Packer- 1st Shift

Smithfield Foods • Kinston, NC

22h

About The Position

As a General Production team member at Smithfield Foods, the Packer helps deliver safe, high-quality food by performing production tasks and supporting coworkers. The role contributes to a positive work environment, maintains a safe and efficient production line, and helps ensure products reach consumers. Reliability, attention to detail, a strong work ethic, and willingness to learn support the team’s safety, quality, and teamwork standards.

General Production employees use hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment to process meat products. The work can be 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. Applicants must be at least 18 years old. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform essential functions.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Have good hand-eye coordination and attention to detail.
• 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; walk long distances; and repeatedly bend, stoop, and twist over a shift.
• Work around animal blood and/or carcass parts; in wet and humid conditions; in cold areas of approximately 20–40 degrees and/or warm areas over 100 degrees; and around strong smells or odors.
• Work with a knife if trained and with sanitation or cleaning chemicals.
• Wear a hard hat, hearing and eye protection, steel-toed safety shoes, and other personal protective equipment in a noisy environment.
• Climb and move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways, and platforms.
• Perform physically demanding work that may involve repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 lbs, lifting heavy objects up to 60 lbs, or lifting with mechanical assistance.
• May require certification to operate equipment needed for the position.
• Be willing and able to work a scheduled shift and overtime when required.

Responsibilities

• Perform production tasks to process meat products for consumers using hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment.
• Support coworkers and contribute to a positive work environment.
• Help maintain a safe and efficient production line and meet safety and quality standards.
• Work the scheduled shift and overtime when required by production demands.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive starting pay of $19.80 per hour.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Retirement benefits.
• Education benefit for full- and part-time team members who meet eligibility requirements.
• Career growth and professional development opportunities.
• Tuition assistance.

What This Job Offers

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