Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

At  Link Snacks , we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s® ,  Lorissa’s Kitchen® ,  Golden Island® ,  BiFi® , and  Peperami®and  KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Job Description

The role of the Unloader is to perform necessary functions in order to efficiently, safely, and correctly Unload the product from the Smokehouse. 

2nd Shift Hours: Monday - Friday 2pm-10:30pm

Wages : $20.50 per hour ($17.50 PLUS $3.00 Shift Differential)

 

Overnight Shift Hours: Monday - Friday 11pm-7am

Wages : $20.50 per hour ($17.50 PLUS $3.50 Shift Differential)

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow daily production schedule and achieve specified goals. 

• Unload product from smokehouse ovens.

• Ensure product conforms to specifications. 

• Prevent and minimize rework and/or inedible. 

• May require working on taping machines, shrink wrap machines, pallet jacks, trash and recycling compactors. 

• Perform standard operating procedures of production and inspection functions as directed. 

• Successfully complete all necessary technical training and skills verification as directed.  

• Successfully complete all necessary soft skills training as directed. 

• Return from breaks in a timely manner; notify lead/foreman/supervisor before leaving the department. 

• Accurately complete all necessary paperwork as directed. 

• Attend all department and company scheduled meetings. 

• Works scheduled shift as assigned.  

• Maintain a safe, clean and organized work area. 

• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to the lead/foreman/supervisor.  

• Ensure safety devices are installed and working properly. 

• Suggest improvements; continuously improve the quality of all support activities. 

• Perform all required duties within OSHA and company safety standards.  

• Follows set company and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines at all times. 

• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) training, along with company pre-requisite programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP’s). 

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary. 

• Ensure products are correctly labeled and identified for proper disposition. 

• Keep record of products used to follow FIFO (first in – first out) 

Safety:

• Perform all duties within OSHA and company safety standards; LOTO, wear PPE and maintain safety equipment.
• Maintain a safe, clean and organized work area.
• Immediately report all accidents and deficiencies to the lead/foreman/supervisor.
• Ensure safety devices are installed and working properly.
• Monitor work environment for general food safety hazards such as condensation monitoring, etc.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Required Education: High School Diploma or GED preferred. 

• Able to organize and prioritize in a multi-tasking environment. 

• Able to understand and follow Chemical & Lock-Out Tag-Out procedures and policies, once trained. 

• Build and support a culture of openness and accountability within (and out-side) the assigned department. 

• Demonstrate professionalism; encourage and insist on positive attitudes and behaviors from team members. 

• Encourage team member initiative and innovation, and show recognition for effort and achievement. 

• Communicate with peers, subordinates, and leaders in an effective, timely manner. 

• Suggest improvements; continuously improve the quality of all support activities. 

• Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related-problems. 

• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. 

• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers. 

Additional Information

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors. Travel may be required.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
Link Snacks provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

E-VERIFY:
Link Snacks is participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.  For information about the E-Verify program, please visit:  -verify/employees

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Work at office, Local area, Immediate start, Monday to Friday, Shift work, Afternoon shift

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