General Laborer 3rd shift

Smithfield Foods • Omaha, NE

10d • Onsite

About The Position

As a General Production team member at Smithfield Foods, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, high-quality food by performing essential production tasks and supporting your coworkers. Your reliability, attention to detail, and strong work ethic will help us meet our standards for safety, quality, and teamwork every day. You’ll contribute to a positive work environment, help maintain a safe and efficient production line, and ensure our products reach families across America. Your dedication and willingness to learn will make a real difference—both to your team and to our mission of delivering good food, responsibly.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Reliability.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong work ethic.
• Willingness to learn.
• Ability to work scheduled shift.
• Willingness to work overtime depending on production demands.
• Good hand-eye coordination.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in order to operate various pieces of equipment required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Work with hand tools, knives, machinery and other equipment to process meat products for the consumer.
• Perform essential production tasks and supporting coworkers.
• Contribute to a positive work environment.
• Help maintain a safe and efficient production line.
• Ensure products reach families across America.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Perform a task requiring continuous/repetitive movement, including grasping, pinching hands, flexing, and extending 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 (approximately 20-40 degrees) and/or warm areas (over 100 degrees).
• Work in an environment that is wet and humid.
• Work while wearing a hard hat, hearing/eye protection, and steel-toed safety shoes.
• Work in a noisy environment using personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Work with sanitation/cleaning chemicals.
• Work around strong smells/odors.
• Climb/move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways and platforms.
• Bend, stoop, and twist repetitively over the course of an entire shift.
• Walk long distances.
• May require certification in order to operate various pieces of equipment required for the position.
• Perform repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 lbs, single lifting of heavy objects which can weigh up to 60 lbs, or lifting of objects using mechanical assistance.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs.
• Out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.
• Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost.
• Support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management.
• Comprehensive training and professional development programs.
• LinkedIn Learning access on-demand courses, professional certificates, and skill-based training.
• Tuition assistance covering English language learning, high school completion, and degree programs.
• Leadership development initiatives.
• Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children.

What This Job Offers

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