Jobs at Smithfield Foods

Supports environmental, health, and safety programs at a food production facility. Responsibilities include inspections, permit compliance, process safety and security support, KPI tracking, incident investigation follow-up, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification support, employee training, and environmental compliance for wastewater, air, stormwater, and SPCC requirements. The role also supports workers’ compensation processes, reporting, documentation control, and corrective action tracking in a physically demanding plant environment.

Supports facility environmental, health, and safety programs, including OSHA and environmental compliance, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification, EHS metrics, training, incident investigations, audits, corrective actions, workers’ compensation, and emergency response. The role also assists with ammonia refrigeration process safety requirements, employee exposure surveys, and environmental permitting while coaching employees and partnering with site leadership.

Support plant EHS programs by ensuring regulatory compliance, tracking KPIs, maintaining PSM/RMP and ISO systems, delivering training, assisting incident investigations, and supporting audits and environmental permitting.

Leads regional sales strategy and execution for Smithfield products, managing broker relationships, training representatives, expanding distribution, developing customers, and achieving sales objectives. Builds and executes regional sales plans, presents products and proposals, drives promotions, uses syndicated market data, and collaborates with internal teams and customers. Provides team leadership, coaching, and employee development while traveling extensively throughout the assigned territory.

Develop and improve SKU- and location-level demand forecasts using historical, market, sales, and promotional data. Collaborate with Sales, Business Development, Finance, and Supply Chain teams to reconcile forecast assumptions, lead consensus meetings, support S&OP, analyze variances, and improve forecast accuracy. Maintain data integrity using supply chain planning and business intelligence tools, provide business insights, and support SKU rationalization and scenario planning.

Paid summer internship focused on commodities-related assignments and projects. The intern will complete a learning plan, participate in team and customer meetings, improve processes, prepare proposals and presentations, attend training, collaborate with fellow interns, and present to leadership. Candidates must be college students who have completed their sophomore year and study finance, accounting, agribusiness, or a related field.

Designs, implements, administers, and supports enterprise network and telecommunications infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. Responsibilities include routing, switching, VPN, SD-WAN, wireless, VoIP, network security, monitoring, automation, capacity planning, troubleshooting, documentation, and vendor coordination. The role supports cloud networking, telecom systems, and technical projects, provides on-site assistance with up to 25% travel, and collaborates with security and IT teams to deliver reliable solutions.

Paid 10-week summer internship supporting sales-related assignments and projects. Responsibilities include completing a learning plan, attending team and customer meetings, improving processes, preparing management proposals and presentations, participating in training, collaborating with other interns, and presenting to leadership. Candidates will gain practical experience, mentorship, and exposure to business functions while developing communication, organizational, project management, and teamwork skills.

Marketing interns complete functional assignments and projects, develop processes, prepare proposals and presentations, attend meetings and training, collaborate with peers, and present outcomes to leadership. The internship emphasizes learning, communication, teamwork, organization, independent work, and practical exposure across Smithfield’s business functions.

Manages and expands national chain accounts for Smithfield Foods by developing strategic sales programs, introducing products, securing placements, and driving long-term growth. Leads sales professionals, regional teams, and broker partners while coordinating with marketing, finance, operations, and business management. Oversees pricing, forecasting, logistics, category strategies, SKU rationalization, product launches, and customer relationships across retail and foodservice channels. Coaches employees and supports execution across healthcare, education, hospitality, and convenience segments.

Leads pharmaceutical and medical device quality assurance operations, ensuring cGMP, FDA, EU, ICH, and ISO compliance. Manages QA teams, quality systems, audits, inspections, investigations, CAPAs, OOS results, deviations, complaints, change controls, validation activities, recordkeeping, and quality metrics. Drives continuous improvement, inspection readiness, and regulatory alignment while presenting quality performance to senior management.

Supports plant and manufacturing finance through standard cost rollups, month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, operations reporting, bill of material audits, product costing, invoice processing, account mapping, and plant close activities. Requires accounting or finance expertise, strong analytical and organizational skills, Excel proficiency, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Coordinates packaging artwork and print-production projects from concept through completion. Manages workflows, content, approvals, timelines, budgets, vendors, design consultancies, and cross-functional collaboration with marketing, R&D, and operations. Provides print-quality and color-accuracy guidance, attends press runs as needed, and supports corrugated display and box development. The role emphasizes project management rather than graphic design.

Leads enterprise reliability and maintenance strategies across Smithfield facilities. Standardizes preventive and predictive maintenance, asset health assurance, root cause analysis, and operator-driven reliability practices. Partners with plant engineers, corporate teams, and vendors to resolve equipment failures, improve performance, reduce costs, and optimize repair-versus-replace decisions. Uses SAP and CMMS data for reliability analysis, develops maintenance talent, and may supervise engineers and provide training to plant and project staff. The role requires travel to assigned facilities approximately 50% of the time.

Performs general production tasks processing meat products using hand tools, knives, machinery, and other equipment. Responsibilities include following safety and quality procedures, maintaining production-line efficiency, completing repetitive physical work, and supporting team operations. The role requires standing for extended shifts, working in cold or hot environments, handling sanitation chemicals and animal byproducts, wearing PPE, and potentially lifting heavy objects or obtaining equipment certification.

Manages the profitability and execution of an assigned product category or brand. Responsibilities include P&L oversight, pricing and trade-spend management, forecasting, financial analysis, project tracking, and cross-functional collaboration with sales, marketing, R&D, finance, and supply planning. The role supports product development, cost-saving initiatives, business growth, and customer service levels, while requiring up to 30% travel.

Participates in an 18–24-month supply chain rotation program covering distribution, logistics, transportation, inventory, fulfillment, and product flow. Supports process improvements, data analysis, reporting, cross-functional problem-solving, and projects that improve efficiency, accuracy, cost, and service. Requires a bachelor's degree or expected graduation, strong analytical and communication skills, Microsoft Office proficiency, travel availability, and U.S. work authorization.

Leads regional sales strategy, broker relationships, customer development, product distribution, sales presentations, promotions, and execution of company initiatives. Manages and trains broker representatives, grows existing and new accounts, uses syndicated market data to guide plans, and partners cross-functionally to achieve sales objectives. Provides team leadership, coaching, and development while traveling extensively throughout the assigned territory.

Manages domestic and international customer orders from entry through delivery for corporate accounts. Resolves shortages, late deliveries, and order issues while coordinating with Sales, Supply Chain, Transportation, distribution centers, and plants. Maintains customer master data, supports order policy adherence, communicates proactively with customers and internal partners, documents account activity, and promotes initiatives that improve order size, direct shipments, case fill rates, and on-time delivery.

Supervise production employees and processes in a food manufacturing plant. Monitor yields, efficiency, quality, safety, and compliance with HACCP and USDA standards. Train, coach, and motivate staff; conduct inspections and safety audits; coordinate equipment setup and routine maintenance; analyze performance metrics; improve workflows; reduce downtime and costs; and ensure production targets are met. The role requires working in variable plant conditions, including occasional weekends and long hours, with travel up to 5%.