Job Posting Title General Labor Second shift

Pictsweet Company; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 16,531 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

The Pictsweet Company in Monte Alto, Texas is seeking general laborers to join our team. You will work as crew members preparing raw vegetables for processing and ensuring quality standards are met.

Responsibilities include inspecting and sorting produce, discarding defective items, following safety rules, and stacking cases on pallets. Reliable transportation and ability to work a rotating schedule are required.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand safety rules, signs, and operating instructions.
• Ability to follow simple one- or two-step instructions.
• Must have reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, grade, and sort raw vegetables for processing.
• Examine, classify, and separate produce on conveyor by grade, color, and size.
• Discard inferior items and foreign material.
• Notify supervisor when glass, rocks, or animals are found.
• May trim product with a knife or paring tool.
• Maintain a clean work area and wear PPE.
• Follow safety guidelines and prepare cases for packing.
• Stack cases onto pallets as directed.

Skills

Reading safety rules

Follow simple instructions

Job description

Overview

The Pictsweet Company in Monte Alto, Texas is looking for general laborers to join our team. New team members will work as crew members preparing raw vegetables for processing.

Responsibilities

• Inspects, grades and sorts raw vegetables for preparing, processing, and freezing.
• Examines, classifies and separates produce on conveyor belt according to grade, color, and size of product.
• Discards cull (inferior or defective) items and foreign material such as metal, glass, wood, plastic, stems, leaves, insects, etc.
• Must notify superintendent, supervisor or QC Inspector immediately upon finding glass, rocks or animals (i.e. bird, rodent, amphibian, etc.).
• May trim product with a knife or paring tool.
• Maintains work area clean.
• Will don personal protective equipment (PPE) before commencing work.
• Follows all safety guidelines set forth by the Company.
• May form or erect cases.
• Manually closes case (folds flaps).
• Seals case by running case thru tape machine.
• Stamps date code on packed cases.
• Manually stacks twelve (12) three-pound, twenty (20) and thirty (30) pound cases of product onto pallets in the tie and height pattern assigned for that item.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read or interpret documents such as safety rules/signs, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures preferred, but not required.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions.

OTHER:

• Ability to work a 7-day week; including holidays.
• Ability to work a rotating shift if necessary.
• Must have reliable transportation.