Laborup

Production Operator

Laborup  •  $20 - $21/hr  •  Nashville, TN (Onsite)  •  18 hours ago
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Job Description

Overview

We’re hiring Production Operators for a growing, modern consumer packaged goods manufacturing facility.

This is a large-scale, end-to-end process manufacturing operation where raw materials move through preparation and batching, automated processing equipment, and high-speed packaging before becoming finished consumer products.

Depending on your experience and interests, you may work in a detail-oriented role measuring and preparing specific quantities of materials for production, operate and troubleshoot processing equipment, or run automated packaging machinery. The operation offers exposure to multiple stages of manufacturing rather than limiting you to one repetitive task or piece of equipment.

The facility is new, clean, air-conditioned, and growing quickly. There are multiple schedules available, and team members have opportunities to cross-train across different parts of the production process and expand their skills over time.

What makes this role different:

  • Modern facility: Work in a newer, clean, air-conditioned manufacturing environment.
  • Multiple shift options: Choose from several day, night, and traditional shift schedules.
  • Variety of work: Opportunities across material preparation, processing equipment, and automated packaging.
  • Cross-training: Learn multiple stages of production and build a broader manufacturing skillset.
  • Recognizable products: Help manufacture consumer products used and recognized nationwide.

Compensation

  • $20–$21/hr
  • Full-time, direct-hire – not a temp job
  • Full benefits
  • Shift options based on experience and availability

Shift

Multiple schedules are available, including:

  • Rotating 12-hour day shifts
  • Rotating 12-hour night shifts
  • Traditional Monday–Friday, 8 hour 1st, 2nd or 3rd shifts

We’ll work with you to identify the schedule and area of production that best fits your experience and availability.

Responsibilities

  • Material Preparation: Measure and prepare specific quantities of materials for production.
  • Production Equipment: Operate and monitor automated processing and manufacturing equipment.
  • Packaging Equipment: Run and monitor high-speed automated packaging machinery.
  • Process Monitoring: Identify production issues and make basic equipment or process adjustments.
  • Quality Checks: Verify materials and finished products for quality and accuracy.
  • Production Documentation: Accurately record material, production, and downtime information.
  • Changeovers: Participate in equipment start-ups, shutdowns, cleaning, and changeovers.
  • Material Handling: Move raw materials, finished products, tools, and supplies as needed.
  • Troubleshooting: Perform minor troubleshooting and escalate equipment problems when necessary.
  • Safety & Housekeeping: Maintain a clean, organized, and safe production area.

Requirements

Qualifications

Required

  • Strong mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn equipment
  • Ability to follow detailed written production instructions
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy
  • Basic math, measurement, and record-keeping skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced production environment
  • Reliable attendance and punctuality
  • Ability to work safely around automated equipment
  • Strong teamwork and communication skills

Preferred

  • 1+ years manufacturing or production experience
  • Process manufacturing experience
  • Machine operation or automated equipment experience
  • High-volume manufacturing experience
  • Packaging equipment experience
  • Material batching, mixing, or preparation experience
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About Laborup

Laborup is the #1 AI powered talent platform for America’s industrial workforce. We use AI to create jobs, not take them away. We help HR and plant leaders hire and keep the skilled workers who keep plants running: machinists, welders, maintenance techs, operators, industrial electricians, and engineers. USA Today called us the “LinkedIn for blue collar workers,” and Forbes profiled our work in “How AI Is Solving America’s 1 Trillion Dollar Manufacturing Labor Crisis.”

Today we work with manufacturers from 50 person shops to large public companies with tens of thousands of employees, and the story is the same everywhere. It is hard to find talent, hard to keep good people, and staffing costs keep rising. In a market where filling critical industrial roles can take months and turnover is constant, Laborup helps teams move qualified workers from first contact to on site interview in days instead of weeks and keep them on the floor longer.

Most of the workers our customers need are not on LinkedIn or the usual job boards. Laborup uses AI to find this hidden workforce, call and text them, screen and qualify them, build real profiles, and match them directly to the plants and roles where they can succeed. For workers, that means real, permanent roles at serious manufacturers, not one off gigs. For companies, it is durable infrastructure for hiring and retention at scale in a labor market that will stay tight for years.

We work across nuclear, defense, and advanced manufacturing, as well as sectors like aerospace, automotive, and food production. Teams that use Laborup hire 5 to 10 times faster, see around 3 times better retention, and cut cost per hire by up to 50 to 70 percent. That turns into fewer empty shifts, fewer missed orders, more stable teams, and more capacity without more headache.

We are building the modern talent system for America’s industrial base with a simple long term goal: put a billion industrial workers to work in good jobs that matter.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Knoxville
Year Founded
Unknown
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