Packaging Support/Training Lead/Day Shift

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization; however, we operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay rates is $21.00 with Attendance Premium of $0.25 and Shift Premiums of $0.50 and $1.00 for hours worked during swing and night shifts. Longevity premium of $0.25 after one year of service.

We offer our TEAM Members the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement (100% tuition, 80% books, and 100% parking).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.
• Assist the HR department with providing the new hire orientations.
• Help maintain and improve quality and food safety to insure compliance with company quality standards and USDA regulatory requirements.
• Work with supervision to train new employees on specific job tasks.
• Monitor and document new employee development during probationary period.
• Supply feedback to supervision and HR Department regarding new employee’s performance and development.
• Serve as a resource to new employees.
• This individual should have a good working knowledge of Processing and Packaging Departments.
• Must have the ability to direct and hold employees accountable for GMP’s, SSOP’s…etc.
• Knowledge of Windows and office applications.
• Bilingual.
• Must have good attendance and strong organizational skills.
• Will perform other duties as assigned by supervision.

Qualifications

• Report regularly and on time to work as well as work all required hours, including overtime and weekends as scheduled.
• Understand and follow established rules and procedures as well as accept constructive feedback.
• Work safely and set an example of good working safe habits.
• Follow established Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and all Food Safety procedures.
• Work effectively with small, hand-held tools (i.e. knives, scissors).
• Bend, climb, stoop, and stand as necessary depending on assigned task(s).
• Repetitive grasping, cutting, reaching, lifting (between 3 – 5 lbs.)
• Repetitive pushing, pulling, and lifting between 10 – 80 lbs.
• Stand on concrete floor, grating, or metal stand for prolonged periods.
• Must be able to submit and pass a pre-employment drug test and background check.
• Computer and interpersonal skills.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.

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