MEAT & POULTRY INSPECTOR - CIRCUIT 3-3 (LIVINGSTON CO.) Target title for 59618

Essential Functions

• Under general supervision, performs processing inspections in state and/or federal plants on a variety of fresh, smoked, cured or cooked meat and poultry products.
• Conducts antemortem and postmortem inspections in state and/or federal plants of animals and/or poultry.
• Inspects processing procedures in plants daily, for proper product formulations and labeling on product.
• Submits product samples for laboratory analysis to determine compliance with laws and regulations.
• Performs other duties as require or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to high school, preferably with courses in algebra, biology or chemistry.
• Requires the successful completion of an agency approved meat and poultry inspection training program.

Preferred Qualifications

•  Prefers working knowledge of the methods and techniques of antemortem and postmortem inspections involving meat producing animals and poultry. 
• Prefers working knowledge of applicable laws, rules and regulations governing the inspection and processing of meat and poultry products.
• Prefers working knowledge of the use of additives and preservatives used in processing meat and poultry products.
• Prefers experience conducting antemortem and postmortem inspections of animals, poultry, carcasses and parts to determine the presence or absence of disease or abnormal conditions.
• Prefers experience removing, dissecting and analyzing glands, organs and parts of animals for signs of obvious disease.
• Prefers elementary knowledge of computer hardware and software.
• Prefers experience operating a computer and the software and database applications utilized by the agency.
• Prefers experience analyzing and determining the compliance of processing procedures and formulations to law and regulations.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires completion of a name-based background screening and self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires the ability to successfully pass a preemployment physical.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work evenings and weekends.
• This position is considered medium work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(c)). Medium work involves lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
• This position requires residency in one of the following counties: Livingston, Ford, or McLean County east of Interstates 39 and 74 
• Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine.
• Requires ability to tolerate exposure to unpleasant odors in slaughterhouses and in meat preparation areas, to tolerate extreme cold in meat lockers and heat in processing areas, and to use safety practices around dangerous meat cutting and processing machinery.
• Requires ability to express ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing in order to explain regulations and inspection results and to prepare inspection reports and records.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.