Packer

Intercity Packers Ltd.; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Prescription Drug

Dental & Vision

Pre-Tax Savings

Profit Sharing

Career Advancement

Job summary

Halperns Steak & Seafood in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Packer to join our team. You will pack beef, pork, lamb, veal, and seafood products accurately while meeting customer specs and following defined pack procedures.

Starting pay is $17.50 per hour, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am start times until finish. We offer medical, prescription drug, EFAP, dental and vision benefits, pre-tax savings accounts, profit sharing, and a family culture with opportunities for advancement.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read, write and communicate in English.
• Able to work independently or in a team.
• Familiar with production equipment and food safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Packs products accurately and on time.
• Follows standard pack specs with customer deviations.
• Reads customer instructions carefully.
• Performs quality checks and reports defects.
• Inspects meat products for defects and blemishes.
• Weighs meats and tags containers.

Skills

Read/write English

Team player

Production equipment knowledge

Quality control

Food safety awareness

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… Packer Baltimore, MD 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 $17.50 Monday-Friday- From 9:00am 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

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

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.

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 & Accommodations

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 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 [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.

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.

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 much 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!

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