MEAT & Poultry Inspector - Circuit ; Whiteside CO Target title

MEAT & POULTRY INSPECTOR - CIRCUIT 2-1 (WHITESIDE CO) Target title for posting 53730

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Job Requisition : 53729
Opening Date: 06/09/2026
Closing Date: 06/23/2026
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Class

Title:

MEAT & POULTRY INSPECTOR - 26070
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/26) $5557 a month;
Full Range $5557 - $7626 a month
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Whiteside;
Bureau;
Carroll;
Henry;
Lee;
Ogle;
Rock Island
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC029 Paraprofessional Investigatory & Law Enforcement Employees, Meat and Poultry Inspectors, and Meat and Poultry Inspector Trainees, IFPE. The RC-033 bargaining unit merged into RC-029 bargaining unit effective May 15, 2014.
Merit Comp Code:

This position serves in a regional capacity. Persons serving in this role are required to assume residency in one of the Counties identified under the Conditions of Employment section which includes Whiteside, Carroll, Ogle, Lee, Henry, Bureau or Rock Island County and will be required to work from their home location as a base of daily operational headquarters to service their designated worksites.

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

The Department of Agriculture is seeking to hire a Meat and Poultry Inspector in Whiteside County. Meat and Poultry Inspectors are essential employees on the front lines of protecting our food production system. We invite qualified applicants to apply for this position to help the Department of Agriculture ensure the production of safe and wholesome meat and poultry products.

• Performs processing inspections in state and/or federal plants on a variety of fresh, smoked, cured or cooked meat and poultry products.
• Conducts antemortem and postmortem inspections in state and/or…