Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Bachoco USA i s seeking a Production Supervisor on the 2nd Shift for our Albertville, AL location.

Primary Responsibility: The Production Supervisor reports to the Production Superintendent and is responsible for ensuring that production on assigned line is run in an efficient and safe manner to ensure production of first quality product to meet customer needs and specifications.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Supervises a team of hourly hand portioners.
• Responsible for safety, performance, yields, staffing, time and attendance, training, and corrective actions for assigned shift.
• Follows and enforces company's policies & procedures, Food Safety Guidelines and GMP procedures.
• Works with other departments on assigned shift to ensure all customer specifications and USDA requirements are met.
• Completes daily reporting for shift including employee time edits.
• Maximizes yields and throughputs while maintaining quality standards.
• Participates in interviews for open positions.
• Ensures that safety and job specific training are conducted on assigned shift.
• Ensures that assigned shift is prepared for customer and BRC audits.
• Other duties as assigned.
• This is a safety sensitive position. 

Requirements:

• Supervisory experience
• Up to 3 years relevant experience in poultry operations
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• Ability to build relationships and influence to get results
• Experience in portioning or Portioning operations
• Bi-lingual a plus

Supervisory Responsibilities: Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

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.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university preferred, or two to three years of relevant experience.

Language 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.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning: 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.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Payroll systems; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and peripheral vision.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.