Job Description Summary:
At The Coca‑Cola Company, we refresh the world and make a difference. Our packaging teams ensure that every product leaving our Auburndale, FL facility meets the highest standards of quality, safety, and sustainability. As a Packaging Operator, you’ll operate and maintain automated equipment, support production changeovers, and help deliver the beverages consumers enjoy every day. We’re looking for detail-oriented, mechanically skilled team players who thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
What You’ll Do for Us
- Execute packaging operations according to established manufacturing standards to maintain consistent line performance and quality outputs.
- Set up, operate, and monitor automated packaging equipment including case packers, palletizers, and related systems to ensure reliable and efficient performance.
- Perform timely changeovers by adjusting conveyors, guides, and programmable logic controls for different package sizes and product specifications.
- Conduct visual inspections and quality checks on materials and finished goods to ensure compliance with product integrity and labeling requirements.
- Complete package integrity testing and monitor for defects such as misapplied closures, incorrect codes, or damaged containers, escalating issues as needed.
- Assist material handling by supporting forklift drivers with pallet and stretch-wrapper adjustments and resolving lower-level material flow challenges.
- Maintain accurate reporting through data entry on production systems, terminals, and operator interface screens during operations and changeovers.
- Identify equipment anomalies or process deviations, troubleshoot to minimize downtime, and partner with maintenance and production teams to resolve recurring issues.
- Clean and sanitize production lines and work areas to uphold food safety and environmental standards, including proper disposal of production waste.
- Adhere to all safety practices, lock-out/tag-out protocols, and standard operating procedures to ensure a safe production environment.
Requirements & Qualifications
- High School Diploma/GED or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing or food production environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work safely and exceed expectations in reliability, teamwork, and quality performance.
- Experience operating and maintaining automated production or packaging equipment, including mechanical and control systems.
- High mechanical aptitude with the ability to understand machine sequencing, programmable controls, and troubleshooting processes.
- Physical capability to perform repetitive lifting up to 50 pounds, bending, reaching, and standing for extended periods.
- Proficiency in reading, interpreting, and communicating technical instructions and safety guidelines in English.
- Valid forklift certification with the ability to safely operate forklift equipment in a production environment.
- Availability to work an 12-hour shift schedule, including overtime and flexible shifts as business needs require.
- Comfort using production data systems and human-machine interface tools for monitoring and reporting purposes.
What We’ll Do for You
- Provide hands-on experience with state-of-the-art manufacturing technology in a facility committed to operational excellence.
- Offer skill-building opportunities through cross-training in packaging systems, safety protocols, and quality testing techniques.
- Enable career growth through exposure to digital tools, continuous improvement processes, and sustainable production practices.
- Support your development in a team culture that values collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.
Skills:
Pay Range:
United States: 44,761 - 55,161 USD

Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Location(s):
United States of America
City/Cities:
Auburndale
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
October 27, 2026
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
