Jack Operator Job Description
Job Title: Jack Operator
Additional Compensation: $1.50 /hr. Shift Differential
Department: Shipping
Reports To: Shipping Supervisor
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Acorn Facility
Work Arrangement: In Person
Shift / Schedule: 2nd Shift
Travel Requirements: None
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Overview / Purpose and Scope
The Jack Operator is responsible for safely and efficiently moving product in and out of coolers, freezers, shipping areas, and other areas of the plant using an electric or manual jack. This role supports production, warehouse, and shipping operations by picking customer orders, transporting product, assembling merchandise for shipment, and ensuring the correct products are moved to the correct locations.
The Jack Operator plays an important role in maintaining product flow, supporting shipment accuracy, protecting product quality, and helping ensure a clean, safe, and organized work environment. This position requires attention to detail, safe equipment operation, communication with supervisors and team members, and the ability to work in a cold, damp, and fast-paced production environment.
Move product in and out of coolers, freezers, shipping areas, and other areas of the plant using an electric or manual jack.
Benefits
Farmer Focus offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support team members’ health, financial well-being, and professional growth. Available offerings may include weekly payroll, paid time off and sick leave, semi-subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, HSA and FSA, education reimbursement opportunities, employee assistance programs (EAP), and internal learning, development, and career growth programs.
All benefits, programs, and offerings are subject to eligibility requirements, plan terms, and company policies, and may be changed, amended, or discontinued by Farmer Focus at any time.
Prior experience operating an electric jack, manual jack, pallet jack, or similar material handling equipment.
Prior warehouse, shipping, receiving, production, food processing, poultry processing, or inventory experience.
New team members must be able to pass a drug and alcohol screening post-offer and prior to the start of their employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work.
Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel
Work is conducted primarily in a manufacturing, warehouse, shipping, cooler, freezer, and poultry production environment. This role requires access to the poultry production environment and may require working in damp, cold, wet, and chill conditions throughout the plant. The team member must be able to tolerate varying heat, wet, and chill conditions within the plant. Hearing and eye protective equipment are required in the production area. Hair and beard nets are required in the production area. Additional personal protective equipment may be required based on task, location, and safety requirements. This position requires constant walking throughout the plant while picking and delivering products. The role may also require standing, bending, lifting, carrying, operating material handling equipment, transporting product, working in coolers or freezers, and occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position does not have an application deadline. Farmer Focus will recruit until the role is filled.
Recruiter and Agency Disclaimer
Unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted by staffing agencies, recruiters, or search firms to any Farmer Focus employee without a current written agreement and an active, role-specific request from the Recruiting team will be considered the property of Farmer Focus. Farmer Focus will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume or candidate profile.
All external recruiters and agency partners supporting Farmer Focus searches must comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including compensation transparency requirements and restrictions on seeking salary history where applicable.
Farmer Focus exists to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is grounded in servant leadership and guided by our CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. Our top priorities are people, safety, and quality. At Farmer Focus, our vision is to disrupt the status quo by creating bold opportunities for people who demand more and deserve better.
EOE, including disability/vets
