food processing labourer

Olymel s.e.c. / l.p; Saint-Damase; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading meat processing company in Quebec is seeking individuals for a permanent role with responsibilities including food handling, packaging, and assisting machine operators. Applicants need to be reliable team players and are not required to have formal educational qualifications. The position is physically demanding and offers various health and financial benefits.

Benefits

Disability benefits

Health care plan

Group insurance benefits

Free parking available

Learning / training paid by employer

Qualifications

• Experience in meat processing or similar environments is an asset.
• Willingness to handle physically demanding tasks.

Responsibilities

• Transport raw materials and finished products.
• Manually pack goods into containers.
• Assist process control and machine operators.

Skills

Food safety / handling skills

Manual dexterity

Team player

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Job description

Work Term : Permanent

Work Language : French

Hours : 35 to 40 hours per week

Education : No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience : Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Odours
• Cold / refrigerated
• Dusty
• Wet / damp
• Noisy

Work setting

• Meat processing and / or packing plant / establishment
• Slaughter houses

Tasks

• Food safety / handling skills
• Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials
• Remove filled containers from conveyors
• Manually pack goods into bags and boxes or other containers
• Feed and unload processing machines
• Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
• Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties
• Clean machines and immediate work areas
• Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
• Remove bones from meat
• Remove feathers and singe and wash poultry to prepare for further processing or packaging
• Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use

Transportation / travel information

• Own transportation
• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Manual dexterity
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Handling heavy loads
• Overtime required
• Physically demanding
• Work under pressure
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Reliability
• Team player

Screening questions

• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?

Health benefits

• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Bonus
• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Night shift premium
• Pension plan

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning / training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Parking available

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and / or refugees (for example : facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and / or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example : Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees
• Does not require Canadian work experience

Supports for visible minorities

• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities