Smokehouse Operator 1st Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Who are we:

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement. Leidy's is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Wenger Group since 2022. Leidy's is a 130-year-old pork company located on the family farm in Pennsylvania, where Jacob Leidy was deeded the original land grant by William Penn in 1753.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 1000 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture!

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What your day looks like:

Sets up smoke area and stage products in accordance with needs or priorities while ensuring proper smoke and curing procedures and temperatures are followed. Complete paperwork as required. Visually inspect products for unacceptable flaws or concerns and ensure products are to established quality levels. Ensure products are at acceptable quality levels prior to release to next step of operation. Follow all USDA, SQF, and ALL Holding Company HACCP requirements. Always maintain and observe all safety rules and regulations. Be able to maintain a flexible time schedule.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the smokehouses to ensure that all products are cooked to proper company specifications.
• Monitor all chilling of products that come through the department to ensure that they are chilled in compliance with company specifications.
• Load and unload the smokehouses and brine chillers.
• Accurately record and document all weight sheets and charts.
• Assist in inspecting / checking the smokehouse rooms for Standard Sanitary Operating Procedures (SSOP) deficiencies hourly.
• Transporting racks of product to and from the smokehouse floor.
• Consuming products into SAP.
• Loading and unloading carts of raw product into the smokehouses.
• Lift, push and pull 50 + lbs

Who you are:

• Be able to stand extreme temperatures change from hot to cold.
• Following proper ready to eat procedures.
• Staging product in packaging and ham steak coolers.
• General housekeeping. Assist with production as required
• Report detected inconsistencies to supervisors, quality assurance personnel , or managers.
• Checking for condensation before moving product.
• Must be able to read and write in English.
• Basic math skills.
• Be able to work independently.
• Be able push and pull continuously heavy loads of product, may weight up to 1500lbs, assisted by a rail system.
• Being able to understand and follow oral and written instruction from supervisors and designated staff.
• General Knowledge of Smokehouse Operation A+.
• In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building:

Promotional opportunities:

• Rewards and recognition programs
• Robust onboarding and training program
• Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work)
• Employee referral program
• Encouraging and collaborative culture

What our benefits are:

• Paid Time Off, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Parental Leave, etc.
• Carebridge Employee Assistance Program

For all full-time members:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance
• 2nd and 3rd shift positions are eligible for a $2/hour shift differential.
• Weekend shift positions are eligible for a $3/hour shift differential.
• Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.

The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.