At Russell Stover, not only do we love chocolate, but we love our jobs! Every day we go to work exhibiting our values of excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and collaboration. Working at Russell Stover you’ll be part of the leading manufacturer of boxed, seasonal, and sugar-free chocolates. For over 100 years, Russell Stover Chocolates, Whitman’s, and Pangburn’s have been crafted with the finest ingredients to bring happiness to generations. Today, we produce over 55 million pounds of chocolate annually, and our legacy brands can be found in 13 company-owned stores and over 9,000 wholesale accounts. Join our team and let’s continue making chocolate lovers happy! 

A day in the life…

A day in the life of a sanitation member consists of constant learning, new challenges, and a constant attention to detail. Some tasks may include breaking down and sanitizing machinery, ensuring all allergens have been cleaned from an area, and general sanitation of plant equipment. The perfect candidate for this position has a passion for cleaning and a desire to work on their feet.

What you will be doing…

• Disassembles and/or cleans and sanitizes equipment per RSC guidelines to ensure FDA standards are maintained in the plant.
• Requests, receives, delivers, secures, and maintains products and materials required to do the job.
• Operates and maintains machinery, equipment, and tools in a safe and proficient manner according to guidelines, standards, and instructions.
• Requires repeated bending, lifting, and stooping.
• Must be able to read and understand sanitation specifications established by RSC and follow those specifications with supervision.
• Performs other clean-up activities assigned by the supervisor.
• Conforms to rules.
• May be assigned other duties by plant management as required.
• Reassembles plant machinery to prepare for each day’s production.
• Ensures plant floor is 5S compliant before each production day.

Do you have what it takes? 

(Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in an industrial cleaning environment
• Ability to stand or sit for extended period of times.
• Plant experience

Do you stand above the rest?

(Preferred Qualifications)

• Two or more years in a manufacturing facility
• A passion for cleaning

What it’s like at the Russell Stover Plants

• Safety. Your safety is important to us, so we provide protective gear. We also go through an in-depth Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) training on your first day and continue to share safety tips daily
• Surroundings. You’ll be working around different machines – Schubert’s, forklifts, electric pallet jacks, and chocolate candy banks/steels.
• Activity. Some activities may require standing in one place for long periods, walking around, or climbing stairs/ladders, and routinely lift 50 lbs.
• Temperature. You will be comfortable year-round with our climate-controlled environment. Our temperatures are consistently around 63°F but could fluctuate depending on your specific role.
• Smell. You will enjoy a variety of deliciously sweet aromas and you may end your day smelling like chocolate!
• Dress code. Relaxed, with a few rules to follow for food safety, personal safety and in guidance with our good manufacturing practices (GMP). Comfortable, closed-toe shoes are required. Leather, imitation leather, or rubber boots or shoes must be worn in the kitchen and other areas when working around hot liquid/product or hot water.

At Russell Stover Chocolates, we don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. Russell Stover Chocolates is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

Employment by Russell Stover Chocolates is contingent upon I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification, and satisfactory reference and background checks.

Make Happy. Work Happy.