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Extrusion Production Helper

ManpowerGroup

Jackson, MOJob$18/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$18/hr
Location
Jackson, MO
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Extrusion Production Helper supports operational tasks in a manufacturing production department. The role assists with material handling, product-quality checks, sampling, and machine supplies. No prior experience is required, and training will be provided. The schedule rotates between days and nights in two-week blocks, with 12-hour shifts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Material HandlingProduct Quality ControlTeamworkFollowing InstructionsAdaptabilityReliabilityPunctualityWork EthicHonesty

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Our client, a leading manufacturer in the extrusion industry, is seeking a dedicated Extrusion Production Helper to join their team. As an Extrusion Production Helper, you will be an integral part of the production department supporting various operational tasks. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong work ethic, honesty, and reliability, which will align successfully within the organization.

Job Title: Extrusion Production Helper

Location: Jackson, MO

Pay Range: $18

Shift: Rotating between Days and Nights-work 2 weeks of days and then 2 weeks of Nights-12 Hour shifts 7-7

What's the Job?

  • Use walk-behind pallet movement and weighing rolls to assist in material handling

  • Cut cores and pull bubbles or cut air from the web to ensure product quality

  • Take samples to the lab for testing and analysis

  • Assist in making scrap bales and pulling shafts as needed

  • Hang and line up cores, stock machines with supplies such as tape, Q-tips, trim blades, and pallets

  • Set and check dyne levels, opacity, gauges, widths, and roll diameters to maintain standards

  • Cut and take samples to the lab for quality control

What's Needed?

  • Ability to follow instructions and work effectively in a team environment

  • Strong attendance and punctuality

  • Honesty and a solid work ethic

  • No prior experience required; training will be provided

  • Willingness to learn and adapt to various tasks

What's in it for me?

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic manufacturing environment

  • Gain hands-on experience in extrusion production processes

  • Supportive team and management committed to your growth

  • Potential for future advancement within the company

  • Stable employment with consistent hours

Upon completion of waiting period associates are eligible for:

  • Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

  • Dental Plan

  • Supplemental Life Insurance

  • Short Term Disability Insurance

  • 401(k)

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,424 open Manufacturing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$18/hr
  • Missouri median$22–24/hr22 hourly ranges
  • US median$22–25/hr1,017 hourly ranges

This rate, $18/hr, is 19% below the Missouri median midpoint ($22/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Manufacturing hourly ranges in Missouri.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 57 open Manufacturing jobs in Missouri and 3,424 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Missouri
Experience
Manufacturing postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 7 years (1,888 postings).
Education
855 of the 3,424 open Manufacturing jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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