General Laborer

Halperns' Steak & Seafood

Kalamazoo (MI)

On-site

USD 19,000 - 28,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits after 30 days
Dental & Vision plans
Pre-Tax Savings Accounts
Profit Sharing
Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Halperns' Steak & Seafood is hiring a 1st/Shift General Laborer (Meat Cut Shop) in Kalamazoo, MI. Starting pay is $17.00 per hour, with Monday–Friday shifts from 6:00am until finish.

Benefits after 30 days include medical, dental, EFAP, and pre-tax savings, plus profit sharing and opportunities for career advancement. The role involves general labor to maintain a clean, safe work environment and acting as a backup across departments as needed, while ensuring compliance with USDA and food safety

Qualifications

  • Ability to follow directions and standard procedures.
  • Ability to solve routine problems of limited scope and complexity.
  • Ability to work independently and within a team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains a clean, neat, and safe work area.
  • Serves as a backup for positions within the production department.
  • Maintains the facility to meet USDA and other food safety standards.
  • Sweeps, mops, scrubs, and vacuums in the facility.
  • Empties trash and cleans debris from walkways.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Follow directions
Problem solving
Teamwork
Operate equipment

Job description

Welcome to Halperns Steak & Seafood! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share. Here’s a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There’s a seat at our table for you…

1ST/ Shift General Laborer (Meat Cut Shop)

_ 4175 Davis Creek ct, Kalamazoo MI _

Welcome to Halperns’! The dedicated employees who work at Halperns’ are passionately committed to this business and the customers they serve. Being part of Halperns’ means being part of something important, something unique, and something special. This commitment is made clear by the superior meat and seafood specialty products we distribute.

There's a seat at our table for you…

Starting at $17.00

Monday-Friday From 6:00am until finish

What we offer:
  • Medical, Prescription Drug, EFAP Benefits after 30 days of employment
  • Dental, vision and other voluntary plans
  • Pre-Tax Saving Accounts
  • Profit Sharing
  • Family culture and career advancement opportunities
Position Summary:

Performs general labor duties as needed to maintain a clean and safe work environment.

Essential Functions:
  • Maintains a clean, neat, and safe work area, including disposal of packaging and cartons, sweeping, storage of extra material, and cleaning up supplies.
  • Serves as a backup for positions within the production department and as temporary help in a variety of departments.
  • Maintains the facility to meet USDA and other food safety standards.
  • Sweeps, mops, scrubs, and vacuums. May include hallways, stairs, and office spaces within the facility.
  • Empties trash and garbage containers and cleans debris from walkways.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
  • Ability to follow directions and standard procedures as well as respond to instructions
  • Ability to solve routine problems of limited scope and complexity following established policies and procedures.
  • Ability to work independently and within a team environment
  • Ability to operate powered industrial vehicle (PIV), vacuum cleaner, and other various types of equipment.

Employees in all warehouse positions must be able to immediately perceive auditory warning signals such as bells, alarms, and horns that are used to warn employees of the start-up, movement, or approach of equipment (including forklifts, turrets, overhead cranes, conveyors, trucks, and other equipment operated inside or outside the warehouse), mechanical abnormalities, and similar risk situations during warehouse operations.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent on their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to talent@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line. Please keep in mind this method is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability.

You are requiredto provide yourmost recent employment experience for your application to be considered complete.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Halperns’ Steak & Seafood values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Halperns’ Steak & Seafood customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Halperns’ Steak & Seafood. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to halpernshr@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.

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