Rendering
Indiana Packers Corporation, Delphi Indiana
A Rendering team member is responsible for tending equipment used to render and process animal source material including animal fat, bones, meat scrapes and rendering tallow from fat. This factory position is needed for 8 - 10 hours a day, including Saturdays as needed. First shift hours are from 6:00am - 2:30pm, second shift from 2:00pm - 10:30pm and third from 10:00pm-6:30am.
Benefits and Pay
We reward our team members with compensation and benefits above the competition, including three health care options (including an HSA), two dental options, two vision options, a very competitive 401(k) plan (with company match), and several other supplemental benefits (including a generous tuition reimbursement program).
This manufacturing position earns a competitive wage of $20.92 per hour for the first shift and $21.92 per hour for the second shift. Third shift positions start at $21.42 per hour.
Responsibilities
- Completes inspection of equipment to determine if sanitation is adequate to begin rendering process.
- Assembles rendering equipment including expellers, grinders, pumps, pipes, blades, cooking tanks.
- Tests equipment to determine proper functioning.
- Opens valves and starts pumps and conveyors to move materials through rendering process.
- Monitors temperature gauges and rate of flow and condition of materials passing through cookers, expellers, and grinders; adjust valves and rate of flow.
- Dumps guts, bones, tissue, and other inedible parts into a chute leading to storage containers for cooking tanks for inedible processing.
- Labels storage containers as "Not for Consumption".
- Contacts maintenance mechanics for troubleshooting equipment malfunction
To be successful in this job, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. The requirements listed are representative of the ability, skill and /or knowledge required and is not an exhaustive list.
Qualifications
- At least 18 years of age
- Must be able to work from August 2025-February 2026
- Comfortable working with raw meat/or carcass parts
- Able to operate or work near mechanical production equipment and/or cutting tools
- Capable of performing the physical requirements of the position, including repetitive movement of grasping and pinching hands, flexing, and extending arms, bending, twisting, and lifting or exerting a force of at least 35 lbs. while standing on concrete floors and/or platforms for extended periods of time
- Willing to work in hot environments (100+ degrees)
- Must be able to work in wet, humid, and odorous environments
- Must be able to read, write and understand instructions in English effectively
- Work while wearing all necessary Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
OUR COMPANY: INDIANA PACKERS CORPORATION
Indiana Packers Corporation (IPC) is a fully integrated retail, food service and private label producer of fresh and processed meats company. IPC is majority owned, by Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan's largest trading company with more than 60,000 team members. As a company, we are growing; in the past five years, we've grown by more than 50% to almost 3,000 team members with 4 primary processing facilities. We value diversity, innovation, collaboration and those passionate about their jobs. Are you ready to step up to the challenge of launching your career with Indiana Packers?
Location
This factory position is in Delphi Indiana (6755 W 100 N Delphi, IN 46923), a short drive from Lafayette Indiana & Purdue University.
EOE, including Disability/Veteran
Hiring Immediately
