Batch Mixing Technician – Food Manufacturing

About the Role

Join a production team in Manteno, IL as a full-time, contract-to-hire Batch Mixing Technician. You’ll transform carefully measured ingredients into consistent, high-quality batches by following approved formulations and production schedules. Multiple shift options are available (1st, 2nd, and 3rd).

A Day in the Life

You arrive, review today’s production plan, and pull the recipe packets for your assigned runs. After verifying ingredient lot codes, expiration dates, and quantities, you stage materials in the right order. Throughout each batch you:

• Weigh and meter dry and liquid ingredients with precision.
• Sequence additions correctly, then operate mixers, water meters, and controls safely.
• Track hydration, temperature, texture, and development to ensure consistency.
• Fine-tune speeds, times, or additions as directed to keep product on target.
• Discharge finished batches into the designated troughs or hoppers.
• Document every step—batch sheets, mixer logs, lot tracking, weights, temperatures, times, deviations, and corrections.
• Enter production data into tablets or digital systems as required.
• Maintain a tidy area and support equipment cleaning and changeovers between runs.
• Follow GMP, allergen-control, food-safety, sanitation, PPE, and workplace-safety practices.

What You Bring

• Skill reading and following recipes, formulas, and written SOPs.
• Comfort with shop math for weights, unit conversions, and portioning.
• Meticulous attention to detail for measurements, lot traceability, and paperwork accuracy.
• Capability to work around industrial production equipment safely.
• Ability to lift and handle up to 50 lbs. and remain on your feet for extended periods, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Comfort in a manufacturing environment with variable temperatures and machine noise.
• Reliability in attendance, punctuality, and teamwork.
• Flexibility to work the assigned shift and up to six days per week when business needs require.

Preferred

• Hands-on experience with industrial mixers and/or kettles.
• Background in food manufacturing, batching, blending, or ingredient processing.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Compensation & Schedule

• Pay: $18.00–$26.00 per hour, based on verified experience and skill level.
• Shifts: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift opportunities.
• Employment Type: Contract-to-hire.

Benefits After Client Hire

• Health, dental, and vision starting day one.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off.
• Growth and development opportunities.
• Additional benefits.

Why This Role

Grow your mixing, batching, and blending expertise with clear paths to higher-level operator responsibilities. The client welcomes a range of experience levels and reevaluates pay as your skills progress.

You’ll Stand Out If You’re Proficient In

• Equipment troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting skills
• Food and beverage manufacturing
• Mixing and blending
• Weighing raw materials
• Machine setups for production runs
• Excellent communication
• Shop math

Primary Equipment

• Industrial blender/mixer