Material Handler

The Value You’ll Bring

As a Material Handlers/Powered Equipment 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. You’ll contribute to a positive work environment, help maintain a safe and efficient production line, and ensure our products reach families across America. Your dedication and willingness to learn will make a real difference—both to your team and to our mission of delivering good food, responsibly.

About the Role

Join Smithfield, a company that’s sustainably feeding people around the world, producing good food the right way with respect for our people, animals, communities and planet. Opportunities across locations and functions await, along with a culture grounded in our Core Four values - gratitude, communication, respect and accountability - and a strong commitment to learning, collaboration, and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Work with forklifts, jack lifts, high lifts, powered industrial trucks to support movement of product throughout the facility.
• Meet specific certifications during the qualification period.
• Contribute to a positive work environment.
• Help maintain a safe and efficient production line.
• Ensure our products reach families across America.
• Operate various pieces of equipment required for the position.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Willing and able to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• 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 in cold areas (approximately 20-40 degrees) and/or warm areas (over 100 degrees).
• Work in a noisy environment using personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Work with sanitation/cleaning chemicals.
• Work around strong smells/odors.
• Climb/move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways and platforms.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Physical Demands & Work Environment: 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 in cold areas (approximately 20-40 degrees) and/or warm areas (over 100 degrees); Work in a noisy environment using personal protective equipment (PPE); Work with sanitation/cleaning chemicals; Work around strong smells/odors; Climb/move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways and platforms; 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.

Skills

• Reliability
• Attention to detail
• Strong work ethic
• Positive work environment
• Safety and quality standards
• Teamwork
• Learning and growth mindset
• Operate various pieces of equipment required for the position

Benefits

Smithfield offers challenging and rewarding careers where you can grow, contribute and make a real impact. Details on benefits will be provided upon hire.

Pay

Details on pay will be provided upon hire.

Schedule

Details on schedule will be provided upon hire.