Harvester / Mushroom Picker

**Highline Vision and Values**:
Passionately nourish people, community and environment, through embracing our core values, which include:

- We do the right thing, always. We lead the way. We are fanatical about quality. We are transparent in our relationships. We always consider the human element. We embrace diversity and inclusion._

**Position Summary**:
Harvester is responsible for picking mushrooms, properly maintaining mushroom quality and assisting disease control associates.

**1. General Duties**:

- Pick mushrooms and place into trays or boxes
- Meet requirements for size, weight, cleanliness, stem length and overall condition. The goal is to maximize quality and production and minimize bed damage.
- Working at heights on a trolley, or bending to floor level to pick mushrooms
- Use of clean, sharp harvesting or paring knife to cut mushrooms
- Analyse the quality of the mushrooms to ensure meeting size expectations
- May carry and stack product as required
- General hygiene practices: cleaning aisles, cleaning tools and equipment, squeegee, etc.

**2. Leadership & Code of Conduct**
- Embrace and support the Highline culture and values, acting as a brand ambassador at all times
- Interact with others in a manner that promotes respect, confidentiality and dignity
- Develop and actively foster an engaged work force, displaying professionalism at all times

**3. Safety**:

- Adheres to the Safety Policies, including use of proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other safety equipment
- Reports unsafe conditions immediately to the supervisor
- Reports all incidents, injuries and near misses to the supervisor immediately
- Cooperates in the Early and Safe Return to Work Program if an injury or medical illness requires accommodation.

**4. Food Safety**:

- Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) as trained

**5. Quality**:

- Adheres to all quality standards per customer specifications.
- Ensures mushrooms are harvested within customer specifications and in a manner that reduces or eliminates knock-overs, ensures clean edges and product quality as instructed by the supervisor, coordinator or Quality Department

**Qualifications**:

- Eligible to work in Canada.
- Must be at least 16 years of age.
- Previous harvesting experience an asset.
- *NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS*

**Hours of Work**:

- 5 to 6 days / week
- Approximately 30 to 60 hours per week / 8 to 14 hours per day
- Public holidays / weekends as scheduled
- Daily shift end time vary based on production needs

**Earnings & Benefits**:

- **$17.60 per hour or piece work, whichever is greater**:

- Overtime if eligible
- Extended Health & Dental for Associates and their eligible family members
- Life Insurance and Dependent Life Insurance
- Paid Vacation Time
- Safety Shoe Reimbursement
- Discretionary bonus: years of service wage increase, and annual wage grid review
- Discounts on Gym Membership, Cell Phone, Insurance and of mushrooms

**Location of work**:

- 506 Mersea Road 5, Leamington, ON N8H 3V5
- 2646 Division Road N, Kingsville, ON N9Y 2E5

**How to Apply**:
**Through Indeed.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $17.60 per hour

Application question(s):

- Have you been convicted of a criminal offence for which a pardon has not been granted?

Work Location: In person