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Equipment Operator/Sanitation - 3rd Shift

Smithfield Foods · Orange City, IA · 1 wk ago
Management$22.45/hrFull-time

The value you’ll bring:

As a Machine Operator team member at Smithfield Foods, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, high-quality food by performing essential production tasks and supporting your coworkers. Your reliability, attention to detail, and strong work ethic will help us meet our standards for safety, quality, and teamwork every day.

  • Contribute to a positive work environment
  • Help maintain a safe and efficient production line
  • Ensure our products reach families across America

What You’ll Do

Machine Operators will work with meat cutting/packaging machines and other equipment to process meat products for the consumer. These positions require technical knowledge of computerized equipment.

  • Work with meat cutting/packaging machines and other equipment
  • Process meat products for the consumer
  • Perform essential production tasks
  • Support coworkers

Physical Demands & Work Environment

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

  • 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
  • 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

Additional Essential Functions

Some positions may require repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 lbs, single lifting of heavy objects which can weigh up to 60 lbs, or lifting of objects using mechanical assistance.

Qualifications

All applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Applicants must be willing and able to:

  • 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
  • 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

Benefits

Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $22.45/hour$1.00/hour shift differential for 3rd shift
Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More.

Pay

$22.45/hour$1.00/hour shift differential for 3rd shift

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