Material Handler - 2nd​/Weekend Shift

Your Opportunity

Our team members receive industry‑leading wages and are eligible for great benefits packages. Hourly competitive starting pay – $21.93 per hour. $2.00 per hour shift differential for weekend shift (Friday – Sunday, 7 PM – 6:30 AM). Comprehensive health insurance, retirement benefits, and more. Education benefit available to full‑time and part‑time team members upon meeting eligibility requirements. We also offer opportunities for career growth and professional development.

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.

• Work with forklifts, jack lifts, high lifts, and powered industrial trucks to support the movement of product throughout the facility.
• Meet specific certifications during the qualification period and maintain required credentials.
• Perform the job on the scheduled shift, and may be required to work overtime depending on production demands.

• 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.
• Require certification in order to operate various pieces of equipment required for the position.
• 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.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Smithfield is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual, or any other protected group status or non‑job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call 757‑357‑1595.