A Meat and Seafood Processor or Packager works in a processing facility to cut, sort and package meat and seafood for sale to retail or wholesale customers. Processes and packages food according to health and safety guidelines.
To better serve our customers with a more rapid response on orders of non-case stock items by custom packaging into merchandising vehicles. Improving the output of the packaging department by taking customized display type items off the line.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Packaging of vacuum-packed and gas-flushed processed meat products into a large variety of shipping containers, displays, and merchandising vehicles. Takes responsibility of work area to produce a safe and quality food product. Reporting all food safety and quality related problems to your manage and to the QA department to initiate immediate action. Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibility:
No Specific Knowledge, Skills, Licenses, Certifications, Etc.: Required education generally equivalent to less than a high school diploma; 1 to 3 months of related experience or training; or an equivalent combination of experience and education. Lift truck certification (walk behind). Ability to print and speak simple English sentences. Ability to read a limited number of two-and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively communicate information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization. Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating and maintenance instructions, and or procedure manuals. Ability to complete routine forms, daily production documents and correspondence. Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with tens and hundreds. Ability to perform these operations using any or all units of weight measurement, volume, distance, and American money. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in any or all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to evaluate product based on experience and visible attributes.
Physical and Work Environment Requirements:
Must be able to stand/ walk for 8-9 hours per day. Must be able to lift, push, pull up to 50 pounds on a regular basis, up to 100 pounds occasionally. Must be able to bend, twist, stoop and squat, reach above shoulders as needed for day to day responsibilities and other miscellaneous duties. Must have good hand and eye coordination. Must be able to work in temperatures of 40 degrees or less. Must be able to work overtime, during peak production periods.
