CS Beef Packers will use a $1.1 million state grant announced Friday to hire and train 701 new workers for full-time positions at the company’s new beef plant in Kuna, Idaho. CS Beef Packers, a joint venture between Texas-based Caviness Beef Packers and Idaho-based agribusiness J.R. Simplot Co., began operations at the 400,000-square-foot facility on May 30.Trevor Caviness, president of Caviness Beef and an owner of CS Beef Packers, told Meatingplace the plant currently employs 600 people, and 701 will represent full staffing. The plant is processing 1,200 head of cattle per day.Idaho’s Workforce Development Training Fund grant, for which CS Beef Packers applied last year, will help the company hire and train production workers, drivers, safety technicians and supervisors. Training will focus on food processing safety, OSHA standards and meat master equipment training.
The company will pay an average wage of $17.28 per hour plus employer assisted medical benefits, according to the state’s news release.CS Beef Packers’ services include packing, rendering and tanning hides.
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