Smokehouse Unloader -2nd Shift and Overnight

About the role

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago. We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations.

Responsibilities

The role of the Unloader is to perform necessary functions in order to efficiently, safely, and correctly Unload the product from the Smokehouse.

• Follow daily production schedule and achieve specified goals.
• Unload product from smokehouse ovens.
• Ensure product conforms to specifications.
• Prevent and minimize rework and/or inedible.
• May require working on taping machines, shrink wrap machines, pallet jacks, trash and recycling compactors.
• Perform standard operating procedures of production and inspection functions as directed.
• Successfully complete all necessary technical training and skills verification as directed.
• Successfully complete all necessary soft skills training as directed.
• Return from breaks in a timely manner; notify lead/foreman/supervisor before leaving the department.
• Accurately complete all necessary paperwork as directed.
• Attend all department and company scheduled meetings.
• Works scheduled shift as assigned.
• Maintain a safe, clean and organized work area.
• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to the lead/foreman/supervisor.
• Ensure safety devices are installed and working properly.
• Suggest improvements; continuously improve the quality of all support activities.
• Perform all required duties within OSHA and company safety standards.
• Follows set company and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines at all times.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) training, along with company pre-requisite programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP’s).
• Ensure products are correctly labeled and identified for proper disposition.
• Keep record of products used to follow FIFO (first in – first out)

Qualifications

Required Education: High School Diploma or GED preferred.

• Able to organize and prioritize in a multi-tasking environment.
• Able to understand and follow Chemical & Lock-Out Tag-Out procedures and policies, once trained.
• Build and support a culture of openness and accountability within (and out-side) the assigned department.
• Demonstrate professionalism; encourage and insist on positive attitudes and behaviors from team members.
• Encourage team member initiative and innovation, and show recognition for effort and achievement.
• Communicate with peers, subordinates, and leaders in an effective, timely manner.
• Suggest improvements; continuously improve the quality of all support activities.
• Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related-problems.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers.

Benefits and Pay

2nd Shift Hours: Monday - Friday 2pm-10:30pm Wages: $20.50 per hour ($17.50 PLUS $3.00 Shift Differential)

Overnight Shift Hours: Monday - Friday 11pm-7am Wages: $20.50 per hour ($17.50 PLUS $3.50 Shift Differential)

Schedule

Works scheduled shift as assigned.

Work Environment

The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors. Travel may be required.

Physical demands include standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle, or feel, lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds, and talking or hearing. The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.