Livestock Handler: Unload & Pen Management Training

Smithfield Foods, Inc.; Monmouth (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is seeking a full-time onsite Hog Receiving Associate in Monmouth, IL. You will unload, identify and count hogs, tattoo and move stock to holding pens while maintaining animal welfare and safety standards.

You’ll work with team members to monitor yard conditions, perform basic quality checks, and complete required training (PQA, TQA, etc.). Relocation not offered; on-site only position with benefits.

Qualifications

• Receives, unloads and sorts hogs according to quality and weight.
• Identifies (tattoo), scales, moves and accurately counts livestock, including any dead or non-ambulatory animals.
• Moves hogs from trucks to holding pens.
• Monitors yard and truck conditions according to corporate and government standards to ensure livestock are handled properly.
• Performs livestock handling animal welfare audits.
• Communicates clearly with team members and management team.
• Completes PQA, TQA, and other training as deemed necessary for role.

Responsibilities

• Receives, unloads and sorts hogs according to quality and weight.
• Identifies (tattoo), scales, moves and accurately counts livestock, including any dead or non-ambulatory animals.
• Moves hogs from trucks to holding pens.
• Monitors yard and truck conditions according to corporate and government standards to ensure livestock are handled properly.
• Performs livestock handling animal welfare audits.
• Processes outgoing livestock.
• Communicates clearly with team members and management team.
• Completes PQA, TQA, and other training as deemed necessary for role.

Skills

Livestock handling

Communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Smithfield Foods, Inc. is seeking a full-time onsite Hog Receiving Associate in Monmouth, IL. You will unload, identify and count hogs, tattoo and move stock to holding pens while maintaining animal welfare and safety standards.

You’ll work with team members to monitor yard conditions, perform basic quality checks, and complete required training (PQA, TQA, etc.). Relocation not offered; on-site only position with benefits.