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…

As the Packer, you will work on the end of the line and will be the last person to handle the candy before it is packaged for our customers. To be successful in this role, you will be able to work well in a fast paced environment, be a team player, have fast hand and wrist dexterity, and have the flexibility to work across various areas. The key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• Pack only first quality candy
• Requests, receives, secures, maintains, packs, and delivers product (raw and finished) per Russell Stover guidelines
• Requires high level of manual dexterity
• Must be able to understand specifications for each type of product as established by Russell Stover Chocolates and recognize deviations from those specifications
• Performs clean-up activities as assigned
• Conforms to rules
• Control waste on the line
• May be assigned other duties by plant management as required
• Notify leads or supervisor if inferior candy, wrong bases, incorrect description, incomplete boxes or other pertinent questions

Do you have what it takes? 

(Basic Qualifications)

• 18 years of age or older
• Able to read and write in English
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Able to routinely and frequently stand, stoop, bend and lift overhead during a 10-hour shift
• Ability to stand on hard surfaces for the duration of a 10 hour shift

TYPICAL SCHEDULE: 10-Hour Shifts MONDAY - THURSDAY. START AND END TIMES WILL VARY WITH THE EARLIEST START BEING 5:15 AM AND THE LATEST END TIME BEING 3:45 PM. DURING PEAK SEASON, OVERTIME MAY BE REQUIRED.

***AFTER COMPLETION OF YOUR APPLICATION - PLEASE CALL 785-263-3343 TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW ***

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.