It is the world’ s largest processor and marketer of chicken and beef and near the top in pork production. The company’ s many brands include Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Sara Lee, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells and State Fair. With sales of $ 40.6 billion in 2015, Tyson is the second-largest meat producer in the world, and according to Forbes, one of the 100 largest companies in the United States.
One of the nation’ s largest companies needs employees to help it keep growing in Northwest Arkansas.
Tyson Foods has 100 to 200 management, management support and technical support jobs open across the state and more than 1,000 jobs across the country, said Rashad Delph, Director of Talent Acquisition.
“ It is difficult to find the workforce in the state to meet our hiring needs,” Delph said.“ We are still in a growth mode, especially with operations in Northwest Arkansas. We are growing fast in this area, at the corporate office and at the plant locations.”
The company is looking for leadership, technical and professional skills for a wide range of careers that includes everything from agricultural to business positions, Delph said.
Tyson Foods, Inc. is a multinational corporation in the food industry that is based in Springdale.
Tyson operates 18 complexes and employs 23,900 people in Arkansas, said Jeff Wood, Director of Community Relations, Corporate Affairs. The company has 117,000 employees in 29 countries.
“ We can find the right place for our employees,” Delph said.
One who has found that right place is Chad Surber, Process Safety Management Coordinator and Planner at the Tyson Berry Street Plant in Sprindale. Surber works in the refrigeration department, said Larry Richardson, Refrigeration Superintendent.
“ Chad has been at the plant for four and a half years,” Richardson said.“ He came as a refrigeration technician and learned quickly.”
Surber was promoted after working a year and a half.
“ I was 19 when I started,” Surber said.“ I learned new things every day, from things I had not run across before to changes in technology. You never stop learning.”
Surber started taking refrigeration technician classes at Northwest Technical Institute after graduating from high school.
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