MI - Production Supervisor II; Chickery

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Full Time Hourly Manual Labor Ionia, MI, US

2 days ago Requisition

Position Summary:

Building on the responsibilities of a Supervisor I, the Supervisor II role is a key leadership position in the production department. It involves greater responsibility for effective team management and operational excellence on the farm. This position primarily works on the farm around livestock.

• Contribute to the development of departmental goals and objectives in alignment with the overall company strategy.
• Provide insights and recommendations to upper management for continuous improvement.
• Ensure a safe, secure, and healthy work environment.
• Follow up on safety reports in a timely manner.
• Organize workflow and ensure that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks. This includes meeting deadlines. Hold regular team meetings. Understand farm cross-functionality and organize workflow to get things done.
• Monitor employee productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching. Ensure employees meet performance expectations.
• Receive complaints and resolve problems.
• Maintain timekeeping and personnel records.
• Pass information between upper management and employees.
• Prepare and submit employee performance reviews. Help decide on rewards and promotions based on performance.
• Train new and existing employees.
• Ensure adherence to audit, legal, and company policies and procedures, and take disciplinary action when needed.
• Effective communication skills and interpersonal skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Adaptable, flexible, a quick learner, and a problem solver, including across departments.
• Follow and enforce biosecurity practices on all company sites.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field, with 3 or more years of relevant experience.
• Able to work weekends as needed and maintain a flexible schedule, including regular on-call duties.
• Ability to stand and/or walk while sampling chicken houses.
• Ability to work in a dusty, dirty environment with hot/cold temperatures depending on the season.
• Does not own or maintain regular contact with birds, swine, cattle, sheep, goats, or unprocessed eggs.
• Leadership courses completed in LMS.
• Develops and applies cross-functional mechanical aptitude.

• Ability to perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Ability to remain standing and/or walking for extended periods of time on concrete floors.
• Ability to stoop, bend, climb, and lift at least 25 pounds. Continuously throughout the day, with occasional lifting of 50 pounds.

• Follow all company safety rules.
• Report any safety concerns to the manager.