Nestle USA - Prepared Foods Division, Inc. (Mt. Sterling)
Clean OSHA 5-YRNot affiliated with NESTLÉ PREPARED FOODS.
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Clean OSHA Record — 5 Years
OSHA inspected this facility once in the last five years and recorded no serious violations and no penalties. Last inspected February 23, 2022.
Badge awarded by NH3 Jobs from public U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records. Not an OSHA endorsement.
THE QUICK READ
Nestlé's Mt. Sterling plant produces Hot Pockets — frozen filled sandwiches that run through proofing rooms where dough rises, baking ovens, and spiral freezers before packing out. The facility has expanded several times, including a 260,000-square-foot addition with a refrigerated warehouse connected to the main building by an underground tunnel. With around 500 employees, Nestlé is the largest employer in Mt. Sterling.
JOBS HERE
No openings on file for this plant right now. Nearby plants that are hiring are listed further down.
PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Kentucky
- $24.87–$34.44/hr
- What techs ask in Kentucky
- $29.72–$41.75/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 20 techs in our network, Kentucky
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Kentucky
- $22.30–$32.53/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Kentucky
- $26.86–$36.82/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Kentucky pay levels
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~500
- Products
- not-ready-to-eat, processing
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 168,000 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
OSHA & EPA RMP · Aug 2026NH3 Jobs · Safety Award
Clean OSHA Record — 5 Years
OSHA inspected this facility once in the last five years and recorded no serious violations and no penalties. Last inspected February 23, 2022.
Badge awarded by NH3 Jobs from public U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records. Not an OSHA endorsement.
From public OSHA and EPA records, as of August 31, 2026. Reported as filed — the badge is our own summary of those filings, not an OSHA award.
LIVING IN MT. STERLING, KY
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Middlesboro, KY | 104 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Tyson Foods | Albany, KY | 116 mi | 3 JOBS → |
| Tyson Foods | Bowling Green, KY | 150 mi | 6 JOBS → |
| J.M. Smucker Co. | Scottsville, KY | 155 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc | Goodlettsville, TN | 197 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Tyson Foods | Wilkesboro, NC | 203 mi | 6 JOBS → |
| Americold Logistics | Murfreesboro, TN | 210 mi | 1 JOB → |
| AdvancePierre Foods | Claremont, NC | 225 mi | 3 JOBS → |
ABOUT NESTLÉ PREPARED FOODS
Nestlé traces its roots to two Swiss companies: the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, founded in 1866, and Farine Lactee Henri Nestlé, founded in 1867. The two merged in 1905 to form Nestlé, headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. The company grew through acquisitions including Carnation (1984), Rowntree Mackintosh (1988), Ralston Purina (2002), and Gerber (2007). Its brand portfolio spans more than 2,000 names, among them Nescafé, Nespresso, Kit Kat, Purina, Gerber, and Maggi. As of 2025, Nestlé operates 335 factories in 75 countries, employs about 271,000 people, and reported CHF 89.5 billion in annual sales on the SIX Swiss Exchange as a publicly traded company.
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