Harvest Member

Johnsonville; Holton (KS); Sur place; USD 19 000 - 25 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Johnsonville is hiring for an hourly manufacturing role on the Harvest Floor in Holton, Kansas. You will work with sow carcasses, trim, debone support, and assist the De-Boning Department to turn carcasses into finished products. This position requires comfort working with animal parts and exposure to odor and noise.

Responsibilities include instrument and tool maintenance, line-speed tasks, GMP compliance, and safety trainings. Must be 18+, pass pre-employment screening for external candidates.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Knife Skills preferred but not required.
• Teamwork is a must.
• The ability to coach your peers.

Responsabilités

• Cutting and preparing sow carcasses for further sausage processing.
• Removing hide and internal organs, trimming, and inspecting the sow's carcass.
• Cleaning, sharpening, and maintaining knives, tools and equipment.
• Learn and perform several job functions in department at line speed.
• Adhere to all GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and Safety policies.
• Attend all plant meetings and complete monthly safety observations and trainings.
• Complete all other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Teamwork

Coaching peers

Formation

High School Diploma

Description du poste

Requisition ID53952-Posted09/24/2026-Hourly Manufacturing

Our manufacturing members are the heart of our organization. Members of our manufacturing team, which includes machine operators, packaging, shipping and more, take pride in ensuring we produce only the highest-quality, most consistent products for our customers and consumers. If you’re passionate about making a difference, we want you to help make our products, processes, communities and each other better.

Position Overview

WHAT IS HARVEST? Harvest is the department at Johnsonville where Members disassemble the euthanized sows (female pigs), essentially removing from the body anything that won't go into our brats, breakfast sausage and ground pork products. The Harvest Members have the task of taking a mostly untouched carcass and removing the hide, head, internal organs, and feet so that the De-Boning Department can then remove all the meat from the bones. There are a variety of different positions on the Harvest Floor, but all of them require some form of handling the sow's body or body parts.

Responsibilities

• Cutting and preparing sow carcasses for further sausage processing
• Removing hide and internal organs, trimming, and inspecting the sow's carcass
• Cleaning, sharpening, and maintaining knives, tools and equipment
• Learn and perform several job functions in department at line speed
• Adhere to all GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and Safety policies
• Attend all plant meetings and complete monthly safety observations and trainings
• Complete all other duties as assigned

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

Experience

Knife Skills preferred but not required

Skills

• Teamwork is a must
• The ability to coach your peers

Other Requirements

• Must be able to hand grip/lift up to 50 lbs, push 30 lbs, and pull 60 lbs
• Walking and/or Standing throughout the shift
• Bending and/or Reaching throughout the shift
• This job requires hands-on interaction with pig carcasses, along with various body parts and organs individually. We want to ensure that candidates for this position have a high enough comfort level with blood and internal organs of the sow.
• Ability to work with inside conditions that include exposure to moderate noise levels and moderate odor.
• Must be at least 18 years old
• External Candidates Only: Ability to pass a pre-employment, post-offer drug screen, physical and background check.

Benefits and Compensation

Applicants must be eligible to work in the country where this job is located, without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

About our Company

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 4,000+ Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability.

We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.