Livestock Handler

Livestock Handling Team Member - Harvesting

Mount Morris, IL

$19 ? $21 Hourly

Barn

Spectrum Preferred Meats is a family-owned, USDA inspected pork processing facility located 90 miles west of Chicago in Mount Morris, Illinois. For over 50 years and three generations we have strived to be the preferred pork supplier for our customers. Spectrum Team Members exercise the highest standard of animal welfare, quality control, and food safety measures to ensure our tradition of providing premium pork at a competitive price continue.

This job description indicates the nature of production work routinely performed by harvesting team members at Spectrum Preferred Meats. This description is to help those who may be unfamiliar with food processing and this type of work.

The primary objective of the Livestock Handler is to move livestock from pen to pen in a humane manner. Spectrum ensures that team members carrying out duties who have an impact on food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance are competent to perform such tasks. Team members must be given appropriate training, and awareness of the Food Safety Management System.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Follow Humane Handling procedures
2. Transfer pigs from pen to pen
3. Ensure all pens are signed for by USDA
4. Remain calm and quiet

All applicants must be able to safely perform the following requirements:

• Wear hard hat, hearing protection, eye protection, Protective toed boots and gloves
• Walk long distances, frequently on wet, uneven and slippery surfaces
• Frequent climbing and descending steps and/or stairways, climbing and standing on elevated platforms
• Working from a standing position on rigid surfaces for prolonged periods of time (3-4 hours)
• Frequent lifting, moving, pushing and pulling items weighing up to 30 pounds
• Lifting, moving, pushing and pulling items weighing up to 50 pounds (over 50 lbs. will require back support)
• Product Inspection
• Knife Work-Trimming
• Repetitive use of fingers, hands, arms and shoulders
• Exposure to animal fat and proteins
• Exposure to noisy and odorous environment
• Exposure to temperature extremes ranging from 22-100 degrees Fahrenheit
• Remain alert to dangers of trip hazards, sharp objects, moving/rotating equipment and powered industrial pallet truck traffic

A lot of opportunity for growth!

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime