Plant Superintendent II

Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Plant Superintendent is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day order fulfillment activities at the Abbotsford facility while maintaining efficient production in desired quality and quantity. This position leads the Plant Production Team in achieving key performance indicators for safety, environment, quality, customer service and cost.

• Demonstrates leadership to production supervisors and hourly employees to ensure consistent quality of work.
• Oversees production operations assuring quality and adherence to production specifications to meet customer expectations and business objectives.
• Accountable to achieve the assigned business metrics including yield, labour efficiency, sanitation and overhead expenses.
• Ensures the fulfillment of customer orders within the specifications.
• Maintains effective communication of expectations and goals throughout the plant environment.
• Accountable for a safe working environment through the development of strategies focused on accident reduction as well as energy and waste minimization.
• Ensure compliance to all OHS and environmental regulatory and corporate standards. Investigate and identify root causes of any non-compliance.
• Partners with Human Resources on all aspects of employee and labour relations

• A degree in business administration or engineering discipline or a minimum of 5 years of experience in the meat processing industry demonstrating increasing responsibility and success in various roles, or equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Proven experience in, and ability to manage within the terms and conditions of the collective agreement(s) and corporate human resources policies.
• Knowledge of computer applications, including work processing and spreadsheets.