General Laborer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate degree in Poultry Science, Animal Science, Agriculture, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent in experience
• 3 years proven supervisory experience in poultry plant management or other manufacturing
• Ability to organize, plan, and complete work in a timely fashion
• Demonstrated positive attitude and uncompromising regard for quality
• Strong interpersonal skills: ability to communicate and work effectively with a variety of people
• Ability to motivate others to work towards an environment of continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to work well with and guide other people effectively and to positively influence the attitude and performance of others
• Strong reading, math, writing, and analytical skills
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel

Nice To Haves

• Mentor and motivate team members, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth.
• Communicate performance standards to team members, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems.
• Communicate standards and ensure compliance with company procedures, GMP’s, and HAACP procedures.
• Train and enforce safety regulations and practices.
• Manage staffing, line coverage, and attendance.
• Facilitate team meetings, including team member training.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is completed and maintained.

Responsibilities

• Providing direction to all production supervisors in packaging on their designated shift.
• Ensuring a safe, well-organized, efficient operation with minimum downtime.
• Strictly adhering to company standards and procedures and customer specifications and quality standards.
• Complying with the department HACCP Plan and providing for HACCP recordkeeping.
• Assigning, training, and monitoring staff in accordance with company policies.
• Directing first processing supervisors to meet production orders in conjunction with team members to maintain quality standards of products.
• Maintaining department performance within standards for efficient utilization of human resources and materials.
• Maintaining and reporting production-related information regarding yields, efficiencies, and labor utilization to the Plant Manager.
• Seeking new opportunities for continuous improvement in materials and processes, including lean manufacturing and TQM.
• Ensuring that all production processes and products adhere to GMP standards and customer specifications and are in compliance with the company’s HACCP Plan.
• Ensuring equipment and work areas are appropriately maintained and operating continuously and efficiently by maintenance staff and outside vendors, in consultation with the Maintenance Manager and Plant Manager.
• Establishing and maintaining appropriate working relationships with other management personnel, vendors, and USDA representatives.
• Keeping abreast of current poultry processing technologies and systems.
• Ensuring compliance with USDA, OSHA, EEO, and other appropriate government regulations.
• Performing other related responsibilities, as needed, to support Farmer Focus business objectives.
• Mentoring and motivating team members, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth.
• Communicating performance standards to team members, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems.
• Communicating standards and ensuring compliance with company procedures, GMP’s, and HAACP procedures.
• Training and enforcing safety regulations and practices.
• Managing staffing, line coverage, and attendance.
• Facilitating team meetings, including team member training.
• Ensuring appropriate documentation is completed and maintained.

Benefits

• Farmer Focus is committed to the principles of equal employment and to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.
• It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is inclusive and equitable, free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation based upon an individual's age, race (including traits historically associated with race, which includes hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity, or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), genetic information (including testing and characteristics), military status (including status as a uniformed servicemember, a veteran, or dependent of a servicemember), or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.
• Farmer Focus is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy regarding all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
• Farmer Focus is a company dedicated to people, the farmers who grow for us and our team members who work in our state-of-the-art facilities.
• Whether a general laborer on our breast debone line or an executive, we are committed to creating a workplace that values all our people and offers everyone a chance to grow and thrive.
• We operate from our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.
• We plan our work schedules to avoid most Saturday work.
• We do not run production on Sundays.
• Join us in our mission to protect generational family farms.
• We look forward to working with you!