Production Associate

Butterball, LLC, one of America's most iconic brands, helps consumers celebrate Thanksgiving and every day in between. Located in the thriving Raleigh‑Durham, North Carolina area, our goal is to provide a diverse array of career opportunities and paths which include our farms, processing facilities and support offices. We are the largest producer of turkey products in the U.S., and we make a lot more than Thanksgiving turkeys.

Our company's measurable growth is in no small part due to our team members in North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri, who each have a seat at the table to contribute to our success.

• $2,000 Welcome Bonus
• $2,000 Referral Bonus
• Opportunity for OT at 1.5X your base rate – overtime kicks in each week after working 40 hours.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and other benefits available after your start‑up period.
• Company paid vacation and holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Career development and growth opportunities at an expanding facility.
• Thanksgiving turkey!

The Production Associate performs a variety of manual or machine‑assisted, repetitive tasks to produce whole turkey products, turkey parts, ready‑to‑cook turkey products, and ready‑to‑eat turkey products.

• Evisceration – Starting Pay Rate $18.00/hr with increase to $19.75/hr in 90 days. Shift Start Time 5:43 AM.

  Evisceration Production Associates perform tasks to clean and eviscerate (remove the organs of) recently slaughtered turkeys to prepare for secondary and further processing. Essential duties include performing varying manual, repetitive tasks to remove organs and parts from slaughtered turkeys; performing repetitive tasks with assistance of tools, such as knives and scissors, to remove organs and parts from slaughtered turkeys; training to proficiency to rotate through jobs and perform multiple tasks within the department;
  
  and performing any job in the department at the supervisor's discretion. Assigned job duties may change and vary day‑to‑day depending upon production needs.

• Debone – Starting Pay Rate $18.00/hr with increase to $19.75/hr in 90 days. Shift Start Time 7:00 AM.

  Debone Production Associates use knives and other tools to cut turkey parts from whole turkeys and to trim turkey parts. Essential duties include performing repetitive tasks with assistance of tools, such as knives and scissors, to cut turkey parts from whole turkeys or to trim turkey parts; performing other various manual, repetitive tasks associated with processing and packaging deboned turkey parts;
  
  keeping knives and other tools sharpened and in good working condition throughout the day; and training to proficiency to rotate through jobs and perform multiple tasks within the department.

• Packaging – Starting Pay Rate $17.50/hr with increase to $19.25/hr in 90 days. Shift Start Time 9:00 AM.

  Packaging Production Associates perform repetitive tasks to prepare whole turkeys for packaging. Essential duties include hanging chilled turkeys on moving shackles; shaping whole turkeys to product specifications; injecting basting solution into turkey breasts; sealing turkeys into bags on rotomatic machine; weighing, tagging, and netting packaged turkeys; training to proficiency to rotate through jobs and perform multiple tasks within the department; and performing any job in the department at the supervisor's discretion.
  
  Assigned job duties may change and vary day‑to‑day depending upon production needs.

• Boxing – Starting Pay Rate $17.50/hr with an increase to $19.25/hr in 90 days. Shift Start Time 9:00 AM.

  The Production Associate in Boxing performs a variety of manual or machine‑assisted, repetitive tasks to produce whole turkey products, turkey parts, ready‑to‑cook turkey products, and ready‑to‑eat turkey products. Boxing Production Associates perform repetitive tasks to box packaged turkeys for shipments to warehouse and customers. Read tags on packaged turkeys and placing them into correct boxes; stack complete boxes of turkeys; training to proficiency to rotate through jobs and perform multiple tasks within the department;
  
  and performing any job in the department at the supervisor's discretion.…