Position Title: Harvest - 2nd Shift
Wage: $22.00/hour
Shift: 2nd
Hours: 1:40pm - 10:30pm
QPS Employment Group is hiring for a Harvest role for a company in Watertown, WI. This is an associate to hire opportunity on 2nd shift. Apply now!
Harvest Responsibilities:
- Perform a variety of tasks within the Harvest Processing Department, rotating through multiple Level I positions as assigned
- Safely and efficiently remove meat from carcasses for further processing into finished sausage products
- Operate motorized knives, straight-edge knives, and other processing tools in accordance with established procedures and safety requirements
- Maintain required production line speeds while meeting quality and yield standards
- Inspect products during processing and report any quality concerns, defects, or abnormalities to team leaders or supervisors
- Promptly notify team leaders and/or maintenance personnel of equipment malfunctions, safety concerns, or operational issues
- Follow all standard operating procedures, work instructions, and training requirements
- Adhere to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), food safety standards, and sanitation requirements at all times
- Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary work environment
- Support department production goals through reliable attendance, teamwork, and flexibility in job assignments
Requirements for Harvest:
- Previous manufacturing, food production, meat processing, or industrial experience is preferred but not required
- Ability to learn multiple job functions and rotate between workstations
- Ability to safely use knives and other processing equipment
- Strong attention to safety, quality, and productivity standards
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced production environment
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull up to 50 pounds regularly
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods throughout the shift
- Ability to perform repetitive hand, wrist, arm, and shoulder movements
- Ability to bend, twist, reach, and perform continuous physical activities in a production environment
- Ability to work in a refrigerated food-processing environment and around moving machinery
QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment. Hiring immediately!
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