General Production – Rendering

American Foods Group, LLC•Gibbon, NE

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Gibbon Packing, LLC, an American Foods Group Company, is hiring a General Production - Rendering employee at its Gibbon, Nebraska plant. The role supports the rendering process by preparing, assembling, testing, and operating equipment; monitoring processing conditions; handling inedible animal materials; and maintaining operating records. Employees may also perform other related duties as needed to meet the organization’s ongoing needs. The position requires working in varied temperatures and conditions, including warm, hot, humid, cold, wet, and slippery environments, at varied heights and around moving equipment and parts while using personal protective equipment. Work hours and start times vary with production needs, and the schedule may include extended hours Monday through Saturday and daily overtime. Gibbon Packing describes itself as a privately held beef processing company and offers competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for training, growth, and advancement.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
Must be able to work in varied temperatures and conditions, including warm, hot, humid, cold, wet, or slippery environments, at varied heights and around moving equipment and parts, using personal protective equipment.
Must be able to perform job duties with or without reasonable accommodations.
Must be able to work extended scheduled hours Monday through Saturday, with daily overtime, and work overtime as required; start times and hours vary based on production needs.
Must successfully complete training in safety, Safe Quality Food (SQF), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and food defense.

Responsibilities

Assist with maintaining daily logs, report unsafe conditions, and record plant operating data as required.
Inspect equipment to determine whether sanitation is adequate before the rendering process begins.
Assemble rendering equipment, including expellers, grinders, pumps, pipes, blades, and cooking tanks.
Test equipment to determine whether it is functioning properly.
Open valves and start pumps and conveyors to move materials through the rendering process.
Monitor temperature gauges, flow rates, and the condition of materials passing through cookers, expellers, and grinders; adjust valves and flow rates as needed.
Dump guts, bones, tissue, and other inedible parts into a chute leading to storage containers for cooking tanks used in inedible processing.
Label storage containers “Not for Consumption.”
Notify leadership if equipment malfunctions.
Perform other related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.