Tyson Foods

General Production-Full Time-Alexandria, KY 41001

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Alexandria, KY

Job Description

This position starts at $14.35/hour with a shift increase for hours between 7 pm and 7 am and overtime. We have open positions for 2nd and 3rd shift. If you are looking to make an impact in a meaningful way, join us at Tyson Foods where we are raising the world's expectations for how much good food can do! We create quality products in a safe environment for our team members. We offer growth opportunities and room for advancement. This facility produces hot dogs, cocktails and sliced meats.

This position will perform a variety of operational functions that constitute the production and inspection of hot dogs, cocktails wieners, or sliced deli meat for Tyson.

Responsibilities:

* Performs job assignments in accordance with established safety policies and procedures
* Transfer cooked meats from the cook and chill process
* Operation of packaging equipment
* Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of products to standards
* Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product
* Remove rejected items from machine and separate rejected items
* Regulate machine flow, speed, temperatures and weights to ensure compliance with specifications
* Stop or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report malfunctions to a supervisor
* Clean and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials
* Set up machines plus tear down for sanitation
* Performs minor preventive maintenance as instructed by supervisor
* Wipe condensation as needed and maintain good housekeeping and clean work areas in assigned work sites
* Clean and sanitize all process equipment throughout the Plant
* Transport trash and waste to disposal area
* Clean, dust, oil, and grease from machines, overhead pipes, and conveyors
* Follow job rotations and other duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirements:

* Must be willing to withstand wet, humid, cold, and hot environment, and must be willing to work in a refrigerated area with ambient temperature of 40 degrees
* Must be willing to repeatedly push, pull, lift and carry up to 40 lbs and be willing to walk or stand for 8-12 hours per day on hard floors
* Ability to work overtime and weekends and be willing to accommodate shift start time changes
* Must be willing to work in an environment with the sight and smell of meat products or any other product present when processing meat such as blood, fat, bone, spices
* Must be willing to wear proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Work Shift:

2ND SHIFT (United States of America)

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Tyson Foods

Springdale, AR

Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully-cooked meats; and raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products.

It also supplies poultry breeding stock; sells allied products, such as hides and meats; and manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats. The company offers its products primarily under the Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, ibp, State Fair, Gallo Salame, and Golden Island brands.

It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company has a collaboration with IdentiGEN Ltd. Tyson Foods, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.

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