Poultry Processing Maintenance Mechanic

Overview

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

 

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, however, we operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups

 

Poultry Processing Maintenance Mechanic

Pay Range: $18.45/hr - $26.15/hr

(Additional $.20 per hour for hours worked between 7:00pm and 11:59pm. Additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked between 12:00am-4:59am)

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance support for the Belgravia facility by maintaining and repairing machinery in various areas including evisceration, packaging, and W&P.
• Indicate the major day to day problems you encounter and the solution to these problems
• What actions you take independently and what requires approval by higher authority
• Determine job requirement and provide for safety
• Help maintain quality and food safety to insure compliance with company quality standards and USDA requirements

 

Qualifications

• Must have five years experience in Poultry Processing Maintenance or related field
• Must be able to troubleshoot and make "on the spot" corrections to emergency situations
• Must be able to weld, arc, and heli-arc, and use cutting torch
• Must have good written and oral communication skills, in English.
• Must be self motivated and able to work with a minimum of supervision
• Must be able to lift 50LBS
• Must be able to work from ladder, safely
• A mechanical test will be administered and utilized to determine skill level
• Must be able to work rotating shifts and weekends as required
• Must be willing to cross train in Processing Maintenance area
• Must be able to stand for prolong periods of time (8-10HRS) on a concrete/metal grate floor
• Maintain management standards.

Additional Information

 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.

Employment Type: OTHER