Rendering

Indiana Packers Corporation•Delphi, IN

21h•$21 - $22•Onsite

About The Position

Indiana Packers is seeking dedicated and hardworking individuals to join our team to fulfill our Rendering position. A member in the Rendering team is responsible for tending equipment used to render and process animal source material including animal fat, bones, meat scrapes and rendering tallow from fat.

Requirements

At least 18 years of age
Must be able to work from August 2025-February 2026
Comfortable working with raw meat/or carcass parts
Able to operate or work near mechanical production equipment and/or cutting tools
Capable of performing the physical requirements of the position, including repetitive movement of grasping and pinching hands, flexing, and extending arms, bending, twisting, and lifting or exerting a force of at least 35 lbs. while standing on concrete floors and/or platforms for extended periods of time
Willing to work in hot environments (100+ degrees)
Must be able to work in wet, humid, and odorous environments
Must be able to read, write and understand instructions in English effectively
Work while wearing all necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Responsibilities

Completes inspection of equipment to determine if sanitation is adequate to begin rendering process.
Assembles rendering equipment including expellers, grinders, pumps, pipes, blades, cooking tanks.
Tests equipment to determine proper functioning.
Opens valves and start pumps and conveyors to move materials through rendering process.
Monitors temperature gauges and rate of flow and condition of materials passing through cookers, expellers, and grinders; adjust valves and rate of flow.
Dumps guts, bones, tissue, and other inedible parts into a chute leading to storage containers for cooking tanks for inedible processing.
Labels storage containers as "Not for Consumption".
Contacts maintenance mechanics for troubleshooting equipment malfunction.