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Job Details:

If you are looking to make an impact in a meaningful way, join us at Tyson Foods where we are raising the world’s expectations for how much good food can do!  We create quality products in a safe work environment. Waterloo KPR produces fully cooked, ready-to-eat products.   

Benefits Effective Day 1! 

This job posting is for 2nd shift, initially working a schedule of Monday through Friday and some Saturdays, and then a rotational schedule of 4 days on, 3 days off one week, and 3 days on, 4 days off the following week when the plant moves to a 7-day operation.  Work hours are generally 2:30 p.m. to approximately 11:00 p.m (or when done for the night).  The base rate of pay is $21.30/hour, plus a shift premium of $1.00/hour. Team members must be willing to work overtime and weekends, as needed.  This position is eligible for overtime pay.   

Job Responsibilities: 

• Loads and ships goods, receives and unloads goods 

• Maintains packaging materials on storage trailers 

• Operates electric or hand jacks, and drives both sit-down and stand-up styles of forklifts 

• Manually changes forklift batteries 

• Performs daily safety inspection of the forklift and reports any problems to the supervisor 

• Keeps area and floor clean, including the cooler and shipping docks 

• Performs other jobs within the department and provides back-up/breaks to line puller when necessary

• Rotates to other jobs in other departments, if needed 

• Accurately completes paperwork and Safety Chain entries

• Uses EIM handheld and software to ship and receive goods 

• All team members are responsible for safety, including but not limited to, personal safety and food safety

• Complies with all company and USDA policies/guidelines and reports known or suspected violations 

• Attends monthly and annual required training (e.g., Safety, HACCP, HR topics, LOTO, PIT) 

• Forklift/Mule/PIT experience preferred, but not required, as training and certification is provided - required to become forklift certified within 30 days of starting position 

• Basic computer skills to navigate systems and perform data entry  

• Experience with inventory control methods preferred 

• Ability to record information using company-provided forms and procedures 

• Ability to accurately perform math functions: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division 

• Ability to report to work as scheduled and work scheduled hours to meet job expectations, have flexibility to work other jobs, as needed, and work weekends and overtime, as needed 

• Ability to work professionally and respectfully with others while demonstrating positive interpersonal skills, and communicates effectively with all team members and management 

• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness 

• Ability to identify, act with a sense of urgency, and resolve problems/inconsistencies, getting help from management or others, as needed 

• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), including hard hat, safety glasses, ear protection (plugs or muffs), hair net / beard guard, steel-toed boots, and gloves 

• Performs other duties, as assigned 

Physical Requirements: The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation  

• Must be willing and able lift, carry, push, and pull up to 60 lbs. below waist, at waist level, and above shoulder level 

• The Team Member will stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist, stretch, climb, push, pull, and reach above, below, and at shoulder level 

• The Team Member will use both arms/hands and legs/feet to operate forklifts or electric pallet and hand jacks 

• The Team Member will work while standing or walking on hard floors for a period of up to 8-10 hours/day 

• The Team Member will climb up and down stairs/ladders to get to/from work areas and to work at elevated levels and various heights and in confined spaces, as needed 

• The Team Member will work in an environment where extreme temperatures range seasonally from hot/warm to cold/freezing, where conditions may be damp and/or wet, and concrete floors may be slippery in some areas 

• The Team Member will perform repetitive motions, fl