General Production - 1st Shift

Overview

As a General Production 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.

General Production employees will work with hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment to process meat products for the consumer. These positions can be physically demanding and require good hand‑eye coordination and attention to detail. Production team members must be able to work their scheduled shifts 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 with a knife (if trained)
• Work in cold areas (approximately 20–40°F) and/or warm areas (over 100°F)
• 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 to operate various pieces of equipment

All applicants must be at least 18years old.

• Hourly competitive starting pay – $22.50 per hour
• Comprehensive health insurance and retirement benefits
• Education benefit available to full‑ and part‑time team members upon meeting eligibility requirements
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development

Relocation package available.

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.