Load and Makeup Boxes 1st shift

Smithfield Foods • Des Moines, IA

2d

About The Position

As a General Production team member at Smithfield Foods, you will perform essential production tasks and support coworkers to help deliver safe, high-quality food. You will help maintain a safe and efficient production line, contribute to a positive work environment, and support the company’s mission of delivering good food responsibly. Production employees use hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment to process meat products for consumers. The work can be physically demanding and requires good hand-eye coordination and attention to detail. Employees must work their scheduled shift and may be required to work overtime depending on production demands.

Applicants must be at least 18 years old and able to follow oral and written instructions. The role may involve repetitive movements, standing on concrete or platforms for up to 12 hours, working around animal blood or carcass parts, using a knife if trained, and working in cold or hot, wet, humid, noisy environments with strong odors and sanitation chemicals. Employees wear specified protective equipment, may need equipment certification, and may perform other duties as assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform essential functions.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Able to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Able to perform continuous or repetitive movements, including grasping, pinching, and flexing and extending the arms.
• Able to stand on concrete and/or platforms for up to a 12-hour shift.
• Able to work around animal blood and/or carcass parts.
• Able to work with a knife if trained.
• Able to work in cold areas of approximately 20–40 degrees and/or warm areas over 100 degrees, and in wet and humid conditions.
• Able to wear a hard hat, hearing and eye protection, and steel-toed safety shoes; work in a noisy environment using personal protective equipment.
• Able to work with sanitation and cleaning chemicals and around strong smells or odors.
• Able to climb or move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways, and platforms; bend, stoop, and twist repetitively; and walk long distances.
• May be required to obtain certification to operate equipment used in the position.
• Able to meet the role’s physical demands, which may include repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 pounds, single lifts of objects up to 60 pounds, or lifting with mechanical assistance.
• Good hand-eye coordination and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Perform production tasks to process meat products for consumers using hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment.
• Support coworkers and help maintain a safe and efficient production line.
• Meet safety and quality standards through reliability, attention to detail, and teamwork.
• Work the scheduled shift and, as production demands require, work overtime.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Hourly production pay of $20.60 per hour.
• Education benefit available to eligible full- and part-time team members, subject to eligibility requirements.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Retirement benefits.
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.

What This Job Offers

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