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Pay: $16+/hour   Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Monday - Friday, occasional Saturday

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Founded in 1979, WG Provisions has provided high quality meats, life-improving biomedical products, and business-building order fulfillment services. Our exclusive meats include roasting pigs, rabbits, specialty meats, and fully cooked meats such as smoked brisket, shredded beef, and pulled pork. WG Provisions has offered quality products and exceptional service proven by our loyal, long-standing customers. We create relationships that deliver the consistent quality and service needed to overcome our customers’ challenges.

WG Roasting Pigs are highly regarded as the highest quality roasting pigs in the market. We pride ourselves in creating the “Perfect Pig”. Our roasting pigs are sold throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to retailers, food service, and restaurants desiring a high quality and consistent roasting pig. Learn more about our company and Roasting Pig division at https://wgprovisions.com/

We are immediately seeking employees to join our Butchery team in Sidney, Iowa.

Our Butchery offers a friendly atmosphere in a small team environment where we can count on each other. Crew members will be responsible for various roles for harvesting and processing our premium roasting pigs. Starting wages depending on experience and education level.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. We offer competitive compensation and benefits including dental, vision, health, paid holidays, vacation time, and a 401k program.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

Slaughter, Harvest, Production

• Follow daily production schedule and achieve specified goals.
• Perform standard operating procedures of production and inspection functions as directed.
• Use equipment to harvest/slaughter pigs.
• Use hand tools and knives to properly harvest and trim pork carcasses.
• Ensure product conforms to specifications.
• Ensure products are correctly labeled and identified for proper disposition.
• Prevent and minimize rework and/or inedible.
• Successfully complete all necessary production and technical training and skills verification as directed.
• Making pallets by stacking boxes onto pallets, preparing the pallet with cardboard slip sheets, manually shrink wrapping, and pulling/pushing pallets with manual pallet jack.
• Work with production equipment including pallet jacks and other similar types of equipment
• Utilize ERP system to ensure accuracy of product, traceability of product, accuracy of inventory, accuracy of shipments, etc.

Attendance, Teamwork and Work Ethic

• Return from breaks in a timely manner; notify lead/supervisor before leaving the department.
• Attend all department and company scheduled meetings.
• Works scheduled shift as assigned.
• Request time off in advance when needed

Food safety, employee safety and operating standards

• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to the lead/supervisor.
• Ensure safety devices are installed and working properly.
• Perform all required duties within OSHA and company safety standards
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), company pre-requisite programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP’s).
• Follows all HACCP, USDA regulations, and other food safety protocols and procedures.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Required Skills: None
• Required Education: Non
• High school diploma or GED (preferred)
• Experience in food manufacturing (preferred)

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, and ABILITIES

• Work in a fast-paced environment.
• Perform repetitive functions.
• Adhere to all company policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Accept direction from leads, supervisors, managers.
• Communicate with co-workers and supervisor.
• Work in a team-oriented environment.
• Perform duties with minimal supervision.
• Excellent attendance and dependability
• Attention to detail.
• Focus on quality.
• Work well and communicate well with others.
• Strong work ethic
• Positive attitude

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, crouch, bend, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 50+ pounds, and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

WG Provisions is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify

WG Provisions provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that WG Provisions has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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

Pay: $20+ /hour   Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Monday - Friday, occasional Saturday

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Founded in 1979, WG Provisions has provided high quality meats, life-improving biomedical products, and business-building order fulfillment services. Our exclusive meats include roasting pigs, rabbits, specialty meats, and fully cooked meats such as smoked brisket, shredded beef, and pulled pork.  WG Provisions has offered quality products and exceptional service proven by our loyal, long-standing customers. We create relationships that deliver the consistent quality and service needed to overcome our customers’ challenges.

WG Roasting Pigs are highly regarded as the highest quality roasting pigs in the market.  We pride ourselves in creating the “Perfect Pig”.  Our roasting pigs are sold throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico to retailers, food service, and restaurants desiring a high quality and consistent roasting pig.  Learn more about our company and Roasting Pig division at https://wgprovisions.com/

Our Butchery offers a friendly atmosphere in a small team environment where we can count on each other.  Crew members will be responsible for various roles for harvesting and processing our premium roasting pigs.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.  We offer competitive compensation and benefits including dental, vision, health, paid holidays, vacation time, and a 401k program.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Butchery Harvest Production Lead position is responsible for leading and overseeing the daily harvest and packaging of Roasting Pigs. The Lead will achieve the highest level of productivity, quality and yields while ensuring the safest working environment.  This role will provide encouragement to team members in order to build the best team possible and provide training  to all team members. The role works to ensure plant conditions are sufficient and sanitary in accordance with the USDA.  Production activities will be monitored in accordance with plant policies, programs and standards concerning safety, quality, efficiency, and food safety.

The primary focus of the current opening is for our Pack-Off area.  This area leads our pack off team to pack and label our roasting pigs.  The lead also oversees the preparation of shipments to cold storage and to customers, working with our sales team and transportation partners to ensure accuracy and timely preparation and delivery of orders. The lead also serves to implement our ERP solution during the pack-off function, which requires some familiarity with computer software and effective communication with our production and sales teams.   All leads at the Butchery will be cross trained to help in other areas.  This role is specifically responsible for the pack-off function but must also be able to serve in other areas of the production process.

All leads for our harvest process report to our Butchery Plant Manager.

Our current opening is in our Butchery located in Sidney, Iowa.  In this facility, we process whole roasting hogs that are distributed throughout the United States.

Key Duties for Butchery Harvest Lead:

Harvest/Production:

• Provide leadership to major daily production tasks including start-up to make sure equipment meets sanitary guidelines and is in proper operating condition and end of day processes
• Lead and follow daily production schedule and achieve specified goals.
• Lead crew to ensure product conforms to specifications.
• Lead crew to ensure products are correctly labeled and identified for proper disposition.
• Lead crew to prevent and minimize rework, discard and/or inedible.
• Perform standard operating procedures of production and inspection functions as directed.
• Provide leadership and expertise in slaughter, harvest, production, equipment to ensure the ability to direct employees to perform the job properly. (Less focus for Pack-off Lead)
• Ability to take on more complex areas of harvest/slaughter/production (less focus for Pack-Off Lead)
• Utilize ERP system to ensure accuracy of product, traceability of product, accuracy of inventory, accuracy of shipments, etc.
• Suggest changes in workflow processes and use of equipment to increase the efficiency to maintain the lowest level of downtime and production costs possible.
• Work with production equipment including pallet jacks and other similar types of equipment
• Successfully complete all necessary production and technical training and skills verification as directed.

Team Training and Development:

• Assist with proper training of team members
• Demonstrated experience cross training across roles in a slaughter facility
• Assist with assigning responsibilities to team members, as required to meet planned production schedules
• Ensure team returns from breaks in a timely manner; notify lead/supervisor before leaving the department.
• Promote an environment conducive to teams, teamwork, and line-driven accountability
• Model attendance, quality, teamwork, setting an example for the crew
• Provide continual leadership and guidance to team members for the purpose of increasing their effectiveness and establishing good working relationships.
• Work side by side with team members to mentor and provide guidance to the team.

Safety:

• Actively promote adherence to plant Quality, Sanitation, GMP and HACCP standards to achieve a finished product within quality control specifications.
• Advocate and maintain a strong commitment to safety in the operating process including but not limited to: PPE, preventing and reporting unsafe acts and conditions, Lockout-Tag out procedures, and Process Safety Management related matters.
• Perform all duties within OSHA and company safety standards: LOTO, wear PPE and maintain safety equipment.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work area.
• Immediately report any accidents or deficiencies Butchery Harvest Manager or Butchery Operations and Quality Coordinator.
• Ensure safety devices are installed and working properly.
• Follows all HACCP, USDA regulations, and other food safety protocols and procedures.

Performs other duties and responsibilities, as necessary.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Technical/Associate degree in a related discipline
• Minimum of 6 months; preferred 12+ months of pork slaughter experience using packaging, forklifts, etc and also production tools and knives.
• Preferred previous Lead role in pork harvest and packaging operation or related experience
• Experienced in multiple job duties in pork harvest operation.
• Ability to train others in efficient job duties.
• Ability to maintain high expectations for self and others, demonstrating a dedication to achievement of results.
• Ability to work under pressure and to react to situations with a strong sense of urgency.
• Solid problem solving, multi-tasking and prioritization skills.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements for facilities operating under USDA and OSHA.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and distributed team
• Role model of integrity, sound judgement, personal responsibility, team player.
• Ability to effectively communicate.
• Someone a team can “count on”

Reports to: Butchery Harvest Manager

Job Type: Full- time

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, crouch, bend, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 50+ pounds, and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

WG Provisions is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify

WG Provisions provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that WG Provisions has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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

Pay: $18-22/hour   Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7 am - 4 pm

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Position Overview

For over 40 years, quality has been at the core of everything we do. Founded in 1979, WG Provisions has provided high quality meats, life-improving biomedical products, and business-building order fulfillment services. Our exclusive meats include roasting pigs, rabbits, specialty meats, and fully cooked meats such as smoked brisket, shredded beef, and pulled pork.  WG Provisions has offered quality products and exceptional service proven by our loyal, long-standing customers. We create relationships that deliver the consistent quality and service needed to overcome our customers’ challenges.

The position is based in Jewell, Iowa at our Smokehouse production facility.

At WG Provisions our core values are honesty, consistency and teamwork.  By living out those values we foster an environment where our employees and our customers can count on us.

This position serves in an administrative capacity to support the management and operational team of the Smokehouse.  This position will report to Shon Osborn, Senior Production Manager.  This position will work to assist with human resources, purchasing, logistics, inventory control, time keeping, maintain filing systems, oversee shipping and delivery schedules, onboard new hires, phone support, and maintain a high level of organization at the facility.  This position requires an energetic professional who enjoys wearing multiple hats.

Responsibilities:

• Administrative and Clerical Support
  • Review and edit approved timecards for Smokehouse facility and submit to payroll as needed
  • Assist job seekers with initial steps of employee applications.
  • Process onboarding and offboarding documents for new and terminated employees
  • Process employee work comp claims.
  • Support our team with periodic employee training as directed.
  • Administer employee product orders.
  • Assist with organizing data on server
  • Maintain a well-organized hardcopy filing system for the Smokehouse facility.
  • Periodically review and clean up files
  • Maintain Safety Data Sheets and update as needed. Must be accessible by all employees.
  • Assist visitors to the facility including contractors, mail delivery, etc.
  • Answer phones, pick up and process mail, run errands and other basic clerical tasks
  • Create Smokehouse operational reports as requested by Management.
  • Distribute and place into storage items that are received by UPS/ FedEx, etc.
  • Assist and direct visitors that come to the front door.
  • Light cleaning of the offices, restrooms and kitchen areas.
  • Issue resolutions as needed.
  • Other duties or projects as assigned.

• Purchasing & Receiving
  • Ensure all invoices are forwarded to the payables team
  • Maintain files of packing slips; match packing slips to invoices
  • Route invoices through Smokehouse team for approval and coordinate necessary communication with the payables team

• Inventory Control
  • Assist Production Support Manager with monitoring inventory levels and determine reorder points for the Smokehouse
  • Manage employee welfare needs and supplies working with Production Manager to ensure adequate supply
  • Request office supplies and monitor usage.

• Logistics
  • Work with Production Support Manager to know daily truck schedule for the Smokehouse; coordinate on-site with drivers and Smokehouse team
  • Track down logistics issues that come up; assist Production Manager in running point to resolve issues

Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum High School diploma/GED required.
• Preferred Associate degree in a related field
• 2 plus years of administrative experience; extensive knowledge of office administration, clerical procedures, and recordkeeping systems.
• Excellent technology computer skills are essential. Knowledge of Microsoft excel, word and outlook. Technical aptitude and adaptability
• Deep organization skills and excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Communicative and responsive
• Ability to work in fast paced environment, quick on feet and quick to respond.
• Strong phone presence and experience in negotiating contracts.
• Background in products industry preferred, meat or agriculture products a plus
• Role model of sound judgement, personal responsibility, meeting deadlines and team player
• Highly organized, self-motivated, responsive; excellent verbal and written communication, tact
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize work
• Passion for agriculture, livestock, and meat industry

Reports to:

Senior Production Manager

Pay: $65,000 - $75,000 per year  Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Night shift, Monday - Friday, occasional Saturday

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Position Overview

For over 40 years, WG Provisions has produced high-quality, fully cooked meats including roasting pigs, smoked brisket, pulled pork, and more for their customers. WG Provisions is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to help continue the care that is placed in their products every day.

The Quality Assurance Manager is directly responsible for the ongoing implementation and development of food safety and quality in our meat processing operations. The person in this role will also provide quality assurance mentoring to our Biomedical and Fulfillment teams.

As a key member of the operations management team, this person will work directly with government inspectors and production employees at our two processing facilities to ensure quality and food safety while maintaining a positive work environment. The Quality Assurance Manager oversees the HACCP plans, promotes approved processing procedures, and keeps accurate records. This position will verify and validate the food safety and quality assurance systems to ensure they are working properly while analyzing data to evaluate patterns and trends in results from quality testing. The Quality Assurance Manager will seek to improve operations by looking for efficiencies, processes, systems, and technology to improve WG Provisions’ products.

The position is based at our Smokehouse in Jewell, IA. You will also work at our Roasting Pig facility in Sidney, IA, and our headquarters in Ames, IA.

Responsibilities

• Sets quality standards and ensures that production is maintained at such standards via testing protocols
• Conducts and participates in initiatives to improve products and processes related to food quality, safety, and consistency through standard operating procedures (SOPs), sanitation standards (SSOPs), and good manufacturing practices (GMPs)
• Assists the Director of Operations in providing leadership to employees and participates/leads projects in conjunction with corporate QA/food safety management
• Oversees a network of procedures and documented processes beginning with receipt of raw products and packaging, through processing and distribution of finished goods
• Ensures manufactured products are safe, wholesome, and in full compliance with all applicable consumer and regulatory requirements.
• Serves as primary point person for USDA/FDA, etc.; understands and follows government requirements and regulations.
• Establishes relationships with direct reports and within all company departments to effectively cultivate a culture in which proper sanitation, food safety, food defense and quality goals are met.
• Prepares for internal and external food safety audits to ensure they are completed and successful.  Ability to conduct internal audits at each location.
• Identifies food safety and food defense risks and plans for addressing these risks.
• Establishes and provides training to all employees in food safety, food defense and quality assurance.
• Works with R&D process to identify potential food quality and safety issues; develops new product-specific quality assurance plans
• Leads shelf-life studies for current products, new products, and ingredients
• Assists with implementing new processes and technologies to further the company’s efficiency and quality levels.
• Provides Management and direction for Quality Supervisor and Food Safety Technician.
• Ensures confidential information and trade secrets, related to food quality, manufacturing, formulas, and customer information, are maintained. Protects the company’s rights in ownership of those trade secrets and confidential information.
• Responsible for the implementation of the SQF program and has the authority to take appropriate action(s) to ensure the integrity of the SQF system is maintained.
• Ability to perform and document sensory evaluations.
• Other duties as needed to assist in quality improvements of our meat processing, biomedical and fulfillment operations.

Qualifications and Skills

• Food Science, Animal Science, Meat Science, or similar bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of food safety and quality assurance experience preferred
• HAACP training through classroom experience preferred.
• Experience in a cooked meats or meat harvest facility preferred.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and distributed team.
• Strong process, analytical, attention-to-detail and problem-solving skills
• Role model for sound judgment, personal responsibility, and team player
• Highly organized, self-motivated, responsive
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent time management skills, ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Passion for quality in the agriculture, livestock, and meat industry

Reporting:  Formal reporting to President, informal reporting to Director of Operations

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

WG Provisions is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify

WG Provisions provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. To determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that WG Provisions has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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

Pay: $16+/hour       Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Day shift, Monday - Friday, occasional Saturday

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We are immediately seeking employees to join our Smokehouse team in Jewell, Iowa. Our Smokehouse offers a family friendly atmosphere in a small team environment. Crew members will be responsible for various roles in seasoning and preparation, smoking/cooking, packaging and other tasks to make our fully cooked, heat-and-serve beef, pork and chicken products.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. We offer competitive compensation and benefits including dental, vision, health, paid holidays, vacation time, and a 401k program. Our starting wage is $15 per hour.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

General:

• Follow daily production schedule and achieve specified goals.

• 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.

• 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).

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

• Ensure products are correctly labeled and identified for proper disposition.

• Keep record of products used to follow FIFO (first in – first out)

• Add ingredients to batch and verify against formulations

• Move meat into machine(s) and/or combos and/or v-mags using appropriate tools and techniques

• Load meat racks, push meat trucks from one area to another, visually monitoring meat for quality.

• Maintain accurate records, washing and sanitizing carts, racks, and trucks.

• Count and place packages in appropriate caddies, maintaining accurate records, washing and sanitizing carts, racks, and trucks.

• Handling finished product, placing it continuously in trays or assembly lines to be shipped to our customers.

• Making pallets by stacking boxes onto pallets, preparing the pallet with cardboard wrapping, manually shrink wrapping, and pulling/pushing pallets with manual pallet jack.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education: None

Required Experience: None

Preferred: Experience in food manufacturing. High school diploma or GED

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES:

• Work in a fast-paced environment.

• Perform repetitive functions.

• Adhere to all company policies and regulatory guidelines.

• Accept direction from Department Leads and supervisors

• Communicate with co-workers and supervisor.

• Work in a team oriented environment.

• Perform duties with minimal supervision.

• Excellent attendance and dependability

• Attention to detail

• Focus on quality

• Work well and communicate well with others

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, crouch, bend, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
WG Provisions is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify
WG Provisions provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that WG Provisions has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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

Pay: $17+/hour   Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Night shift, Monday - Friday, occasional Saturday

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We are immediately seeking employees to join our Smokehouse Sanitation team in Jewell, Iowa. Our Smokehouse offers a family friendly atmosphere in a small team environment. Sanitation crew members are responsible for safely cleaning and sanitizing equipment and other basic cleaning. The primary focus of the Sanitation Crew Member will be on ensuring health safety and food safety on a daily basis.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. We offer competitive compensation and benefits including dental, vision, health, paid holidays, vacation time, and a 401k program. Our starting wage is $16 per hour.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

General:

• Sanitize warehouse equipment and machinery

• Operate floor maintenance equipment and scrubbing machines nightly in scheduled areas

• Maintain trash receptacles and perform general house cleaning

• Monitor cleaning bushes and mops for proper sanitation

• Sanitize production lines and fill out checklists

• Use cleaning chemicals and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in a safe and proper manner, in accordance with company safety procedures.

• General janitorial duties as needed

• Maintain accurate and complete sanitation records.

• Works scheduled shift as assigned.

• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to the lead/foreman/supervisor.

• Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety

• Suggest improvements; continuously improve the sanitation procedures

• Perform all required duties within OSHA and company safety standards.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education: None

Required Experience: None

Preferred: Experience in sanitation. High school diploma or GED

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES:

• Work in a fast-paced environment.

• Perform repetitive functions.

• Adhere to all company policies and regulatory guidelines.

• Accept direction from Department Leads and supervisors

• Communicate with co-workers and supervisor.

• Work in a team oriented environment.

• Perform duties with minimal supervision.

• Excellent attendance and dependability

• Attention to detail

• Focus on quality

• Work well and communicate well with others

PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES:

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

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, crouch, bend, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
WG Provisions is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify
WG Provisions provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that WG Provisions has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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