Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation - Columbus NE
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THE QUICK READ
Cargill Meat Solutions operates a beef processing plant in Columbus, Nebraska, where crews break down cattle into boxed beef and other cuts for retail and food service distribution. The facility's ammonia refrigeration system holds about 88,000 pounds, sized for the cold storage and processing volume a plant this large demands. Roughly 340 workers keep the lines running. Columbus is the county seat of Platte County in east-central Nebraska, a city of about 24,000 along the Loup and Platte rivers roughly 80 miles west of Omaha.
JOBS HERE
No openings on file for this plant right now. Nearby plants that are hiring are listed further down.
PAY PICTURE
Ammonia / Industrial Refrigeration Tech
- Government data for Nebraska
- $25.91–$35.96/hr
- What techs ask in Nebraska
- $30.08–$39.09/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 12 techs in our network, Nebraska
Industrial Maintenance Tech
- Government data for Nebraska
- $25.34–$33.40/hr
- What techs ask, adjusted for Nebraska
- $28.32–$38.83/hr
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · 278 techs in our network nationwide, scaled to Nebraska pay levels
Area pay for these roles, not this plant’s pay. Rows we cannot back with data are left out.
ABOUT THIS FACILITY
- Reported employees
- ~340
- Products
- processing, ready-to-eat
- Size
- Small
- Ammonia on site
- 88,000 lbs (per EPA RMP filings)
On file · Sep 2026
SAFETY RECORD
EPA RMP · Sep 2026From public EPA records, as of September 4, 2026. Reported as filed — we add no opinions or grades.
LIVING IN COLUMBUS, NE
NEARBY PLANTS HIRING
Data updated: Sep 2026| FACILITY | LOCATION | DISTANCE | OPEN JOBS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Foods | Madison, NE | 27 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Lincoln, NE | 50 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Lincoln, NE | 53 mi | 2 JOBS → |
| Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. | Crete, NE | 62 mi | 6 JOBS → |
| Lineage Logistics | Grand Island, NE | 64 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Tyson Foods | Omaha, NE | 64 mi | 5 JOBS → |
| hormel foods | Omaha, NE | 65 mi | 1 JOB → |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. | Omaha, NE | 72 mi | 5 JOBS → |
ABOUT CARGILL
Cargill was founded in 1865 by William Wallace Cargill as a grain storage business in Iowa, and grew into a private, family-owned agribusiness after his son-in-law John MacMillan took over leadership in 1909. The company expanded through acquisitions including Nutrena Feeds in 1945, entry into meat processing in 1979, Cerestar in 2002, and Provimi in 2011, building divisions spanning agricultural commodities, food ingredients, animal nutrition, and meat processing. Headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, Cargill employed about 155,000 people in roughly 70 countries and reported $154 billion in revenue for fiscal 2025. The Cargill-MacMillan family owns the majority of the private company.
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