Unload Tattoo Drive to Pens

Smithfield Foods; Monmouth (IL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Smithfield Foods in Monmouth, IL seeks a hardworking livestock handler to receive, unload, and sort hogs, accurately counting and moving them from trucks to holding pens while upholding animal welfare standards.

You will perform welfare audits, complete required trainings, and communicate clearly with the team to ensure safe, compliant operations. This role supports our commitments to people, animals, communities, and the planet.

Qualifications

• Experience handling hogs and livestock preferred.
• Ability to count, sort, and move animals with care and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Receives, unloads and sorts hogs according to quality and weight.
• Identifies (tattoo), weighs, moves and counts livestock accurately.
• Moves hogs from trucks to holding pens.
• Monitors yard and truck conditions to ensure welfare and compliance.
• Performs livestock handling welfare audits and completes required trainings.
• Communicates clearly with team members and management.

Skills

Livestock handling

Quality and weight sorting

Job description

Have a seat at our table. When you join Smithfield, you become part of something special - a company that's sustainably feeding people around the world, producing good food the right way with respect for our people, animals, communities and planet. With opportunities across locations and functions, a culture grounded in our Core Four values - gratitude, communication, respect and accountability - and a strong commitment to learning, collaboration, and innovation, Smithfield offers challenging and rewarding careers where you can grow, contribute and make a real impact.

Core 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.

Relocation Package Available

No

EEO 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.