General Utility Level 1 - Grinding 1st Shift East

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title General Utility

FLSA Status Non-Exempt

Department Production

Reports to Title Production Supervisor

Position Summary

The position General Utility is the entry level production role. It is not bound by one specific role within the production area, but rather a description of a number of duties with in this job classification. The is a general labor role.

Responsibilities

All employees are required to contribute to production operations by complying with policies and procedures for meat processing; Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations, etc.

All employees are required to contribute to a safe and sanitary work environment by complying with established procedures and rules.

General Utility - Sanitation / Pack-Off (Tan frock)

• Must maintain all pack-out production areas in clean and sanitary conditions. Communicate any issues that are leading to unsanitary conditions in a timely manner to Supervisor and / or Foreman
• Track and record all inedible / empty, weigh all yellow inedible totes or barrels, and empty all trash containers.
• Properly dispose and label all inedible collected (Spraying denaturant on the inedible product)
• Break down all empty combos
• Remove all old printing and labels from the combo before reusing. (Company & USDA)
• All trash, cardboard, and plastic liners must be put in proper containers.
• Ensure the area is staged with inedible containers at start-up and / or ensure all end-of-night dry pick-up duties are performed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Assist in accurately training new hires in performing Sanitation / Tan Frock duties
• Prior to leaving at the end of production, check in with the area Foreman and or Supervisor for additional shutdown activities that need to be performed
• Attend to the current needs of the process by responding immediately to the expressed instructions of the Production Supervisor and / or Production Foreman

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Qualifications

Physical Demands and Work Environment :

This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places. The employee is frequently exposed to colder (30 degrees) and / or warmer temperature areas. The noise level in the work environment is usually high.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers, to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear as defined below.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Fair Oaks Foods assures equal employment opportunity in all its hiring and employment policies and practices, which include all aspects of employment, such as recruiting, hiring, promotions, transfers, demotions, layoffs or terminations, compensation, benefits, training, company-sponsored education, social and recreational programs or events, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. These policies and practices are administered without regard to “legally protected categories” such as : race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation or sexual orientation, pregnancy status or medical conditions related to childbirth, and / or any other factor protected by law.