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Perdue's Emerging Brands & Specialty Meats is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward-thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals. We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work-life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive. That's Perdue.\nSUMMARY:\nRendering Operator will be primarily responsible for the Production & Quality of Grease & Bone meal from Plant Rendering Operations, operator will work with Inedible product from the processing floor, inedible raw material that will be ground & cooked, operator will work with cooking machinery/grease pumps/valves/auger conveyors/product press/bins/hoppers/box combo dumper/forklifts/etc.\nSchedule: Monday through Friday, 1:00pm-10:30pm\nPrincipal Essential Duties & Responsibilities\nRefill buckets after you used them for next person (Expeller) Grease Centrifuge\nCombos in this order, bone, skin, and fat. If you have more skin or fat/ bones need to mix in with kill floor product in the Holding Bin.\nGrease expellers choke every 5 hours.\nCentrifuge needs to be cleaned once per day.\nDay Renderer: unload truck and Blend combo boxes in bin.\nNight Renderer: blend combo boxes in the Holding bin.\nAll shifts need to make sure all dead hogs are put in Scrap bin or cooker.\nNo more than 2 or 3 dead hogs may be put in a cooker at one time.\nIf we have excess of dead hogs, they need to be ground back into the Holding bin.\n Expeller cribs need to be cleaned out at the end of the shift.\n All grease pumps need to be blown out at least every hour, so they don’t get plugged with solids. Some pumps may need blown out sooner.\n (NWIP) Combos need to be spread out, it doesn’t slow cookers down.\n Pre-rendering and Rendering need to be cleaned at the end of each shift.\n Cookers need to be dumped at 257⁰.\n Check antifoam barrel if empty or not.\n Make sure all Pre-Rendering augers are full at all times.\n 12 minutes grind time to fill cookers.\n Write down start and stop times of cookers on time sheet.\n Check product coming out of expeller every now and then to check for dryness of product.\n Load meat and bone trailers when they come in.\n Check meat and bone tanks.\nPreferred Education and Experience\nHigh School or equivalent. 2 - 4 year of industrial maintenance experience Reading, writing and analytical skills are required. Must be able to use and operate hand tools and industrial shop equipment. Knowledge of math that relates to performing maintenance activities. Able to determine clearance of parts to ensure conformance to specification using precision measuring instruments.\nPhysical Requirements and Environmental Factors\nWhen in a plant environment: Exposure primarily consists of wet and moist floors which include metal and plastic grating surfaces. May be exposed to temperatures of 28 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with both ambient and 100% humidity. May handle product 25 degrees to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. May be exposed to noise ranges of 50 db to 110 db. May be exposed to all chemicals used in pork, food, processing facility. Must wear and use protective and safety equipment required for the job as directed by the Company.\nPerdue Farms Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. 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