Packaging / Freezer Operator 1st Shift

Our manufacturing members are the heart of our organization. Members of our manufacturing team, which includes machine operators, packaging, shipping and more, take pride in ensuring we produce only the highest-quality, most consistent products for our customers and consumers. If you're passionate about making a difference, we want you to help make our products, processes, communities and each other better.

Johnsonville, LLC

Packaging / Freezer Operator

Pay Range: $25.65/hr - $26.66/hr

Hours: 5:30am – 2:30pm, Monday – Friday (Overtime as production demands)

Responsibilities:

• Consistently manufacture "great tasting" sausage products according to specifications
• Work together with other Packaging Members to obtain World Class packaging results in safety, yields, usages, and efficiencies
• Learn and be part of developing and enhancing new technology in the packaging department
• Develop a strong set of world class skills in the area of packaging
• Actively participate in daily Grill meetings and project teams
• Set goals and objectives; both personal and as a team member to acquire "superlative" performance in order to support the Johnsonville Way
• Grow, develop, and stretch yourself by continuing to find new and better ways to meet your commitments to yourself, your team and to JVL.
• Packaging sausage on production line
• Carrying tubs of sausage
• Lifting and moving boxes to pallets and moving pallets
• Inspection of finished product
• Identify products by code and enter the information into the freezer programs
• Ensure the proper operation of the freezer, conveyor systems, palletizing, and de-palletizing systems
• Monitor the status of products in the freezer and be proactive in the prevention of problems. Where prevention is not possible, resolve problems before they escalate.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills required
• Strong math background is required
• Must be able to complete production documentation paperwork accurately
• Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds
• Must be able to maintain all GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices)
• Must be able to actively participate in a team environment
• Basic computer skills needed
• Ability to see and hear warning devices
• Ability to monitor a computer screen and make all necessary adjustments on the freezer and accumulation systems
• Ability to work in temperatures ranging from +40 degrees F in the packaging room to -10 degrees inside the freezer with proper clothing (provided)
• Must be able to withstand heights of 20 feet or more above ground
• Based on business necessity, must be proficient in English.

Other:

• Ability to pass a pre-employment, post offer drug screen, physical and background check

Date: November, 2025

Location: Meadowside – Sheboygan Falls, WI

Member Status: Full Time, Hourly Manufacturing

Positions Available: 1

Benefits:

Members have potential for a monthly bonus and 401k with a company match. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center and onsite medical clinic.

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself

How to Apply:

Apply on-line only at:

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability.

We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.