Harvest General Supervisor- B shift

Company: Seaboard Triumph Foods
Location: Sioux City
Posted on: March 15, 2023

Job Description:

SUMMARY: The Operations General Supervisor will provide day-to-day leadership and management for Production Supervisors at the Seaboard Triumph Foods Sioux City Plant. Establish means and methods to insure all Supervisors perform job functions correctly and safely. Ensure production outputs are met, adhere to company policies and procedures, and responsible for employee performance and retention. Cover production activities in the absence of Production Supervisors. Must possess a high level of technical proficiency to assist operators in problem solving while exercising considerable judgement and have the ability to supervise the production process. Direct the routine maintenance and set-up of machines, equipment and facilities.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include, but are not limited to the following: (other duties may be assigned)Provide the day-to-day leadership and management for Supervisors and production employees in department.Maintain safety or ergonomic programs to ensure a safe working environment.Responsibilities include training employees to ensure safe operating procedures are being followed, including lock-out/tag-out; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.Be an active member on the Safety Committee.Assign, direct and monitor work.Responsible for performance appraisal, development, and discipline. Must be able to address and resolve issues.Ensure all new hires and existing employees perform their jobs safely, correctly and with the highest level of quality and ability.Responsible for meeting established production targets, quality and yield standards.Communicate daily expectations, direction and instructions and provide on going feedback to employees. Communicate any changes in policies or procedures as needed.Develop collaborative working relationship with all departments in the Plant.Complete all reports accurately and timely.Set daily/weekly/monthly objectives and communicate them to personnel.Maintain a high standard of employee relations.Walk the floor daily to address immediate questions and concerns; Conduct monthly line meetings.Adhere to all safety procedures, accident investigation analysis, conduct departmental safety meetings, and utilize equipment provided for employee protection.QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: 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 in a related field (technical, engineering, management) plus 3 to 5 years of experience in a manufacturing industry; 2 years fresh pork experience is preferred or the combination of education and experience that enables performance in all aspects of the position. Prior supervisory experience is required.COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to write reports and business correspondence. Ability to effectively manage time and meet all specified deadlines.LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language such as safety files, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Must be able to effectively communicate with USDA, production and management personnel.MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to apply mathematical applications to practical situations. Demonstrated ability to understand basic statistics for process control.REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to use computers and all standard programs used by the industry and the ability to learn and effectively use any and all other computer programs that are or will be made available. Advanced skills in MS Office.PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to move about the facility. The employee is frequently required to stand for long periods of time; walk; use hands to finger; handle; or feel/hold objects share and use tools/hand tools; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; speak; hear taste and smell and occasionally sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.WORK ENVIRONMENT: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to cold/hot and/or humid conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, may be in tight spaces, and around live animals. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, cold/hot temperature and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The work environment includes climate extremes found in all areas of plant operations.NORMAL WORK SCHEDULE: The hours and days of work are established as needed by operations and at the discretion of management and may be changed (increased or decreased) by management as required.

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