Warehouse - 1st Shift

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with forklifts, jack lifts, high lifts, powered industrial trucks to support movement of product throughout the facility.
• Support your coworkers in maintaining a safe and efficient production line.
• Ensure our products reach families across America.
• Contribute to a positive work environment.
• May require certification in order to 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.
• 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 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.
• 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

• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs.
• Must be able to lift up to 60 lbs with mechanical assistance.

Skills

• Strong work ethic.
• Attention to detail.
• Reliability.

Benefits

• Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $19.85/hour
• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Retailer Benefits
• Retirement Benefits
• Education benefit available to full and part-time Smithfield team members upon meeting eligibility requirements
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development

Pay

• $19.85/hour

Schedule

• Shift work