maintaining raw-material availability, completing production and quality records, troubleshooting minor line issues, and supporting housekeeping and safety standards. The position requires regular and predictable attendance and the ability to work 12-hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or another schedule dictated by production demand. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time.

Requirements

No minimum years of experience are required in the field or a similar manufacturing environment.
No minimum years of experience are required in the position.
No minimum years of experience managing people or projects are required.
Experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
High school diploma or GED.
Ability to work 12-hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or a schedule dictated by production demand.
Required certifications or licenses: None.
Required foreign languages: None.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience in the field or a similar manufacturing environment.
Two years of experience in the position.
Two years of experience managing people or projects.
Experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
Associate’s degree.

Responsibilities

Manage daily activities of production lines to ensure products meet Niagara’s safety, quality, and throughput standards.
Complete applicable quality and production reports hourly.
Physically and visually inspect products to prevent non-conforming goods and report quality defects to appropriate team members and shift leadership.
Follow company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
Comply with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and food safety standards.
Maintain general housekeeping in production and other areas assigned by plant leadership.
Maintain the required level of raw materials to minimize production-line downtime.
Work in all assigned production areas, troubleshoot minor production-line issues, and perform relief duties when required.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Benefits

Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
Medical coverage, including virtual care options.
Dental coverage.
Vision coverage.
401(k) with company match.
Health Savings Account with company match.
Flexible Spending Accounts.
Expanded mental wellbeing benefits, including free counseling sessions for team members and household family members.
Family Building Benefits, including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation, plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements.
Income protection, including Life and AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, and an accident plan.
Special discount programs, including pet plans, prepaid legal services, identity theft protection, car rental, and airport parking.
Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan, and scholarship opportunities.