Unloading/Tattoo

Smithfield Foods • Monmouth, IL

13d

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. The role contributes to a safe and efficient production line and requires reliability, attention to detail, a strong work ethic, and willingness to learn. 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.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Perform continuous and repetitive movements, including grasping, pinching, and flexing and extending the arms.
• Stand on concrete and/or platforms for up to a 12-hour shift.
• Be willing and able to work around animal blood and/or carcass parts.
• Work with a knife if trained.
• Work in cold areas of approximately 20–40 degrees and/or warm areas over 100 degrees.
• Work in a wet and humid environment, a noisy environment while using personal protective equipment, and around strong smells or odors.
• Wear a hard hat, hearing and eye protection, and steel-toed safety shoes.
• Work with sanitation and cleaning chemicals.
• Climb and move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways, and platforms; bend, stoop, and twist repetitively; and walk long distances.
• Some positions may require certification to operate equipment.
• Some positions may require repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 lbs, single lifts of objects up to 60 lbs, or lifting with mechanical assistance.

Responsibilities

• Use hand tools, knives when trained, machinery, and other equipment to process meat products.
• Support coworkers and help maintain a safe and efficient production line.
• Follow oral and written instructions and meet safety and quality standards.
• Work the scheduled shift and, when production demands require, work overtime.

Benefits

• Competitive starting pay of $23.45 per hour.
• Comprehensive health insurance.
• Retirement benefits.
• Education benefit for full- and part-time team members who meet eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

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