General Labor - 2nd Shift

Smithfield Foods • Wilson, NC

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About The Position

As a General Laborer team member at Smithfield Foods, you will perform essential production tasks and support coworkers to help deliver safe, high-quality food. The role contributes to a safe, efficient production line and requires reliability, attention to detail, teamwork, and willingness to learn.

Production employees work with hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment to process meat products for consumers. The work is physically demanding and requires good hand-eye coordination and attention to detail. Team members must work their scheduled shift and may be required to work overtime depending on production demands. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Perform continuous or repetitive movements, including grasping, pinching, and flexing and extending the arms.
• Stand on concrete and/or platforms for up to a 12-hour shift.
• Work around animal blood and/or carcass parts.
• Work with a knife if trained.
• Work in cold areas of approximately 20–40 degrees and/or warm areas over 100 degrees.
• Work in wet and humid conditions, noisy environments, and around strong smells or odors.
• Wear a hard hat, hearing and eye protection, steel-toed safety shoes, and other required personal protective equipment.
• Work with sanitation and cleaning chemicals.
• Climb or move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways, and platforms.
• Bend, stoop, and twist repetitively over the course of an entire shift, and walk long distances.
• Some positions may require repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 pounds, single lifting of objects up to 60 pounds, or lifting with mechanical assistance.
• May require certification to operate equipment required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Perform production tasks using hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment to process meat products.
• Support coworkers and contribute to a safe, efficient production line.
• Follow oral and written instructions.
• Meet production standards for safety, quality, and teamwork.
• Work the scheduled shift and, when required by production demands, overtime.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Industry-leading wages and benefits packages.
• Competitive starting pay of $19.30 per hour.
• $1.00 per hour shift differential for second- and third-shift positions.
• Comprehensive health insurance and retirement benefits.
• Education benefit available to full- and part-time Smithfield team members from their first day of employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed