Meat Packer

Gordon Food Service; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Halperns' Steak & Seafood is hiring for a 2nd shift Meat Packer in College Park, GA. Starting pay is $16/hour with a Mon-Fri 2pm shift that finishes when work is done.

The role involves packing beef, pork, lamb, veal, and seafood to customer specifications while maintaining quality control and safety standards. Requirements include ability to read, write and communicate in English and the ability to work independently or with a team.

Qualifications

• Must read, write and communicate in English.
• Ability to work independently or in a team.
• Follows production safety guidelines and procedures.
• Knowledge of production equipment is required.

Responsibilities

• Pack beef, pork, lamb, veal, and seafood accurately.
• Follow standard pack specifications and customer instructions.
• Read customer special instructions from work orders.
• Perform quality control checks and report defects.
• Inspect products for defects, bruises or blemishes.
• Distribute products to appropriate pack lines.
• Weigh meats and label containers with weights and contents.
• Complete tasks efficiently to reduce costs.

Skills

English literacy

Teamwork

Problem solving

Production equipment

Job description

About Us

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... 2ND Shift Meat Packer College Park, GA.

Halperns' Steak & Seafood values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. HALPERNS’ is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms of 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.

We are passionate about the people who make our business possible. 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.

Position Summary

Responsible for packing beef, pork, lamb, veal, and seafood products accurately and tastefully while also meeting customer specifications.

Shift and Compensation

Starting Pay: $16/hr

Shift: Mon-Fri 2pm until finish

Essential Functions

• Packs products in an accurate and timely manner.
• Follows company standardized pack specifications along with any customer specified deviations as communicated through special instructions via work orders/cut tickets.
• Accurately reads and comprehends all customer specific special instructions.
• Performs Quality Control checks and communicates with supervisors and managers any defects.
• Inspects meat products for defects, bruises, or blemishes.
• Obtains and distributes products to appropriate pack lines.
• Weighs meats and tags containers with weight and contents.
• Effectively completes tasks to reduce processing costs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Must have ability to read, write and communicate in English.
• Must be able to work independently or within a team environment.
• Solves routine problems of limited scope and complexity following established policies and procedures.
• Must have working knowledge of production equipment.
• Must be able to understand and follow all Food Safety Guidelines and Occupational Safety Guidelines.

Additional Requirements

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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 [e-mail] 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.

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.

Company Locations

Halperns’ currently operates seven production and distribution facilities, which are located in Atlanta, Baltimore, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Dallas, Walton (KY), and Kalamazoo (MI). With a strong and established presence in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States, the company serves a variety of independent and national chain customers across most of the East Coast and beyond, and currently employs over 1,000 people.

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