No prior experience required for this role with a booming industry leader! Earn more while getting paid to learn new skills with an established, stable manufacturer. Plus, enjoy weekly paychecks and a great benefits package! Join an organization that can offer you competitive compensation, career advancement opportunities, and a supportive team environment!
Darling Ingredients is seeking an Entry Level Utility Yard Worker to join their team in the Knoxville, TN area.
Why you should join the Darling team:
- Competitive pay – Starting at $18/hr + overtime opportunities so you can earn even more!
- Excellent Benefits – 3 plans to choose from. Includes medical, dental & vision + 401k with match, paid holidays, vacation and sick time.
- Guaranteed contribution to your 401(k) account
- Variety – You won’t be stuck at one post for your entire shift. You will be cross trained throughout the facility and will experience a great variety in your day, so you’ll never get bored. You will be constantly growing your in-demand skillset and learning new things!
- Safety is #1: Darling Ingredients takes pride in ensuring top safety practices are followed throughout the facility.
- Advancement opportunities – We are always looking for key players motivated to move up into higher level roles. Whether in the Fayetteville facility, or worldwide at one of Darling Ingredients’ 200+ facilities, the sky is the limit with your career at Darling.
Qualifications:
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Manufacturing, industrial, or agricultural experience preferred.
- Prior maintenance/janitorial experience preferred.
- Driver’s license
Essential duties/responsibilities:
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
- Paints equipment and buildings for preventive maintenance.
- Maintains clean area around dumpsters; picks up trash; dumps and cleans trash barrels.
- Cleans interior of the plant (floors, restroom, etc)
- Responsible for company safety rules and regulations
- Safely operate equipment and maintain good housekeeping (general and equipment) of assigned areas.
- General manual labor and housekeeping of the production area.
- Works co-operatively with other employees on projects.
- Report production/electrical/mechanical issues to Supervision immediately
- Unload the contents of the Truck (heavy barrels)
- Perform safety cleaning for trailers.
- All other duties as assigned.
About the Company: We began as a family business in 1882 and have continued to grow into the world’s leading innovative developer and producer of sustainable organic ingredients for a growing population. Headquartered in Irving, TX with regional offices in Cold Spring, KY and Des Moines, IA as well as production facilities across the U.S., we have over 15,000 employees across the globe. We repurpose and reuse rather than discarding what others might consider waste. We capture valuable ingredients and nutrients to help maximize what nature has to offer, providing components for a wide range of products that include pet food, fertilizer, and biofuel. Giving nature a second life is our second nature.
Our greatest assets are our employees. Our inclusive global workforce and their wide variety of skills, abilities, experiences, and perspectives have been critical in helping us consistently deliver best-in-class results around the world. In order to attract and retain employees who share our values of integrity, transparency, and entrepreneurship, we offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, stability, and opportunities for career growth.
Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster