1st Shift Production Workers

Daily's•Saint Joseph, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Daily's Premium Meats is hiring 1st Shift Production Workers at its St. Joseph, Missouri facility. Production Workers follow department procedures and training manuals, product specifications, attendance and punctuality rules, food security guidelines, and safety guidelines. They help supervisors and team members meet production and quality requirements by maintaining accurate counts and records, adhering to product specifications, working at the required line speed, complying with sanitation requirements, and minimizing scrap. They also help maintain department and plant appearance by sweeping floors and aisles, picking up scraps and trash, washing buildings and equipment as scheduled, and helping clean and maintain the office area. Other duties may be assigned. The role involves working with raw meat and requires the ability to handle raw product. Employees regularly move about the production area and stand or walk on concrete floors for more than 10 hours per day, six days per week. The work environment may involve moving mechanical parts, cold, wet, or humid conditions, and noise that is usually moderate but can sometimes be very loud. Employees must be able to wear OSHA-approved hearing protection. Work hours and days are determined by departmental needs and management discretion.

Requirements

Be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
Be willing and able to handle raw meat.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Regularly move about the production area and stand or walk on concrete floors for more than 10 hours per day, six days per week.
Have the close, distance, peripheral, and depth vision abilities required for the job, and be able to adjust focus.
Be able to wear OSHA-approved hearing protection.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with peers and management.
Bilingual skills.
Ability to apply mathematical concepts to practical situations.
Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Responsibilities

Follow department procedures outlined in Daily's training manuals and by department supervisors and leads.
Understand and adhere to product specifications to help ensure quality.
Follow attendance and punctuality rules, food security guidelines, and safety guidelines.
Assist supervisors and team members in meeting production and quality requirements.
Maintain accurate counts and records as needed.
Work at a pace consistent with the required line speed.
Comply strictly with sanitation requirements and minimize scrap.
Sweep floors and aisles as instructed and pick up scraps in the work area.
Wash buildings and equipment as needed and scheduled.
Keep trash and other items picked up and help clean and maintain the office area.
Perform other duties as assigned.