TRIMMER - TMV

FPL FOOD, LLC•Thomasville, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of Trimmers is to assist in the preparation of meat for processing of custom orders and standard inventory items. This role involves accurately trimming meat to yield specifications, managing raw materials, labeling products, recording data for yield tests, and maintaining inventory levels. The trimmer is responsible for ensuring product specifications are met, maintaining work areas in compliance with U.S.D.A. guidelines, and assembling/disassembling equipment. They must also properly clean and maintain assigned tools, manage profitability through product yields and deadlines, and perform tasks such as opening boxes, debagging product, and using a skinner machine when needed. Adherence to GMPs and safety regulations is mandatory, and employees may be required to work longer than scheduled hours until relieved by management.

Requirements

Prior experience with portion cutting of meat.
Ability to perform mathematical calculations and conversions to determine amounts and sizes of products needed for orders.
Ability to adjust to sudden changes in customer demands or operational goals.
Commitment to work until job is completed.
Interacts well with others. Good team player.
Must be flexible to changing procedures/ priorities.
Must be able to tolerate cold conditions.
Must be quick and agile.
Strong logical reasoning skills
Strong understanding of safe work practices.
Resultsoriented.
Customerservice oriented
Detail oriented.
Ability to work in 30 degree temperature for long period of times
Ability to stand long period of times.
Ability to lift up to 60 lb. boxes.
Bending and twisting when loading conveyor and/or packaging equipment.
Ability to turn at the waist and place boxes on conveyor.
Ability to read specification sheets that come down the line for different orders.
Standing, stooping and climbing are regular activities for this employee.
Employee must have the ability to negotiate throughout the production and warehouse areas unassisted without disrupting regular production and warehousing activities.
The ability to touch, feel, manipulate fingers and limbs to operate various processing and material handling equipment is necessary.
Must pass company drug test and background.

Responsibilities

Accurately trim to yield specifications as specified by information provided by cut tickets.
Provide communication to supervisor of any discrepancies between cutting tickets and normal customer purchases.
Pull raw materials and precut inventory according to code dates and report any short shelf-life items to the supervisor.
Properly label all products and equipment to conform to all legal and safety regulations.
Properly and accurately record all necessary data to produce assigned cutting yield tests.
Accurately count product inventory levels and maintain levels set forth by supervisor.
Ensure that all product specifications are being met according to guidelines.
Maintain work areas in compliance with U.S.D.A. guidelines.
Assemble and tear down any equipment in work area at the beginning and/or end of your shift.
Properly clean, store and maintain all knives, scales, etc. assigned to you.
Manage profitability by achieving product yields and meeting deadlines for product readiness.
Open Boxes
Debag product put in lugs.
Use skinner machine when needed.
Trim raw materials to specifications.
Required to follow all GMP’s and safety regulations.
Complete other duties as assigned by management.
Responsible for working until relieved by management. This may require working longer than schedule work hours.