Live Haul Manager

Farmer Focus•Harrisonburg, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Live Haul Manager is responsible for coordinating the safe, timely, and efficient movement of birds from growers to Farmer Focus processing operations. This role serves as the primary liaison between third-party haulers, growers, and Farmer Focus, ensuring harvest schedules, communication, scale house operations, and transportation activities are aligned with production needs, animal welfare expectations, safety standards, and business priorities.

Requirements

Experience in fleet haul management, transportation coordination, live haul, logistics, agriculture, or a closely related operational environment.
Prior leadership or supervisory experience, including the ability to coach, schedule, train, and hold team members accountable.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain schedules, manage changing priorities, solve problems quickly, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records, reports, and operational communication.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and ability to learn scheduling, reporting, scale house, or transportation-related systems.
Valid driver’s license and ability to travel locally as needed.
Must be able to perform the essential functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodation.
New team members must be able to pass a drug, alcohol and background screening post-offer and prior to the start of their employment.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of poultry operations, live production, animal welfare expectations, or agricultural supply chain operations preferred.
Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate effectively with growers, third-party haulers, internal operations teams, and plant stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Serve as the key liaison between third-party haulers, growers, Farmer Focus Live Operations, plant operations, and other internal partners to support timely and effective live haul execution.
Create, update, and maintain the weekly harvest schedule, adjusting as needed for flock readiness, processing needs, grower coordination, transportation availability, weather, and operational changes.
Communicate schedule changes, delays, issues, and other operational updates in a timely and professional manner to growers, haulers, scale house team members, Live Operations, and plant stakeholders.
Manage daily scale house operations and directly supervise the scale house team of three employees, including scheduling, coaching, performance expectations, training, and accountability.
Monitor live haul execution to support safe, efficient, and compliant transportation of birds while minimizing disruptions to growers, haulers, and processing operations.
Maintain responsibility for company owned equipment such as baskets and other items related to the Live haul process.
Partner with third-party haulers to address route execution, timing, equipment concerns, communication gaps, and service-level expectations.
Support compliance with company policies, animal welfare expectations, safety requirements, transportation standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Identify and escalate operational risks, schedule conflicts, grower concerns, equipment issues, or transportation challenges, and help drive timely resolution.
Maintain accurate records, reports, and communication related to harvest scheduling, scale house activity, live haul performance, and operational changes.
Promote a culture of safety, accountability, communication, respect, and continuous improvement across live haul and scale house activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.