Warehouse Lead - 2nd Shift

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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 – $24.30/hour
• $1.00/hour shift differential for 2nd shift positions
  • 2nd Shift Schedule: 7:00 PM- 6:00 AM: Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
• Comprehensive Health Insurance, Retirement Benefits and More.
• Education benefits available to full and part-time Smithfield team members upon meeting eligibility requirements

In addition, we offer opportunities for career growth and professional development.

The Value You’ll Bring 

As a Production Lead team member at Smithfield Foods, you’ll play a key role in delivering safe, high-quality food by performing essential production tasks and supporting your coworkers. Your reliability, attention to detail, and strong work ethic will help us meet our standards for safety, quality, and teamwork every day.  

You’ll contribute to a positive work environment, help maintain a safe and efficient production line, and ensure our products reach families across America. Your dedication and willingness to learn will make a real difference—both to your team and to our mission of delivering good food, responsibly.  

What You’ll Do 

Warehouse Leads will work with the supervisor to help ensure all inboung and outbound loads are processed correctly. They will learn to use all the powered industrial equipment on site. Leads will support the management team by understanding the full operations of the warehouse, as well as supporting training and development of production employees.  These positions can be physically demanding and require attention to detail. Leads must be able to work their scheduled shift and may be required to work overtime depending on production demands. 

Core Responsibilities

• Assist shift supervisors in pre-shift meetings and paperwork necessary during the shift
• Train employees in a safe and efficient manner on material handling equipment
• Plan and execute timely inbound and outbound deliveries, prioritizing resources
• Responsible for escalating any issues that arise during the shift, if necessary
• Ensure that employees are working safely, following all work rules, and that all required PPE are being worn at all times
• Act as Wave Planner when necessary; these duties include (but are not limited to) allocating orders, releasing work to the warehouse floor, and ensuring truck turn times are within acceptable levels
• Ensure that proper people are in the appropriate areas on the correct equipment to evenly complete work in queue
• Required to operate Powered Industrial Equipment needed for the position
• Run outbounds making sure loads are done by appt and DDT
• Run Inbounds making sure inbounds come in good condition from other sites and correct qty
• Foodlogiq entering any issue the come on inbounds from other sites
• Run Exports / label and get loads ready for USDA
• Run the VAS line
• Other duties as assigned.

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.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative