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Job Description
Your Opportunity
Our team members receive industry-leading wages and are eligible for great benefits packages:
- Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $19.85/hour
- Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More.
- Education benefit available to full- and part time Smithfield team members on their first day of employment.
In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth and professional development:
Summary Description
- Put together equipment, help with line set up, blow out plugs with airline hose
- Weigh rework and record information on proper documentation.
- Take empty used carts directly to cart wash for washing.
- Maintain a steady flow of product into the stuffer to minimize down time.
- Assist on the line when possible to help reduce down time.
- Communicate with Processing Machine Operator and line personnel to reduce the amount of preventable rejected product.
- Take apart equipment at the end of run for sanitation crew.
- Wash equipment as needed for product changeovers.
- Other typical processing duties.
- Maintain a clean and organized work environment.
- Follow our color code system in regard to food safety.
- Turn in paper work at the end of the day to the correct person
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager
Job Requirements
Food safety and quality are the responsibility of every individual working at Smithfield Foods. You are expected to:
- Follow USDA/SQF and GMP guidelines
- Stay focused on quality while maintaining speed
- Be able to work in a 38°F environment
- Ability to stand 8+ hours per day
- Able to lift up 50 lbs.
- Able to push/pull up to 500 lbs.
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EEO Information
Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.
What We Do
Headquartered in Smithfield, Va. since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with agricultural roots and a global reach. With more than 60,000 jobs globally, we are dedicated to producing "Good food. Responsibly®" and serve as one of the world's leading vertically integrated protein companies.
We have pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades, including our industry-leading commitments to become carbon negative in U.S. company-owned operations and reduce GHG emissions 30 percent across our entire U.S. value chain by 2030. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield®, Eckrich® and Nathan's Famous®, among many others.