Hatchery Supervisor - 1st Shift

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Job Summary

The Supervisor’s is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the department assigned, the hourly staff, ensuring that dept. goals are met in regards to product quality, GMP/SSOP and HACCP standards, team member safety, order fill and productivity, maintaining staffing, and administering and discipline in accordance with team member handbook.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Any other duties or responsibilities assigned by manager

• Supervisor will communicate daily with superintendent and operations managers to ensure that priorities and daily production needs are understood and communicated effectively to staff.
• Make decisions and utilize staff to fulfill dept goals for quality, safety, and productivity.
• Communicate with other dept supervisors and managers to ensure that staffing is best utilized, and priorities met.
• Training and development of team members for all key positions and backups.
• Selection of team members and administering of discipline and policy within the dept.
• Controlling of OT, waste, yields, and order fill to meet measured dept. goals.
• Communication of daily priorities, schedules, and performance results vs. goal to hourly staff. Designation and utilization of hourly team members to fulfill dept. obligations to safety teams and other task force teams.

• Take a proactive role in assuring safe, quality products are produced by immediately addressing any safety or quality concerns.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Responsible for all hourly team members in given department.

Competencies

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Demonstrated basic knowledge of animal welfare and handling and specific knowledge of the department processes. Demonstrated ability to effectively select, train, and manage staff in order to fulfill dept goals. Ability to effectively administer discipline and coaching according to company policies. Effective decision-making skills. Effective skills in reading and utilizing data provided from accounting and production reports.

Education and/or Experience

Minimum HS Diploma or equivalent. College preferred but not required. Experience in a leadership role or demonstrated ability to function as an effective leader.