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Smithfield Foods•Cumming, GA

2d•$22

About The Position

If you are currently employed at Smithfield, please log into Workday and submit your application through the Jobs Hub. A great job-and a great future-awaits you at Smithfield Foods. We are an American food company with a leading position in packaged meats and fresh pork products. We’re looking for motivated people who want to join our team and grow lasting and meaningful careers with us. Apply Now! Your Opportunity Our team members receive industry-leading wages and are eligible for great benefits packages: Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $22.25/hour $.25/hour shift differential for 2nd and 3rd shift positions Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More. In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth and professional development. Drives electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or remove products, equipment, or materials. Prepare records of shipments and bills of lading for outbound trucks. Prepares records of receipt of incoming material, chemicals, and equipment and update database. Responsible for accuracy of shipping documents and computer data and verifying receiving receipts with open PO’s. Must be able to read, write, and speak ENGLISH (fluently and efficiently). Must have knowledge of or be capable to LEARN COMPUTER SKILLS.

Requirements

Must be able to read, write, and speak ENGLISH (fluently and efficiently).
Must have knowledge of or be capable to LEARN COMPUTER SKILLS.
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.
High school diploma or equivalent; two to four years experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, GMP’s, HACCP, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Knowledge of MS Outlook (e-mail software); Inventory Control Software; Spreadsheet software; Order processing and word processing software.
Forklift certification; valid GA state motor vehicle operator’s license.
Must be able to communicate effectively with drivers, dispatchers, and outside individuals

Responsibilities

Prepares bills of lading for each shipment and checks and records all items loaded for shipment.
Up-dates shipping database.
Notifies supervisor or Quality Management department when any discrepancies occur (e.g. Truck temperatures, meat age, etc.) in accordance with SOP’s, HACCP, Company procedures, etc.
On receiving materials, checks and counts all items unloaded from trucks or trailers. Up-date computer.
Weighs materials or products and records weight on correct forms as stated in our SOP’s.
Receive other materials such as sanitation chemicals, other chemicals, and/or equipment.
Powered Industrial Truck operation – moves levers and pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.
Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transport load to designated area.
Unloads and stack materials by raising and lowering lifting device.
Loads and unloads materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting device.
Recharges batteries.
Covers all breaks including lunch for stack-off position as needed
Other duties may be assigned.
Performs daily, weekly, monthly inventory counts.
May move materials on shipping dock with hand truck.
Perform various daily cleaning duties (e.g. cooler and freezer, S/R dock, and outside dock area, etc.).

Benefits

Hourly Competitive Starting Pay – $22.25/hour
$.25/hour shift differential for 2nd and 3rd shift positions
Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More.
Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.
Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost.
comprehensive training and professional development programs designed to help you reach your full potential.
partnership with GUILD supports your continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs, while our leadership development initiatives nurture high-potential talent.
apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning.
Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children.
Smithfield’s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university that is not a Guild learning partner.