Superintendent 2nd Processing (2nd Shift)

Farmer Focus•Harrisonburg, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Poultry Processing Superintendent, Manual Debone Cone Lines is responsible for leading the daily operations of the manual debone cone line area within the poultry processing plant. This role oversees production supervisors and team members to ensure people, processes, and resources are aligned to meet established goals for safety, quality, food safety, operational efficiency, yield, labor utilization, and production flow. The Superintendent plays a key leadership role in driving department performance, maintaining positive department culture, supporting retention, and developing supervisors and team members. This position is also responsible for monitoring key metrics, identifying trends and opportunities, supporting continuous improvement, and completing accurate operational data reporting for the department.

Requirements

Must be authorized to work in the United States.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work.

Nice To Haves

Regular use of computers, software systems, Microsoft Office, Excel, Smartsheet, Business Intelligence tools, ticketing systems, phones, email, and other office equipment.
Fine hand and finger dexterity, 20/20 corrected vision, color vision, and the ability to climb stairs to view processes.

Responsibilities

Lead daily operations for the manual debone cone lines, ensuring production plans are executed safely, efficiently, and accurately.
Directly supervise, coach, and develop department supervisors and support their leadership of production team members.
Monitor department performance against key metrics including yield, operational efficiency, labor utilization, throughput, quality, safety, retention, and other assigned measures.
Drive continuous improvement efforts to reduce waste, improve yield, increase efficiency, and strengthen production flow across the cone line area.
Partner with supervisors to ensure proper staffing, line assignments, rotation, training, and coverage based on production needs.
Ensure product quality, trim standards, food safety requirements, packaging specifications, and customer expectations are consistently met.
Identify trends, defects, downtime causes, or process deviations and implement timely corrective actions.
Support and enforce all company policies, safety rules, GMPs, SSOPs, HACCP requirements, sanitation expectations, and USDA regulatory standards.
Maintain a positive, respectful, and accountable department culture that supports engagement, communication, teamwork, and retention.
Partner with Human Resources and plant leadership on attendance, performance management, corrective action, retention, and employee relations matters.
Ensure supervisors and team members receive required safety, food safety, job-specific, and leadership training.
Prepare, review, and submit accurate operational reports, production data, yield results, labor data, and other department reporting as required.
Analyze production data and partner with leadership to develop action plans that improve department results.
Coordinate with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Human Resources, Scheduling, and other departments to resolve issues and support plant objectives.
Participate in audits, safety meetings, production meetings, and continuous improvement initiatives as needed.
Perform all other related duties as assigned by Management.