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A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We’re an $18 billion U.S. food company with more than 54,000 employees worldwide. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Join our family today. Apply Now!

• A great job and a great future await you at Smithfield Foods. As the world’s largest pork processor and largest hog producer in the United States, we’re a $16 billion global food company with more than 55,000 employees. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us.

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

• Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $19.35/hour

• $1.00/hour shift differential for 2nd positions

• Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More.

• Education benefit available to full- and part time Smithfield team members on their first day of employment.
  
  In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth and professional development.
   

  Qualifications

  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. 
  
  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
• This work is physically demanding and can require the use of some or all body parts and muscle groups.  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.
• Additional essential functions may be applicable to specific jobs.
   
• Keep lines stocked with appropriate boxes and trays according to spec or production need (report and record any major variances to your supervisor)
• Ensure box machines are stocked with boxes
• Ensure pallets are ready at box machines
• Organize area using ‘First In First Out’ to meet production needs
• Clear minor jams and start machines
• Utilize safety equipment to assist the transport of packaging material from the dry dock to the mezzanine and back down
• Set up a navigation for our inventory scan guns
• Assist with keeping track of product used with our real time Lot System
• Check day to day inventory of packaging material and report any necessary areas of concern
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

Food safety and quality are the responsibility of every individual working at Kansas City Sausage Company.  You are expected to:

• Follow USDA/SQF and GMP guidelines
• Follow the color code system in regards to food safety
• Maintain a clean and organized work environment
• Mechanical ability to set up various box room equipment
• Safely operate a manual pallet jack, pallet lift, and pallet stacker
• Stay focused on quality while maintaining speed
• Ability to stand 8+ hours per day
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to head height
  
  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. May perform other duties as assigned.
   

EEO/AA Information

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 us at 757-357-1595.