Rendering

Rendering

Job Summary :

Indiana Packers is seeking dedicated and hardworking individuals to join our team to fulfill our Rendering position. A member in the Rendering team is responsible for tending equipment used to render and process animal source material including animal fat, bones, meat scrapes and rendering tallow from fat.

Responsibilities :

• Completes inspection of equipment to determine if sanitation is adequate to begin rendering process.
• Assembles rendering equipment including expellers, grinders, pumps, pipes, blades, cooking tanks.
• Tests equipment to determine proper functioning.
• Opens valves and start pumps and conveyors to move materials through rendering process.
• Monitors temperature gauges and rate of flow and condition of materials passing through cookers, expellers, and grinders; adjust valves and rate of flow.
• Dumps guts, bones, tissue, and other inedible parts into a chute leading to storage containers for cooking tanks for inedible processing.
• Labels storage containers as "Not for Consumption".
• Contacts maintenance mechanics for troubleshooting equipment malfunction

Qualifications

Work Environment :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions on the site including exposure to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud and hearing protection is required. The position regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in cold, hot, and outdoor conditions that include inclement weather, heat and humidity, and exposure to dust.

Physical Demand :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The position lifts heavy objects up to 50 lbs., walks and stands for long periods of time and performs strenuous physical labor under adverse field conditions. The employee lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries objects; uses abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support without fatigue. The position requires good manual dexterity (hand, hand with arms and fingers, two hands) and multi-limb coordination. The position requires the ability to quickly move arms and legs. The employee must have excellent stamina and vision.

Other Duties :

This job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits and Pay :

This manufacturing position earns a competitive wage of $21.46 per hour for the first shift and $22.46 per hour for the second shift. Third shift positions start at $21.96 per hour.

This factory position is needed for 8 - 10 hours a day, including Saturdays as needed. First shift hours are from 6 : 00am - 2 : 30pm, second shift from 2 : 00pm - 10 : 30pm and third from 10 : 00pm-6 : 30am.

OUR COMPANY : INDIANA PACKERS CORPORATION

Indiana Packers Corporation (IPC) is a fully integrated retail, food service and private label producer of fresh and processed meats company. IPC is majority owned, by Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan's largest trading company with more than 60,000 team members. As a company, we are growing; in the past five years, we've grown by more than 50% to almost 3,000 team members with 4 primary processing facilities. We value diversity, innovation, collaboration and those passionate about their jobs. Are you ready to step up to the challenge of launching your career with Indiana Packers?

Location

This factory position is in Delphi Indiana (6755 W 100 N Delphi, IN 46923), a short drive from Lafayette Indiana & Purdue University.

EOE, including Disability / Veteran

Hiring Immediately