General Production - 1st Shift - Full Time - Concordia, MO Plant

Location: Concordia, MO

About the role

All jobs require standing and walking on concrete, working with raw ham product, walking/standing, repetitive bending/lifting/twisting, working in temperatures of 50 degrees or lower (approximately 45 degrees). Forklift and pallet jack activity will be in the area.

Responsibilities

• Racking – placing 5‑36 lb. hams on racks while bending, twisting, stooping, and standing; after racking hams on one side, push, pull, and turn the rack to place hams on the other side.
• Push racks – moving racks weighing 800‑2000 lbs. to other locations.
• Tipper Tie – standing and gripping/pulling netted product with one hand and pressing a switch to apply clamp with the other hand.
• Cutting Tails – using scissors or knife, gripping and standing.
• Net Ruckers – putting netting over a canister and placing canister on the table; lifting netting to stand (≈20 lbs.).
• Placing casing on horns – hand/finger grip.
• Slop – lifting buckets (5‑25 lbs.), bending downward to lift container and place on table.
• Tucking Tails – tucking tails into hams, lifting hams (10‑20 lbs.).
• Poking hams – using poker to poke after hams are placed on table, then placing ham on rack; requires bending.
• Multivac – placing hams on the machine, securing lid to remove excess air and seal bag casings.
• Stuffer – placing raw product into horn and hand stuffing product into coffi film and netting.
• Coffi Film Puller – pulling coffi film and netting after stuffing; pulling left and placing hams on table; ham extracted, stapled, tails cut, placed on rack.
• Lifting metal canisters up to 40 lbs. throughout the day.
• Puller – pulling netting stuffed with ham across front of middle section horizontally, clamping with Brincten, then moving to table and next process.
• Using ergonomic stands (height 3 in. to 12 in.).
• Wiping ceilings down with ceiling mop.
• Using a rake to pull ham muscle into the pump machine and repeat throughout the day.

Requirements

The team member must attend orientation for basic Food Safety Training, protect the product from contamination at all times, follow company policies, and contact Supervisor/Trainer/QA immediately about any unacceptable condition. The supervisor will keep the team member apprised of job functions to meet requirements, and the team member will complete necessary qualification requirements.

The successful candidate must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 401(k) plans
• Affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
• More benefits as described

Pay

General Labor positions start at $19.40 per hour.

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 6:00 am – 2:30 pm (1st shift)