Meat Packaging Associate

This position handles the final steps in our meat production process: packaging products, assembling orders, and carrying out orders for customers. In this position, you will primarily work in our packaging room, and aalso assist on our production floor as necessary. 

This position is a good fit for anyone who enjoys keeping busy, working on their feet, and completing a variety of tasks each day. We are looking for team-oriented people who bring a positive attitude to work and want to help make our customers happy by sending them home with quality products.

About Lake Geneva Country Meats

Lake Geneva Country Meats is a family-owned and operated company that has been in business since 1965. We combine a USDA-inspected sausage kitchen and custom processing facility with a gourmet retail store. We strive to provide a workplace that treats our team members as human beings first by allowing for flexibility and understanding that life happens. We value people who are passionate about food, want to provide exceptional experiences for our customers, and are committed to working towards always improving.

Essential functions

• Package ready-to-eat meat products by running a thermoform fill-seal package, operating a vacuum sealer, and using other packaging methods. 


• Label products properly using a deli scale and a computer-controlled industrial label printer.


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  Assist in receiving and stocking supplies.


• Carry out completed customer orders to their cars.
  


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  Follow USDA food safety guidelines.


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  Complete end-of-day sanitation tasks, including sanitizing the packaging room and hosing down the production floor.

Work environment

This position works in a variety of environments, including our cooked product packaging room and processing production floor. These rooms are kept at cool temperatures. Trips in and out of freezers and coolers are necessary as well.

Physical requirements

This position must be able to:

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  Fluently communicate verbally and in writing in the English language.


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  Safely work with sharp objects such as knives and scissors.


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  Lift up to 50 pounds.


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  Stand for an 8 hour shift: 2 - fifteen minute rest breaks and 1 - thirty minute meal break are provided during a shift.


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  Operate in a cool packaging environment, as well as operate in coolers kept in the 40º range, to freezers that are kept in the 0º range.

Education and experience

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  This is an entry-level position with no experience required.

Other duties

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