Job Description
Processing meat in grindrooms involves operating pallet jacks to move supplies and grinding products to prepare toppings for pizza and meats. This job supports food manufacturers like Burke in producing fully cooked items, ensuring quality for customers in retail and restaurants. Laborers inspect materials, remove trash, and use electric tools in coolers maintained at 32 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hormel Foods operates through subsidiaries like Burke, leading in pizza toppings and fully cooked meats. The company employs diverse professionals focused on technical expertise and continuous improvement in Nevada, Iowa. Burke specializes in producing toppings, combining flexibility and integrity for quality and safety. Operations generate shared confidence through win-win relationships across markets.
Typical tasks include supplying meat from coolers via pallet jack, inspecting product, grinding, operating metal detector belts and augers, and performing multiple positions with training. Employees remove pallets and trash, learn to operate electric pallet jacks, and handle repetitive lifting of up to 50 pounds and pushing 100 pounds. Work follows Good Manufacturing Practices, filling in for other roles with additional pay, and using basic math for counts. Interactions involve supervisors and team members in fast-paced processing areas. A core challenge is working in varying temperatures while maintaining safety and GMP compliance.
Compensation is $21.34 per hour for 1st shift from 4:00am to 1:00pm, Monday through Friday plus weekends as needed. Work arranges full-time on-site at Plant 2 in Burk. Schedule may include overtime for production demands. Benefits encompass health, vision, dental, life insurance, 401K, flexible spending, profit-sharing, disability, educational assistance, employee help program, paid holidays, PTO, fitness center, and product discounts. Professional development includes in-house training for equipment operation. Unique work environment emphasizes safety rules, equal opportunities regardless of protected characteristics, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Supply meat to the Grindroom from meat receiving coolers via pallet jack
- Inspect product
- Grind meat
- Remove pallets and trash from the Grindroom
- Operate a metal detector belt and auger
- Learn and perform multiple positions with provided training
- Work in temperatures 40-50 degrees and 32 degrees in the cooler
- Operate an electric pallet jack with in-house training
- Lift up to 50 pounds and push/pull 100 pounds
- Perform repetitive tasks and stand/walk for extended periods
- Operate food processing equipment
- Follow Good Manufacturing Practices
- Fill in for other plant positions as necessary
Requirements
- 6 months of work history
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship
- Must be 18 years of age or older