About Upfield!

We are the largest plant-based company in the world, and we believe in doing what’s right for our people, our customers and the planet.

At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that’s free from plastic.  We’ve got iconic brands: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Country Crock, Imperial, Flora, and so many more that people all over the world know and love. We’ve been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we’re only just getting started.

Our New Century facility is Upfield’s largest manufacturing facility in the globe. We are located at the Gardner exit (I-35 & 175th St.) at 27080 159th St, New Century, KS 66031.

Find out more about us at: www.upfield.com.

About the role!

Your starting pay is $21.77 and earn more with shift premiums. Manufacturing Operators work on different shift patterns – It’s not a M-F shift but you still get 2 consecutive days off with a 5 day work week.

You can enroll in all benefits after 90 days: medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid holidays and even referral bonus.

You’ll most likely know which operator role you’d like from your previous manufacturing or food industry experience. You’ll shadow different aspects of the New Century facility, continuously learning and applying machinery standards. 

You will operate the machinery that makes Country Crock and I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter! You’ll learn lock out tag out at your machinery post and troubleshoot by basic repairs and change overs and use your MS Office experience to document any issues. 

What do you need?:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Successfully complete pass a background check, drug screen, physical and COVID exam. 

Performance, Passion and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward our Associates, our consumers, our business partners and our world.

We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60+ countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with customers and consumers.