How to hire an egg packer

How to hire an egg packer, step by step

Here's a step-by-step egg packer hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an egg packer job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new egg packer
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your egg packer job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an egg packer for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an egg packer to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an egg packer that fits the bill.

   Here's a comparison of egg packer salaries for various roles:

   Type of Egg Packer	Description	Hourly rate
   Egg Packer	Hand laborers and material movers manually move freight, stock, or other materials. Others feed or remove material to and from machines, clean vehicles, pick up unwanted household goods, and pack materials for moving.	$9-16
   Wrapper	A wrapper is defined as a program utilized in transmission control protocol to give a layer of security by stopping calls to computer services and identifying whether the service is permitted to execute. It provides the needed security against the hostname and host address imitation... Show more	$13-18
   Assembler/Packer	In the manufacturing industry, an assembler/packer is primarily responsible for assembling components and packing products according to guidelines and protocols. They are responsible for understanding assembly instructions and schematics, operating tools and equipment, and developing safe and efficient strategies to accomplish production goals according to schedules... Show more	$10-16

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Pallets
   • Clean Machines
   • RAN
   • Assembly Line

   Responsibilities:

   • Pack, freeze and ship fresh Alaskan catch fish.
   • Prepare pallets by following prescribe stacking arrangement and properly tagging pallets.
   • Send package boxes down the conveyor belt and load onto correct pallet.
   • Pack orders that comes from an RF scanner.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your egg packer job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. An egg packer can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, egg packers' average salary in mississippi is 44% less than in vermont.
   • Seniority. Entry-level egg packers 44% less than senior-level egg packers.
   • Certifications. An egg packer with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in an egg packer's salary.

   Average egg packer salary

   $12.67hourly

   $26,357 yearly

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   Entry-level egg packer salary

   $19,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 25, 2025

4. Writing an egg packer job description

   A job description for an egg packer role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's an egg packer job description:

   Egg packer job description example

   Egg Packer Starting pay $15+ DOE

   JOB SUMMARY :

   Inspects eggs to assure quality and fitness for consumption, as well as packages eggs in a variety of containers by performing the following duties.

   JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

   • Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
   • Maintains regular and consistent attendance in relation to production schedule and or time volunteered for.
   • Observes the eggs moving on conveyor, placing leaking eggs in buckets and or inedible barrels.
   • Packs salable eggs on racks, pallets or in boxes in relation to daily production demands.
   • Ensures proper cartons are used and closed correctly with proper printing on cartons.
   • Ensures code dates on cartons are legible, correct and facing in the right direction when packed on racks.
   • Pulls damaged eggs from cartons and or flats, and replacing them with clean, undamaged and proper sized eggs.
   • Pulls dirty eggs from cartons and or flats to be re-washed, replacing them with clean, undamaged and proper sized eggs.
   • Places finished product boxes on appropriate pallet as they come through the machine.
   • Must maintain a clean, sanitary, safe and productive work area. This involves the cleaning up of any egg spillage on the floor, or on the machines and properly disposing of any waste and or garbage as needed.
   • Communicates regularly with machine operators, co-workers, management and quality assurance personnel, as it relates to any deviations in egg quality, to insure standards are upheld and a quality product is manufactured.
   • Must be able to work in a team environment.
   • Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
   • Actively participate in and promote our safety culture by following safe work practices and adhering to all safety policies and procedures. Responsible for reporting all incidents, accidents and observations of unsafe acts or conditions.
   • Perform other duties as assigned.

   Egg Packer position is a rotating schedule: Four days on two days off.

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5. Post your job

   To find egg packers for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any egg packers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level egg packers with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your egg packer job on Zippia to find and recruit egg packer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit egg packers, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new egg packer

   Once you've decided on a perfect egg packer candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new egg packer. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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