Packaging Operator - 3rd Shift

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. 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 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, a culture grounded in our Core Four values - gratitude, communication, respect and accountability - and a strong commitment to learning, collaboration, and innovation, Smithfield offers challenging and rewarding careers where you can grow, contribute and make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• Work with meat cutting/packaging machines and other equipment to process meat products for the consumer.
• Perform essential production tasks.
• Support your coworkers.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• 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 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.

Requirements

• At least 18 years of age.
• 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 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

• Technical knowledge of computerized equipment.
• 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 with a knife (if trained); 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

• Technical knowledge of computerized equipment.
• Continuous/repetitive movement, including grasping, pinching hands, flexing, and extending arms.
• Standing for up to a 12-hour shift.
• Working around animal blood and/or carcass parts.
• Using knives (if trained).
• Working in cold and/or warm environments.
• Working in a noisy environment.
• Handling sanitation/cleaning chemicals.
• Working around strong smells/odors.
• Using ladders, steps, stairways, walkways and platforms.
• Bending, stooping, and twisting repetitively over the course of an entire shift.
• Walking long distances.
• Operating various pieces of equipment required for the position.

Benefits

Competitive Starting Pay – $21.50/hour$1.00/hour shift differential for 2nd and 3rd shift positions
Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More.
Education benefit available to full-time and part-time Smithfield teams members upon meeting eligibility requirements.
Opportunities for career growth and professional development.

Pay

$21.50/hour$1.00/hour shift differential for 2nd and 3rd shift positions

Schedule

Shifts may vary based on production demands.