Processing 1st Shift (Holton, KS, US) - Full-time

August 27, 2025

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pfont color="#000000"font face="Calibri"At Johnsonville, we use our business to build our people. If you're passionate about making a difference, we want you to help make our products, our processes, our communities and each other better. Wisconsin-based Johnsonville is the No. 1 national sausage brand enjoyed in 45 countries. Founded in 1945 by the late Ralph F. and Alice Stayer, our company is 2,000 members strong and remains privately owned today. Come join our family-owned company!/font/font/p p /p p align="center" style="text-align:center"span style="font-size:14.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:black"Johnsonville LLC /span/b/span/span/p p align="center" style="text-align:center"span style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bProcessing /b/span/span/span/p p align="center" style="text-align:center"span style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"b1st Shift /b/span/span/span/p p align="center" style="text-align:center" /p pspan style="color:#000000"span style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bHours:/b 6:00am to 4:00pm (Overtime as production demands)/span/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bWhy This Is A Great Job For A Person Who Accepts Nothing Less Than Personal Greatness:/b Your contribution will ensure that Johnsonville products are of the highest quality and meet our defined standards of safety. You’ll learn about a variety of Finished Good processes, expanding your existing knowledge for application into the business of making sausage. There is unlimited opportunity for growth as you become an active contributor to the Finished Goods departments and assist your team in the quest for continual improvement./span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:black"Position Overview:/span/b/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"The successful candidate will ensure compliance with safety, quality, and sanitation requirements while operating sausage making equipment. In addition, this candidate will establish and sustain effective relationships with all Members so that they may work together to promote innovation and cooperation in order to solve problems./span/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:black"Responsibilities:/span/b/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Know and follow all safety policies involved in the position including lockout/tag-out procedures, PPE, safe lifting techniques etc.). /span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Learn to operate the recipe office effectively and efficiently./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Maintain production at line speed./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Operate a forklift to load spice onto a blender stand./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Follow daily production schedules for products that need to be blended./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Follow correct formulation of meat, seasoning and water that’s required for each blend./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"All other duties as assigned/span/span/span/li /ul p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:black"Skills and Competencies/span/b:/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Ability to perform responsibilities in a safe and efficient manner./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Ability to read, speak, and write English./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Ability to identify and fix problems with minimal guidance./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Ability to operate touch screen electronic devices such as an iPad/span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Multitasking required./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Communication / organization, including legible handwriting./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Evaluation / decision making / prioritizing./span/span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Requires full range of body motion: standing, squatting, kneeling, upper body twisting: occasional lifting up to 50 pounds, hand and wrist mobility../span/span/span/li /ul p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:black" Other Requirements:/span/b/span/span/p ul lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:black"TEMPERATURE/span/bspan style="color:black" - Will be exposed to wide variations in temperature, operating temperature of the department is approximately 43 degrees F./span/span/span/li /ul ul lispan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"The ability to work with inside conditions that include exposure to moderate noise levels. Inside conditions include exposure to moderate noise levels, moderate odor and presence of animal blood./span/span/span/li /ul p /p table cellspacing="0" class="Table" style="border:none;width:667.0px" tbody tr td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:1.0px solid black;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:1.0px solid black;height:18.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:104.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Location:/span/span/span/p /td td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:none;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:1.0px solid black;height:18.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:563.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Holton, Kansas /span/span/span/p /td /tr tr td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:1.0px solid black;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:29.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:104.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Positions Available:/span/span/span/p /td td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:none;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:29.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:563.0px" valign="top" pspan style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="font-size:12.0px"1/span/span/p /td /tr tr td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:1.0px solid black;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:18.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:104.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Member Status:/span/span/span/p /td td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:none;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:18.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:563.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Full Time, Hourly /span/span/span/p /td /tr tr td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:1.0px solid black;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:17.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:104.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Hiring Coach:/span/span/span/p /td td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:none;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:17.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:563.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Doug Lankford, Processing Team Lead/span/span/span/p /td /tr tr td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:1.0px solid black;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:0.35in;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:104.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Referral Bonus:/span/span/span/p /td td style="border-bottom:1.0px solid black;border-left:none;border-right:1.0px solid black;border-top:none;height:0.35in;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:563.0px" valign="top" table class="Table" style="width:386.0px" tbody tr td style="height:5.0px;padding:0.0in 7.0px 0.0in 7.0px;width:386.0px" valign="top" pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"span style="color:black"Refer a new member and you are eligible for a $1,000 referral reward (paid out after the new hire’s first 6 months of service)!/span/span/span/p /td /tr /tbody /table /td /tr /tbody /table pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:blue"How to Apply: /span/b/span/span/p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:blue"Log into uHome Page - The Grill (johnsonville.com/u). Click on the MemberCentral app (left maroon sidebar) then click on the “Home” drop down and click “Careers” to apply for the position titled “Processing 11st Shift”. /span/b/span/span/p p /p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"bspan style="color:#0f243e"For externals: Please go to careers.johnsonville.com/span/b/span/span/p p /p pJohnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability./p pWe embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status./p pspan style="font-size:12.0px"span style="color:#2f2f2f;font-family:Arial"span style="color:#2f2f2f;font-family:Arial"span style="color:#2f2f2f;font-family:Arial"./span/span/span/span/p

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