Role OverviewJoin Smithfield as a Skilled Knife team member to deliver safe, high-quality food by performing essential production tasks and supporting coworkers.
What You Will Do
Work with hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment to process meat products for the consumer.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Contribute to a positive work environment, help maintain a safe and efficient production line, and ensure products reach families across America.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Understand and follow oral and written instructions
- Perform a task requiring continuous/repetitive movement
- 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
- 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/body 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
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