Our Story - John Soules Foods
John Soules Foods makes it easy to enjoy delicious food. We provide great tasting beef and chicken through retail sales, food service distributors, restaurants, and school nutrition programs. Customers love us for our simple-to-make, mouth-watering fajita products. In fact, we're the#1 producer of beef and chicken fajitas in the U.S. But we're so much more. Restaurant chefs and home cooks enjoy the versatility of fully cooked choices such as rotisserie chicken breast strips, grilled chicken breast strips, pulled chicken, and Certified Angus Beef® brand products.
Benefits
We offer employee and dependent medical coverage, an on-site medical clinic with zero copays, dental, vision, and prescription generic medication coverage with no copay (if filled at a preferred provider). An employer matching 401k Plan is available to all employees after meeting eligibility requirements. We provide employees with annual free health evaluation and testing, 24/7 virtual medical access, and free flu vaccines.
We also offer short term disability, voluntary life insurance, relocation benefits for selected positions, vacation days, holidays, Sam's Club membership card, annual school visitation leave, and back to school supplies program for employees' children.
Compensation
Employees may expect annual employee tenure bonuses, annual service wage increases for hourly production employees, job postings for advancement opportunities, periodic performance incentives, and annual performance reviews.
Recognition
We appreciate employee effort with various service award recognition programs, employee birthday gifts, personalized baby blankets for employee newborns, employee luncheons throughout the year, and an annual company picnic.
Communication
Employees throughout John Soules Foods work very hard to help achieve our success. Due to their hard work, we continue to strive and meet our employees' needs. Ongoing feedback from our employees is critical in understanding those needs. We conduct engagement surveys, informal interviews, and the occasional employee roundtables to help us understand our employees' needs and strengthen our employee programs.
Training and Advancement
John Soules Foods promotes and encourages training for all employees. Currently, our training programs include new employee orientation, department on-boarding, cross-training, functional training for skilled positions, and leadership training for management and future leaders. There are a variety of opportunities for career advancement for all employees at John Soules Foods.
General Production Position Outline

• General production labor positions requiring working on a production line performing various kinds of meat processing and packaging tasks.
• We are a non-kill facility.
• These positions are Full Time with OT earning potential
• You will learn more about your specific schedule during interview and orientation.
• We offer 5 and sometimes 6-day work weeks.
• It requires standing in one place for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to work in an environment of 40+ degree temperatures
• Some positions are highly repetitive like labeling, packing boxes etc.
• Must have good hand and eye coordination.
• Must be positive and have a dedicated work ethic.

Pay Rate: $14/hr.
Shift: 1st Shift
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person
Work Scheule: 6:50am-4:00pm or 7:45am-4:30pm

• Monday to Friday (weekends as needed.)

Position Summary / Essential Functions:
The Poultry Processing Line position is responsible for several different tasks and duties in the processing line.
These duties include:

• Positioning product on belt to feed X-Ray, slitter and DSI machines for processing in the sizing department.
• Inspect product and to grade finished product, sort product on belt to separate primary and secondary products.
• Inspect product for bones and remove bones prior to processing and after processing.
• Putting product on the line, flip, arrange, straighten, or remove product off the line as needed in the different positions on the line.
• Achieve established product specifications.
• Inspecting the raw and marinated product as it goes on the conveyor belt before its cooked, as well as removing rejects.
• Inspect product on the line, and arrange product as needed to make sure the product is "laying down" on the belt and the pieces are not overlapping or touching.
• Typically, you will rotate on the line either before the fryer or oven.
• Observe and arrange products on conveyor belt of production line.
• Remove rejects from the production line as needed.
• Packing bags of product in boxes, sealing and labeling boxes, as well as, stacking boxes to prepare the items for shipping.
• Employees typically rotate between similar positions on the Poultry Processing line.

Position Requirements:

• Stand 100% of shift next to conveyor belt with constant arm and hand movement to perform any combination of the tasks mentioned above.
• Must be able to feed belt completely at the same speed as the belt is moving; approximately 15 filets per minutes.
• Ability to use both arms and hands to pull rejects from the production line.
• Inspect the product to ensure is being produced/processed according to standards & quality.
• Ability to follow product specifications associated paperwork.
• Ability to assemble boxes, packing bags of product in boxes, sealing and labeling boxes, as well as, stacking boxes to prepare the items for shipping.
• Inspect bags for quality, should be sealed and in good condition.
• Lift 5 lbs. bags of product from conveyor belt and place in box.
• Assure bag count per box is accurate.
• Achieve established output rates and product specifications.
• Must be able to keep up with the production line.
• Must be able stay focused on job and work effectively in a team environment.
• Must be able to work 5 to 7 days a week and work overtime without notice as needed.
• Must have excellent attendance and punctuality.
• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned by the supervisor.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to stand 100% of the shift.
• Must be able to work in cold environment, (40 degrees).
• Must be able to work at fast speed with constant arm and hand movement.
• Must be able use both arms and hands while working on the production line.
• Climb stairs as needed.
• Moderate physical effort required.
• Safety Glasses & Ear plugs must be always worn.
• Work performed in a production floor environment.