Production Operator - Meat Plant

Shamrock Foods Company; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Profit Sharing

Paid Time Off

Wellness programs

Growth opportunities

Continued education

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that prioritizes people and values its associates. This role involves operating various industrial equipment, ensuring efficient warehouse operations, and contributing to a collaborative team environment. As an innovator in the food industry since 1922, you will enjoy competitive benefits, including health insurance and 401(k) plans. If you are looking for a job where you can grow and make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• High School or GED preferred with 3 months of Warehouse experience.
• Knowledge of production machinery and ability to operate automated machinery.
• Ability to use powered industrial equipment including forklifts and pallet jacks.

Responsibilities

• Pick, stage, load, and transport orders according to company standards.
• Sort and place materials on carts or pallets to prevent damage.
• Maintain equipment and perform basic maintenance activities.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Mechanical maintenance skills

Electrical maintenance skills

Ability to operate powered industrial equipment

Ability to read and interpret documents

Ability to write routine reports

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Industrial meat dicer

Ross intervention spray grinder

Industrial multi-stage grinder

Nutec patty former

Electric pallet jack

Forklifts

Job description

Pick, stage, load, repackage, put away, or transport all orders according to company standards, while labeling and documenting information within establishment by performing the following duties:

• Use of industrial meat dicer, ross intervention spray grinder, industrial multi-stage grinder, novamaz patty former and nutec patty former.
• Reads production labels, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, repacked, disposed or distributed.
• Moves materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas/pre-assigned dock doors.
• Sorts and places materials or items on carts, pallets, shelves, racks, or in bins or boxes according to predetermined sequence such as size, stop numbers, type and style as to prevent damage and expedite loading and put away procedures while working closely with others.
• Marks materials with identifying information.
• Opens bales, crates, and other containers.
• Capable of learning Maintenance practices to keep equipment operational.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School or GED preferred with 3 months of Warehouse related experience.
• Has knowledge of 20% of production machinery and can operate automated machinery, including the loading of materials, package changeovers, basic maintenance activities and cleaning of equipment.
• Mechanical maintenance skills preferred, will teach to right candidate.
• Electrical maintenance skills preferred, will teach to right candidate.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Must be able to use a variety of powered industrial equipment including an electric pallet jack, standup and sit-down forklifts.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. In some areas, taste and smell are required. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Corporate Summary:

At Shamrock Foods Company, people come first – our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation. A privately-held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company, Shamrock is an innovator in the food industry and has been since being founded in Arizona in 1922.

Our Mission: At Shamrock Foods Company, we live by our founding family’s motto to “treat associates like family and customers like friends.”

Why work for us?

Benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy. That’s why Shamrock Foods pays for the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck. And it doesn’t stop there - our associates also enjoy additional benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, as well as our incredible growth opportunities, continued education, wellness programs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Shamrock Foods Co all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they