Catcher GL -Pullet Crew

Work at Simmons•Decatur, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to catch and load poultry by hand to meet Company and customer requirements. This role involves manually gathering poultry, setting up curtains to separate poultry, moving poultry from corners and out of piles, and directing the poultry to the trucks. The Catcher manually loads poultry into cages according to company standards, ensuring bruising is kept to a minimum during the loading process. The position also requires participation as a member of the Team, contributing to ongoing development, communication, and implementation of team concepts, programs, and policies. This includes coordinating work to ensure B.E.S.T practices with all team members and attending appropriate team meetings. As a team member, the Catcher fosters strong cohesiveness regarding major issues such as direction, annual plan, budget, and policy changes. They accept responsibility to quickly identify areas lacking cohesiveness, bring them to the attention of the team leader, and work with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues. The role also involves actively looking for ways to reinforce actions needed to achieve synergy within the larger organization. Additionally, the Catcher must be familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g., quality, security, office environment, company policies) and understand their responsibility to maintain this familiarity and their role in supporting these systems, including considering the impact of individual actions and communicating concerns and improvement ideas. The position also includes performing other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.

Requirements

Must be able to bend and lift up to 60 pounds of poultry from ground to shoulder level 250 times per shift.
Must be able to work in temperature extremes, in dusty and dark environments.
Catch poultry at Company required production rate by loading 150 cages per shift.
Must have a good command of the English language, both written and spoken.
Communication skills & decision quality- Must have the ability to make good decisions and communicate effectively with others and leadership team.

Nice To Haves

Preference for poultry or food processing organization.
High School Diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

Manually gathers poultry to be loaded onto trucks by setting up curtains to separate poultry, moving poultry from corners and out of piles, and directing the poultry to the trucks.
Manually loads poultry into cages according to company standards.
Ensures bruising is kept to a minimum in the loading process.
Participates as a member of the Team.
Participates in ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies; coordinates work to ensure B.E.S.T practices with all team members.
Attends appropriate team meetings.
Fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc.
Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforces actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.
Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies); understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.
Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.