What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Labor Seasonal position at The Pictsweet Company?
Overview:
The Pictsweet Company in Monte Alto, Texas is looking for general labors to join our team. New team members will works as a crew member preparing raw vegetables for processing.
Responsibilities:
- Inspects, grades and sorts raw vegetables for preparing, processing, and freezing.
- Examines, classifies and separates produce on conveyor belt according to grade, color, and size of product.
- Discards cull (inferior or defective) items and foreign material such as metal, glass, wood, plastic,
- stems, leaves, insects, etc.
- Must notify superintendent, supervisor or QC Inspector immediately upon finding glass, rocks or animals (i.e. bird, rodent, amphibian, etc.)
- May trim product with a knife or paring tool.
- Maintains work area clean.
- Will don personal protective equipment (PPE) before commencing work.
- Follows all safety guidelines set forth by the Company.
- May form or erect cases.
- Manually closes case (folds flaps).
- Seals case by running case thru tape machine.
- Stamps date code on packed cases.
- Manually stacks twelve (12) three-pound, twenty (20) and thirty (30) pound cases of product onto pallets in the tie and height pattern assigned that item.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read or interpret documents such as safety rules/signs, operating and maintenance instructions and procedures preferred, but not required.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions.
OTHER:
- Ability to work a 12-hour shift.
- Ability to work a 7-day week; including holidays.
- Ability to work a rotating shift if necessary.
- Must have reliable transportation.
Salary : $30,000 - $60,000