Harvest Supervisor

Prestage•Eagle Grove, IA

22h

About The Position

This position is responsible for assuring all procedures are followed in achieving the highest level or productivity in the most cost-efficient manner possible while still maintaining the specification of the customer. Other responsibilities include ensuring all workstation have passed USDA Inspections, promoting a safe work environment, ensuring accurate shipments, and proper coding of products. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Responsible for meeting volume goals, reducing claims, maximizing yields, reducing cost, employee retention and maintain good working relationships with other production supervisors, USDA (meat), and maintenance employees. Monitors slaughter area by evaluating product and administering corrective procedures as sees fit (i.e. provides indirect job specification training/coach and develop employees to obtain results). Coordinates attendance issues by coordinating personnel to fill vacant or absent positions and minimizing turnover rates. Conducts pre-operational inspection of area, sets up production equipment, and submits maintenance work orders as needed. Ensures area is properly staffed/crewed to meet operational needs. Controls waste by minimizing products sent to inedible and providing sanitary working environment. Manages job changes/rotations. Ensure USDA regulatory compliance, HACCP, SSOP, SOP, GMP, and SQF program for product performance and safety. Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Associate's degree from a college
Three years’ harvest production experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Analytical skills
Job Knowledge
Problem Solving skills
Teamwork skills
Business Acumen
Safety and Security skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) Word Processing software

Responsibilities

Meeting volume goals
Reducing claims
Maximizing yields
Reducing cost
Employee retention
Maintaining good working relationships with other production supervisors, USDA (meat), and maintenance employees
Monitoring slaughter area by evaluating product and administering corrective procedures
Coordinating attendance issues
Conducting pre-operational inspection of area
Setting up production equipment
Submitting maintenance work orders as needed
Ensuring area is properly staffed/crewed to meet operational needs
Controlling waste
Managing job changes/rotations
Ensuring USDA regulatory compliance, HACCP, SSOP, SOP, GMP, and SQF program for product performance and safety