Job Description
Job Title: Sticker-Halal Blesser
Location: Green Bay, WI
Reporting to: Harvest Production Supervisor
Essential Job Functions:
- Verify that all animals are properly stunned and insensible prior to sticking, in accordance with company animal welfare and food safety policies.
- Perform the Bismillah prayer audibly on each carcass at the time of sticking, ensuring compliance with halal certification standards.
- Execute proper stick procedure by entering the knife wound with an up and back motion to cut pulmonary artery.
- Maintain humane handling and religious compliance throughout the slaughter process.
- Ensure that all equipment is cleaned, sanitized and maintained as needed.
- Wash hands and follow all sanitation requirements between operations.
- Communicate effectively with supervisors and quality assurance to ensure adherence to regulatory and religious requirements.
- Perform all duties in accordance with JBS Food and Safety Policy, USDA regulations, and third-party halal certification standards.
Experience Required:
- Must complete third party Halal Blesser Certification Training and maintain active certification status.
- Basic understanding of humane slaughter processes preferred.
- Experience in a meat or food processing environment is beneficial but not required.
- Must be a believing (but not necessarily practicing) individual of the Muslim faith to meet certification requirements.
Skills/Abilities Required:
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to food safety and animal welfare
- Ability to follow strict procedures and documentation requirements
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Dependable and able to work in a fast paced environment
- Willingness to work weekends as required.
EOE, including disability/vets.
