Tyson Foods

Heavy Skilled Labor Operative

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Holcomb, KS

Job Description

Summary:

Heavy Skilled Labor Operative

This position is responsible for intermediate operative general labor such as operating machinery, heavy lifting and maintaining production flow while maintaining a safe work environment and adhering to Tyson policies and procedures.

Tasks
This position could work in any department of this beef processing facility. Standing, walking, bending, stretching, climbing, pushing, pulling, and reaching are involved in all areas. Lifting is involved in many areas (weight depends upon area).

These positions work in a cold, damp or hot and humid environment and these areas have slippery walking surfaces. (temperature ranges below.)

Jobs include: heavy/detailed knife and machine work and/or saw operation. May involve climbing stairs/ladders up to elevated platforms ranging in height. Must be willing to continuously lift/ push / pull up to 75 lbs.

Processing: Includes further processing of fresh beef products. Environment is wet and cold and ranges in temperature from 35 to 45 degrees.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Jobs include: heavy/detailed knife and machine work and/or saw operation. May involve climbing stairs/ladders up to elevated platforms ranging in height. Must be willing to continuously lift/ push / pull up to 75 lbs.

Starting on 05/21/2020 we will be testing for COVID-19 as part of our post offer hiring criteria.

Work Shift:

ALL SHIFTS (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.