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General Production - Utility - 1st shift

Conagra Brands

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Compensation
$19.49/hr
Location
Multiple U.S. locations
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Reporting to a Team Lead at Conagra Brands’ Fayetteville plant, the General Production Utility associate supports continuous production by operating, monitoring, and troubleshooting equipment, supplying production lines, and helping check product quality. The role also supports production demand across departments and helps maintain a clean work area in a food manufacturing environment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Machine OperationEquipment TroubleshootingPower Jack OperationForklift OperationLifting Up to 40 PoundsClimbing StairsManual Handling

Qualifications

Machine Operator ExperiencePower Jack ExperienceForklift Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Shift: 4: 30 AM-4:30 PM

Hourly Rate: $19.49 an hour

Do you have a taste for something big? If you’re looking for the opportunity to reach your potential, consider Conagra Brands as your next career destination. At our Fayetteville, AR Conagra Plant, we're producing Hungry Man, Gardein, Evol Reporting to the Team Lead, you will monitor and troubleshoot the operation of production equipment to ensure continuous production. You will join a team of over 500 associates.

Schedule: Monday - Thursday and occasional Friday's, as needed. Shift: 1st: start times vary between 4:30AM or 5:30AM, until 3:30PM or 4:30PM.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities:

  • You will operate all different machines and equipment. Along with monitoring and troubleshooting the production equipment, you will be supplying the lines to ensure a continuous production flow. You will help to perform product checks to ensure quality for our consumers. You will collaborate with all departments to support production demand and maintain product quality standards. Cleanliness is important in our facilities. You will help maintain a clean work area to comply with food safety and OSHA requirements.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

  • This is a physical position. You will be asked to do things like lifting boxes of up to 40 pounds, climbing stairs and using your hands to move things.

  • Machine Operator experience preferred

  • This is a manufacturing environment with large machinery and moving parts that can be noisy.

  • Safety is important to us; we provide earplugs and other personal protective equipment.

  • Overtime may be needed to ensure we fulfill production demand.

  • Power jack and forklift experience preferred

Physical Requirements: Depending on the role, physical and environmental requirements may vary but can include: Being on your feet, walking around the facility, climbing stairs/ladders or kneeling for extended periods of time. Performing consistent repetitive tasks. Frequently lifting, pushing or carrying materials. Also be aware that in a manufacturing environment, the noise levels can be high, and temperatures may vary. More information on the essential tasks and facility will be shared during the hiring process.

Anticipated Close Date: November 11, 2026

Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance

  • Wealth: Great pay, 401(k)/pension eligibility, financial wellness programs and stock purchase plan

  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups and team collaboration

  • Balance: Paid-time off and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

How this job compares

Set against the 497 open Production Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$19.49/hr
  • US median$17–20/hr289 hourly ranges

This rate, $19.49/hr, is 5% above the US median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the middle half of Production Associate hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 497 open Production Associate jobs across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Production Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (43 postings).
Education
1 of the 497 open Production Associate jobs (under 1%) 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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