Deboning

Deboning

Location:

Holton, KS, US, 66436

Shift: First Shift

Employment Type:

Hourly Full-time Position Facility:
Holton

Our manufacturing members are the heart of our organization. Members of our manufacturing team, which includes machine operators, packaging, shipping and more, take pride in ensuring we produce only the highest-quality, most consistent products for our customers and consumers. If you're passionate about making a difference, we want you to help make our products, processes, communities and each other better.

Hours:

1st shift- 6:00am- 2:30pm (Overtime as production demands)

De-Boning is the department at Johnsonville where members remove the meat from the sow's carcass. The goal of De-boning is to remove as much meat as possible, so that the meat can then be mixed with other ingredients to make it into brats, breakfast sausage and ground pork. There are a variety of different positions on the De-Boning Floor, but all of them require some form of handling the sow's body or body parts.

• Cutting and preparing meat for further processing
• Using a straight knife and motorized knife to remove meat
• Using a saw to cut ribs
• Cleaning, sharpening, and maintaining knives, tools and equipment
• Learn and perform several job functions in department at line speed
• Adhere to all GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and Safety policies
• Attend all plant meetings and complete monthly safety observations and trainings
• Complete all other duties as assigned

High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

Knife Skills highly preferred
- Must be able to hand grip/push/pull up to 50 lbs, carry 32 lbs, and lift 24 lbs
- Walking and/or Standing throughout the shift
- Bending and/or Reaching throughout the shift

Teamwork is a must
- The ability to coach your peers

This job requires hands-on interaction with a variety of different cuts of meat from the pig, along with the bones of the carcass itself as well as any blood that accompanies it. We want to ensure that candidates for this position have a high enough comfort level with the blood and bones of the sow.

- Will be exposed to wide variations in temperature, operating temperature of the Boning department is approximately 40 degrees

F.

- Ability to work with inside conditions that include exposure to moderate noise levels and moderate odor
- Must be at least 18 years old
- External Candidates Only:
Ability to pass a pre-employment, post offer drug screen, physical and background check

Applicants must be eligible to work in the country where this job is located, without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 4,000+ Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally.

We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself! Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability. We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.