Position Description:
General Laborers produce product by preparing and/or packaging raw product for cooking with a safety-minded attitude that maintains and enhances a safety culture for the benefit of the Company and its employees.
We currently have open positions within the following departments:
Trim Department:
Primary Responsibilities:
- Maintains quality by trimming product to specification.
- Maintains work flow by loading meat on to tables for trimmers.
- Maintains clean and organized work area by removing waste materials.
- Maintains safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations.
- Contributes to team effort by performing other duties as assigned and needed.
Physical and General Requirements:
- Able to speak English preferred.
- Knowledge of GMP, HACCP and USDA regulations preferred.
- Able to work overtime and weekends as needed.
- Able to lift up 35 to 50 pounds constantly.
- Able to tolerate extreme temperatures.
- Walking or standing 8+ hours per day
- 100% of day spent on work floor in temperatures of 40 +/-
Supervisory/Management Responsibilities:
Processing Department:
Primary Responsibilities:
- Produces product by following product process specifications and packaging requirements (involves variety of machining processes such as tenderizing, tumbling, cutting, slicing, bagging, weighing, sealing).
- Prepares product for next process by manually loading product on racks; moving racks to cook area.
- Maintains operational work flow by following procedures; advising supervisor of irregularities.
- Maintains quality standards by verifying weights and inspecting product throughout process.
- Maintains safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations.
- Contributes to team effort by performing other duties as assigned and needed.
- Follow established plant wide Good Manufacturing Procedures.
- Inspect equipment & utensils for sanitary conditions. Inspect product (if direct product handler) for signs of foreign material contamination.
- Inform production supervisor or QA if any food safety issue is observed that could lead to contamination of product.
Physical and General Requirements:
- Able to speak, read and write English; preferred.
- Knowledge of GMP, HACCP and USDA regulations preferred.
- Working knowledge of computers.
- Able to work overtime and weekends as needed.
- Able to lift 35 - 50 pounds consistently.
- Push racks of products weighing up to 800 lbs as needed.
- Routine shoveling, lifting, bending, pushing, and pulling.
- 100% of day spent on work floor in temperatures of 40 +/-.
Supervisory/Management Responsibilities:
Pack-Off Department:
Primary Responsibilities:
- Produces product by following product process specifications and packaging requirements (involves variety of opening cook bags, monitoring machinery for cutting/slicing to spec, bagging, weighing, sealing, boxing, labeling).
- Maintains operational work flow by following procedures; advising supervisor of irregularities.
- Maintains quality standards by verifying weights, observing metal detection read-outs; inspecting product throughout process.
- Maintains safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations.
- Contributes to team effort by performing other duties as assigned and needed.
- Follow established plant wide Good Manufacturing Procedures.
- Inspect equipment & utensils for sanitary conditions. Inspect product (if direct product handler) for signs of foreign material contamination.
- Inform production supervisor or QA if any food safety issue is observed that could lead to contamination of product.
Physical and General Requirements:
- Able to speak, read and write English; preferred.
- Knowledge of GMP, HACCP and USDA regulations preferred.
- Working knowledge of computers.
- Able to work overtime and weekends as needed.
- Able to lift 35 - 50 pounds consistently.
- Push racks of products weighing up to 800 lbs as needed.
- Routine shoveling, lifting, bending, pushing, and pulling.
- 100% of day spent on work floor in temperatures of 40 +/-
This is a union position and comes with benefits provided by the union, upon completion of the 90 day probationary period. Benefits include: medical, vision and dental as well as 1 week of paid time off after 1 year of employment.