Sanderson Farms LLC
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THE QUICK READ
Sanderson Farms operates a chicken processing plant in Waco, Texas, handling poultry from slaughter through packaging for retail and food service buyers. About 1,200 people work at the facility, which runs an ammonia system holding roughly 71,700 pounds. Waco is the county seat of McLennan County in central Texas, a city of about 140,000 along the Brazos River.
JOBS HERE
No openings on file for this plant right now. Nearby plants that are hiring are listed further down.
PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Texas
- $21.94–$33.02/hr
- What techs ask in Texas
- $26.85–$40.81/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 44 techs in our network, Texas
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Texas
- $19.93–$30.50/hr
- What techs ask in Texas
- $24.57–$35.01/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 9 techs in our network, Texas
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~1,200
- Products
- chicken, poultry, processing, slaughter
- Size
- Large
- Ammonia on site
- 71,700 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 4, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
LIVING IN WACO, TX
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilgrim's Pride | Waco, TX | 5 mi | 10 JOBS → |
| Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc. | Dallas, TX | 74 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Reddy Ice | Dallas, TX | 74 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. | Lampasas, TX | 77 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| Schreiber Foods | Stephenville, TX | 80 mi | 4 JOBS → |
| Brakebush Brothers Inc. | Irving, TX | 83 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Sunnyvale, TX | 84 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Fort Worth, TX | 85 mi | 2 JOBS → |
ABOUT SANDERSON FARMS FOODS, LLC
D R Sanderson Sr founded the company in 1947 as a feed and seed store in Laurel, Mississippi, and it grew into a fully integrated poultry producer that processes, markets, and distributes fresh and frozen chicken and prepared foods. The company went public in 1987 and became a major poultry processor with plants across the southeastern United States. In 2022 Cargill and Continental Grain acquired Sanderson Farms for 4.5 billion dollars and merged it with Wayne Farms to form Wayne-Sanderson Farms, a privately held company based in Oakwood, Georgia.
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