Shipping - Receiving

Smithfield Foods•Cumming, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Smithfield is seeking a Shipping - Receiving associate to join their team. This role involves operating an electric-powered industrial truck to move, lift, stack, and tier products and materials. The position also requires preparing records for shipments, verifying incoming materials against purchase orders, and maintaining accurate shipping documents and computer data. Smithfield emphasizes a culture grounded in core values of gratitude, communication, respect, and accountability, with a strong commitment to learning, collaboration, and innovation.

Requirements

Must be able to read, write, and speak ENGLISH (fluently and efficiently).
Must have knowledge of or be capable to LEARN COMPUTER SKILLS.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Two to four years experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, GMP’s, HACCP, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Knowledge of MS Outlook (e-mail software); Inventory Control Software; Spreadsheet software; Order processing and word processing software.
Forklift certification.
Valid GA state motor vehicle operator’s license.
Must be able to communicate effectively with drivers, dispatchers, and outside individuals.
Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

Drives electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or remove products, equipment, or materials.
Prepares bills of lading for each shipment and checks and records all items loaded for shipment.
Updates shipping database.
Notifies supervisor or Quality Management department when any discrepancies occur (e.g. Truck temperatures, meat age, etc.) in accordance with SOP’s, HACCP, Company procedures, etc.
On receiving materials, checks and counts all items unloaded from trucks or trailers.
Updates computer with receiving information.
Weighs materials or products and records weight on correct forms as stated in our SOP’s.
Receives other materials such as sanitation chemicals, other chemicals, and/or equipment.
Operates Powered Industrial Truck – moves levers and pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.
Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area.
Unloads and stacks materials by raising and lowering lifting device.
Loads and unloads materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting device.
Recharges batteries.
Covers all breaks including lunch for stack-off position as needed.
Performs daily, weekly, monthly inventory counts.
May move materials on shipping dock with hand truck.
Perform various daily cleaning duties (e.g. cooler and freezer, S/R dock, and outside dock area, etc.).