Belly Feeder Labor PR03 - 1st Shift - Vernon, TX
Tyson Foods•Vernon, TX
•Onsite
About The Position
This role involves placing bellies on conveyors for injection with cure. The primary responsibility is to ensure a continuous flow of bellies, maintaining an end-to-end pattern with minimal overlap. Workers must identify and remove any bones or ribs from the bellies and insert a comb. Bellies, weighing 15-30 lbs after injection, are then picked up two at a time and hung on trees at shoulder height. These trees are weighed, with weights documented, and then moved into a drip cooler before being loaded into a smokehouse.
Requirements
- Must be willing and able to rotate job positions per department schedule.
- Must be willing and able to work in other departments as needed according to production requirements.
- Must be willing and able to feed and operate the Derind Machines.
- Must be willing and able to use metal hooks and insert into bellies.
- Must Handle products according to USDA inspections.
- Must be willing and able to stand for the entire shift (8 – 10 hours).
- Must be willing and able to use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Must be willing and able to lift, push, pull up to 40 pounds.
- Must be willing and able to work in wet or humid conditions (non-weather).
- Must be willing and able to work near moving mechanical parts.
Responsibilities
- Place bellies on conveyors for injection with cure.
- Feed the line with enough bellies to keep them end to end, ensuring overlap is less than 4 inches.
- Identify and remove bones or ribs from bellies.
- Insert comb into the belly.
- Pick up bellies two at a time and hang them on trees at shoulder height.
- Weigh trees of bellies (4 at a time) and document weights.
- Push weighed trees into a drip cooler.
- Load trees into a smokehouse.
- Feed and operate Derind Machines.
- Use metal hooks and insert them into bellies.
- Handle products according to USDA inspections.
- Rotate job positions per department schedule.
- Work in other departments as needed according to production requirements.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 401(k) plans
- Affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
