Final Inspector​/Trim

Responsibilities

As a General Laborer FSQA 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.

Food Safety/Quality Assurance (FSQA) employees will work with hand tools, knives, measurement tools and electronic handheld devices to ensure products meet quality requirements for the consumer. These positions can be physically demanding and require good hand‑eye coordination and attention to detail. FSQA must be able to work their scheduled shift and may be required to work overtime depending on production demands.

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
• Climb/move on ladders, steps, stairways, walkways and platforms
• Bend, stoop, and twist repetitively over the course of an entire shift
• Walk long distances

Relocation package available. May require certification to operate certain equipment.

This work is physically demanding and can require the use of some or all body parts and muscle groups. Repetitive overhead lifting up to 30 lbs, single lifting of heavy objects up to 60 lbs, or lifting of objects using mechanical assistance may be required. Additional essential functions may be applicable to specific jobs. May perform other duties as assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Hourly competitive starting pay – $20.30/hour.

Comprehensive health insurance, retirement benefits and more.

Education benefit available to full and part‑time team members upon meeting eligibility requirements. Additional opportunities for career growth and professional development.

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 veteran 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 us at 757‑357‑1595.