Food Manufacturing Production Associate

Step into a day on our Canton, Ohio production floor: you arrive to a clean, well-organized space, gear up with PPE, review the day’s targets with your team, and help craft high-quality foods that families trust. Safety and teamwork guide everything we do, and your reliability helps us hit our goals.

Role Snapshot

Job Type: Full Time

As a hands-on contributor in our refrigerated facility, you’ll support line operations, uphold food safety and quality standards, and keep your area spotless. You’ll rotate through tasks, collaborate with teammates, and assist wherever production needs you most.

What You’ll Do

• Follow all food safety, quality, and company policies and procedures
• Keep workstations clean and organized
• Partner with the team to achieve daily production goals
• Use required PPE and follow all safety requirements
• Pitch in with other production duties as assigned

What It Takes

• Comfort working in a refrigerated manufacturing environment
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods
• Frequently lift, push, pull, and move 25–35 lbs; occasionally up to 50 lbs
• Bend, twist, reach, and perform repetitive motions throughout the shift
• Dependable attendance; willingness to work scheduled overtime and weekends as needed
• Strong commitment to workplace and food safety
• Successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen

Pay

• Starting pay is $14.50/hr
• Bid on higher-paying positions after 6 months
• Rate varies by position, experience, and shift assignment

Benefits

• Stable, full-time employment with biweekly pay
• Paid training and overtime opportunities
• Medical and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Supportive team environment

Fresh Mark also offers a great workplace and additional benefits including paid vacations and holidays, employee assistance programs, health reimbursement/savings accounts, health care with low premiums and deductibles, vision coverage, pensions and more.

About Fresh Mark, Inc.

For over a century, Fresh Mark’s Sugardale brand has been proudly made in the USA. We put people first and invest in your development with tools, leadership, and support to help you grow. Our team crafts top-quality meats—from bacon and ham to hot dogs, sliced lunch meats, pepperoni, salami, and specialty items—earning more than $1 billion in annual sales.

How to Apply

Bring your reliability and teamwork to a growing food manufacturer. Start a stable career, learn new skills, and grow with us.

All applicants applying for positions with Fresh Mark must accept the Employment Application Consent Form to continue their candidacy. Instructions to comply can be found in your application confirmation email.

Compliance

Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Fresh Mark welcomes all interested people to apply for job opportunities in our company. We pride ourselves in being a diverse company and we consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, disability or any legally protected status.

Fresh Mark is a drug free workplace.

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