Loader, Manufacturing ​/ Production, Production Associate ​/ Production Line

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. 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.

Our team members receive industry‑leading wages and are eligible for great benefits packages:

• Competitive Starting Pay – $20.40/hr
• $1.00/hr Shift Differential for 2nd Shift or 3rd Shift
• Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More
• Education benefit available to full and part‑time team members upon meeting eligibility requirements
• Tuition assistance and opportunities for career growth, professional development, and leadership training

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 shift and may be required to work overtime depending on production demands.

• Understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Perform tasks 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 in order to operate various pieces of equipment required for the position
• Repetitive overhead lifting up to 30lbs, single lifting of heavy objects up to 60lbs, or lifting of objects using mechanical assistance

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 have 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.