Night Shift Smokemaster - Craft Smoking Mastery

Seltzer's Smokehouse Meats; Palmyra (Lebanon County); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Seltzer's Smokehouse Meats in Palmyra is seeking a Smokemaster to join our team as we expand nationally. You will manage smokehouses, tend wood fires, monitor temperatures, test pH, and keep accurate production records to ensure safety, quality and flavor.

This hands-on role requires reliability, strong observation, and the ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays. You will operate in a temperature-controlled environment with opportunities to learn our time-honored smoking tradition.

Qualifications

• Dependable, detail-oriented and comfortable working independently.
• Strong observation, problem-solving and recordkeeping skills.
• Clear and effective communication.
• Comfortable using basic computers and production technology.
• Able to work in environments with varying temperatures.
• Able to safely perform the physical duties associated with transporting and handling wood.
• Flexible and willing to work evenings, nights, weekends or holidays when production requires it.
• Reliable transportation and consistent attendance.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and record smokehouse and product temperatures every two hours.
• Take pH readings and determine when additional wood is needed.
• Tend and maintain wood-burning smokehouse fires.
• Verify the accuracy of smokehouse temperature probes.
• Calibrate and properly maintain the pH meter.
• Transport wood from outside storage and maintain an adequate supply for production.
• Accurately complete required food safety and production documentation.
• Support sanitation activities on second and third shifts when needed.
• Follow all food safety, food defense, GMP and workplace safety procedures.
• Communicate concerns or unusual readings promptly to the Smokehouse Supervisor.

Skills

Dependable

Detail-oriented

Observation

Recordkeeping

Communication

Computers

Temperature tolerance

Physical stamina

Flexibility

Attendance reliability

Job description

Seltzer's Smokehouse Meats in Palmyra is seeking a Smokemaster to join our team as we expand nationally. You will manage smokehouses, tend wood fires, monitor temperatures, test pH, and keep accurate production records to ensure safety, quality and flavor.

This hands-on role requires reliability, strong observation, and the ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays. You will operate in a temperature-controlled environment with opportunities to learn our time-honored smoking tradition.