Processing Associate, now hiring for Day Crew!
Vital Farms
Springfield, MO, USA
Posted on Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Processing Associate - Currently Hiring for Day and Night Shifts!
- 2-2-3 schedule: 2-week cycle
- Week 1: 2 days on / 2 days off / 3 days on
- Week 2: 2 days off / 2 days on / 3 days off
- Shifts: 12 hour shifts
- Day Crew- 6am to 6pm
- Night Crew – 6pm to 6am
What You’ll Do (Job Overview):
As a Processing Associate at Vital Farms, you will work within our state-of-the-art manufacturing and production facility to wash, sort, and pack our pasture-raised eggs from our family farms. This role at Egg Central Station (ECS) is critical in bridging the gap from local family farms to grocery stores for our consumers. You’ll be on your feet during each twelve-hour shift, moving, lifting, loading and working with air-conditioned and sunlight-filled warehouse.
What we bring to the table:
- Day Shift - $20.00 per hour + $3 per hour Night shift differential
- Holiday pay
- Healthcare offered/starting the first day of the month following your start! (medical, vision, dental and life)
- 401K with a 3% company contribution starting day one!
- Paid Time Off with your first paycheck!
- Free Eggs
- Fun team swag
- Biweekly Crew Lunches and crew snacks
A Day as a Processing Associate at Egg Central Station
- Operate machines and robots to load, sort, and pack our pasture-raised eggs.
- Keep sanitary conditions for optimal food production.
- Ensure our eggs meet the standards by carefully following our procedures and performing quality checks.
- Perform inspections on supplies and ready for use.
- Operate powered jacks to move supplies and product within the warehouse.
- Other duties as required. Things come up, but you’re flexible and you always find a way to make things work
What You Bring to the Table:
- Must be able to speak, read and write in English for safety and food quality reasons.
- 1 year of work experience in a production and or manufacturing environment.
- You’re able to frequently lift and/or move up to 60lbs.
- You’re committed to following all personal safety requirements rigorously.
- Be flexible and execute other duties and production tasks required.
- Basic math skills. Adding. Subtracting. Basic division.
Finding the right place to grow your career isn’t (over) easy, so we’re here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think you’ll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism, which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the “way things have always been done.” Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industry-leading brand. Whether you’re into our values, our brand, or our egg-cellent puns, we hope you’ll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time!
At Vital Farms, we are proud of our incredible stakeholders, and the diversity they represent from all areas and communities in which we operate and serve. We view this as a source of strength for us and your job is to help us make it even better.
Who We Are:
Vital Farms, a Certified B Corporation, offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide. Started on a single farm in Austin, Texas, in 2007, Vital Farms became a national consumer brand that works with over 300 family farms and is the leading U.S. brand of pasture-raised eggs by retail dollar sales. Vital Farms’ products, including shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, and liquid whole eggs, are sold in over 24,000 stores nationwide. Vital Farms’ ethics are exemplified by its focus on the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices. In addition, as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, Vital Farms prioritizes the long-term benefits of each of its stakeholders, including farmers and suppliers, customers and consumers, communities and the environment, crew members, and stockholders. In short, we exist to improve the lives of people, animals, and our planet through food.
Next Steps:
Shortly after you complete your application, you'll receive a follow-up email elaborating on any potential next steps in our process. If you don't immediately receive said follow-up email, we would highly encourage you to check your spam filter!
In order to fulfill Vital Farms mission to “bring ethically produced food to the table,” we seek to build teams that leverage diverse perspectives to create a welcoming and innovative environment that is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.
To that end, we make employment decisions based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Vital Farms does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender and gender identity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Notification to Agencies:
**Vital Farms is not accepting unsolicited third-party recruitment agencies in the hiring process for this role. If you are a potential candidate interested in a role with Vital Farms, please submit an application directly. If you have any questions about the application process or the role itself, please reach out to a member of our Talent Acquisition team at careers@vitalfarms.com .