Automation Engineering Supervisor

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We have an exciting Automation Engineering Supervisor opportunity in our Guymon processing facility. In this highly impactful role, you will lead a team of automation specialists who are responsible for supporting all automation equipment installations, routine preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs in a fresh pork processing facility that processes over 21,500 animals per day. This position provides oversight and supervision to ensure activities and tasks are completed and improved and maximizes department efficiencies, workflow optimization, and staffing deployment.

Ensures all maintenance and preventive maintenance activities conducted by the automation team adhere to all workplace and food safety protocols.

At Seaboard Foods, we create the most sought-after pork. A top U.S. pork producer/processor and leading exporter to 30+ countries, we are committed to bringing excellence to the table, seeking a better way to produce wholesome pork, and connecting every step between our farms and family tables. More than 5,400 employees in five states work on our farms, feed mills, and processing plant to produce Prairie Fresh pork, ensuring the well‑being of our animals, the environment, our employees, and the communities we call home.

Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in our renewable gas projects on our farms creating renewable energy. Owned by Seaboard Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, and nominated as one of the "Best Places to Work" by Kansas City’s Business Journal, we have a dynamic culture where our employees can contribute and understand why they matter.

• Applies a systematic approach and engineering principles such as lean manufacturing to ensure equipment is monitored, issues are diagnosed adequately, and repairs and preventive maintenance on automated equipment are performed according to an established schedule.
• Supervises a team that interprets work orders and specifications to determine if the automated equipment requires replacement, repair, or general maintenance.
• Responsible for department efficiencies. Investigate, identify, and resolve operational constraints in the process and eliminate and minimize bottlenecks to prevent operational downtime.
• Analyzes daily data for department processes and equipment to ensure operations are performed consistently.
• Ensures the technician team performs tasks and responsibilities according to the established standard operating procedures and checklists.
• Ensures the department is prepared and set up daily for maximum efficiency.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of key performance indicators and their impact on operations.
• Monitor work schedules to ensure manning meets the established standard to meet the daily schedule attainment. Ensures accurate record of staffing and time worked.
• Supervise all employees, monitoring work performance, directing work, ensuring accurate timekeeping, and ensuring team members are trained and qualified and performing duties safely.
• Communicates, at a high level, with plant operations to ensure the machinery and equipment operate safely and efficiently.

Instills trust, communicates effectively, action‑oriented, ensures accountability, and drives results.

Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

• College degree in an engineering field or more than four (4) years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Excellent computer skills including the use of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Outlook, Word).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in the English language, including the ability to communicate with team members at all levels within the organization and regulatory agencies.
• Experience with ADP eTime, preferred but not required.
• Extensive knowledge of mechanical designs, installations,…