Operates and maintains packaging machines and related equipment. Palletizes, stores, inventories, and loads product for shipment in a manner to guarantee quality and safe product to the customer. Unloads incoming materials.   Shift Schedule is 2-2-3 Straight Night Shift 12-hour shift. 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.  Example:  Work Mon., Tues.; Off Weds. Thurs.; Work Fri. Sat. Sun.; Off Mon. Tues.; Work Weds. Thurs.; Off Fri. Sat. Sun.

To improve the reliability, availability, and maintainability of equipment and plant assets by utilizing data gathered from our maintenance assets which include personnel, work orders, work histories, and predictive technologies to identify and mitigate risks, reduce downtime, and optimize asset performance.

Responsible for research and plant support in the purification process. Directly responsible for assisting plant processes to improve yield, productivity and reduce costs in manufacturing. Maintaining quality systems, ensuring safety of team members and protection of environment.

The Internal Auditor role supports financial, operational, compliance, and IT audits across Ajinomoto’s North American affiliates. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career professional who is eager to learn, ask insightful questions, and grow within a collaborative audit environment. You will assist in the full audit lifecycle—including planning, walkthroughs, fieldwork/testing, and reporting—while helping evaluate internal controls, mitigate risk, and identify opportunities to improve business processes.  

This position is responsible for monitoring & controlling the fermentation/purification process through field work, communication, and lab testing, all while maintaining safety, quality, and productivity standards. This is a 12-hr. rotating shift position, days and nights.  

The Maintenance Technician role is responsible for preventative maintenance and equipment repair throughout the production facility.

The Safety and Environmental Specialist is responsible for supporting and improving environmental, health, and safety (EHS) performance across the organization. The ideal candidate will ensure compliance with applicable regulations, company policies, and industry standards while driving continuous improvement initiatives

The Technician I, Quality Assurance role is responsible for ensuring our products meet customer and regulatory requirements. This is a 2nd shift role, working 2:00pm - 10:30pm Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend coverage required.

As Maintenance Supervisor you would oversee the maintenance team’s day-to-day activities to ensure that equipment and facilities are kept in good working order. 

To ensure the uninterrupted availability of all plant utilities and to maintain optimum performance and compliant operation of the wastewater treatment system in a safe and environmentally conscious manner.

Directly responsible for identifying, designing, and delivering on opportunities that can grow business profit, reduce cost, and create best practice operations for industrial manufacturing.

Responsible for process improvement and provides technical support for an assigned area of production operations.

The Material Handler/Driver works daily to pick, stage and transfer material to/from production following internal processes and procedures for inventory control while adhering to safety and quality policies. Additionally, this position requires the ability to drive a transport vehicle (26,000 pounds) between company locations as needed based. Work is varied and is done under general supervision. Duties require detail orientation and initiative to acquire more complex skills with the ability to work independently.

The principal accountability of the position is to support all general production activities. This includes setting equipment up for production, any necessary cleaning, monitoring the filling process of the finished product, and final packaging for distribution. This position will also support any other production activities as required by the Lead, Production Supervisor or the Manufacturing Manager. The work schedule for this position is a 2-2-3 schedule (12 hour day shifts) from 6am-6:30pm.

This role will be responsible for ensuring that all quality procedures and standards are followed during production.

The Sr. Engineer Digital Transformation drives strategic initiatives that align digital capabilities with business goals. This role will help the organization transition from traditional methods to digital processes, optimizing digital ecosystems and ensuring scalable infrastructure to support global expansion. As a highly motivated leader and strategist, this person will act as a cross-functional consultant and liaison between internal teams and external partners, delivering best-in-class customer experience. 

- Oversee manufacturing processes to meet/exceed daily safety, quality, productivity, cost, and team development daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual targets. - Use Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure process performance and run-to-target results. -

The Product Development Team supports the medical nutrition business by developing new and revising existing product formulations to meet target characteristics that will deliver positive patient outcomes through therapeutic nutrition. Strong collaboration with the Directors of Medical Nutrition, Marketing, and Sales will be required to ensure desired nutritional levels are achieved throughout the product shelf-life, patient insights on flavor, texture, and palatability are incorporated. In this role, you will contribute to the ideation and exploration for uses of new to ACI ingredients and new to ACI business ventures in additional disease-states reliant on specialized medical nutrition. This position sits in our Corporate Office located in Ayer, MA.