General Production - 1st Shift

Smithfield Foods • Crete, NE

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Smithfield is seeking General Production team members to join their team. This role is crucial in delivering safe, high-quality food by performing essential production tasks and supporting coworkers. The company emphasizes a culture grounded in core values, learning, collaboration, and innovation, offering challenging and rewarding careers for growth and impact. Team members will work with hand tools, knives, and machinery to process meat products. The positions can be physically demanding and require good hand-eye coordination and attention to detail. Team members must be able to work their scheduled shift and may be required to work overtime depending on production demands.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• 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.
• Repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 lbs.
• Single lifting of heavy objects which can weigh up to 60 lbs.
• Lifting of objects using mechanical assistance.

Responsibilities

• Perform essential production tasks.
• Support coworkers.
• Work with hand tools, knives, and machinery to process meat products.
• Maintain a safe and efficient production line.
• Ensure products reach families across America.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Industry-leading wages
• Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $23.50/hour
• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Retirement Benefits
• Education benefits available to full and part-time Smithfield team members upon meeting eligibility requirements
• Opportunities for career growth
• Professional development

What This Job Offers

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