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Wrapper Technician

The J.M. Smucker Company

Arkadelphia, ARFull-timePosted todayStill listed today

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Compensation
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Location
Arkadelphia, AR
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Wrapper Technician supports the Technical team in a just-in-time manufacturing environment. The role handles machine changeovers, electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance. It also involves communicating changes across shifts, maintaining activity records, and supporting efficient ingredient, product, and distribution flow. The posting prefers experience with commercial bakeries, food manufacturing, and high-speed packaging equipment.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Equipment Troubleshooting, requiredCommercial Bakery Equipment, nice to haveFood Manufacturing, nice to haveHigh-Speed Packaging Equipment, nice to haveOral Communication, nice to haveWritten Communication, nice to haveMicrosoft Excel, nice to haveMicrosoft Word, nice to have

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent, required2 Years Manufacturing Experience, required

Full job description

As a part of the Technical team, you are responsible for machine changeovers, electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, and equipment PMs. The Wrapper techs are to support operations in a just-in-time environment.

Minimum Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • 2 years in manufacturing
  • Ability to trouble shoot equipment to ensure optimum efficiency and product

In this roll you will:

  • Trouble shoots and addresses electrical and mechanical issues
  • Performs Preventative maintenance
  • Communicates all changes at the time they are made and at shift change
  • Ensures that all work activities are performed with attention to the highest standards of food quality, safe processes, compliance with all appropriate legal requirements and a focus on continuous process improvement
  • Maintain current and complete records of all activities ( i.e. PM’s, safety, inventory, asset inventory, parts tags, etc.)
  • Understands Hostess scheduling for efficiency, ingredient, and product flow, and distribution
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Work Environment This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in this work environment and manufacturing sites can be loud.

Additional Skills that will make you successful in this roll

  • Understanding of commercial bakeries and bakery equipment preferred
  • Experience in food manufacturing preferred
  • Previous experience working on and troubleshooting high speed packaging equipment strongly preferred
  • Effective Oral and written communication
  • Personal computer skills – literate with MS Excel and Word

Right Place for You We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,496 open Manufacturing Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$53–81K/yr210 salary ranges
  • US median$24–29/hr733 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,496 open Manufacturing Technician jobs across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Manufacturing Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (824 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 717 of the 1,496 open Manufacturing Technician jobs (48%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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