Seasonal Oyster Plant Worker

Classy Cajun Oyster Farm LLC seeks forty (40) temporary full-time Seasonal Oyster Plant Workers to work in the employer's oyster processing facility located at 6888 Grand Caillou Road, Dulac, Louisiana 70353, Terrebonne Parish. Employment is temporary and will begin on October 1, 2026, through June 1, 2027. Employees will work 40 hours per week, with no overtime anticipated, and will be paid weekly. Duties: Workers will unload oysters from delivery vessels or containers and place them onto processing tables, conveyor systems, or mechanical shaking tables for processing. Workers will wash oysters using clean water to remove sediment and debris, then inspect, sort, grade, and separate oysters by size and quality, either manually or with basic grading equipment. Depending upon production needs, workers will process whole oysters or manually shuck oysters using oyster shucking knives while wearing cut-resistant gloves or hand guards, carefully removing the oyster meat, ensuring all shell fragments are removed, and that the product meets required quality control and food safety standards. Processed oyster meat or whole oysters will be placed into clean food-grade containers for weighing, grading, labeling, icing, and packing according to customer specifications and applicable food safety requirements. Packed ice boxes will be prepared for storage or loading onto refrigerated trucks for delivery to restaurants, wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, and other commercial customers.