Kill Plant Shift Manager- 3rd Shift

Pilgrim's; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilgrim's is seeking a Production Shift Manager to direct and optimize its processing operations, ensuring quality targets, safety, and cost efficiency.

You will oversee multiple production areas, coordinate with maintenance, sanitation, quality and shipping teams, and drive continuous improvement while meeting USDA standards. Strong leadership and communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in poultry/food industry with supervisory experience.
• Strong leadership and team interaction with management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.

Responsibilities

• Manage the further processing production operations of the plant.
• Lead Operational Excellence activities at least twice per year.
• Use engineering skills to optimize production goals.
• Maintain equipment reliability and minimize downtime per shift.
• Ensure production quality and continuous improvement.
• Ensure standard work practices and safety compliance.
• Coordinate production, maintenance, sanitation, quality, shipping and receiving.
• Monitor department performance to meet efficiency, yield and quality goals.
• Set objectives and review shift performance.
• Train staff on standard work tasks and safety.
• Maintain USDA sanitation standards and safe operations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Critical thinking

Organization

Prioritization

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

PRODUCTION SHIFT MANAGER

At Pilgrim’s, Safety Is A Condition, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.

We have implemented safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We are working to ensure social distancing guidelines are followed within our facility. Each day, temperature screens are performed for each employee and visitor before entering the facility. Face coverings are available to all team members and enhanced cleaning and sanitation is regularly performed.

Production Shift Manager

GENERAL SUMMARY:

This position will manage and direct supervision of our further processing production operations. This position will ensure production meets objectives at a designed quality level consistent with the lowest cost while maintaining a safe work environment.

BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Managing the further processing production operations of the plant.
• Participation in Operational Excellence project meeting project team no less than twice per year
• Leverage advanced engineering skillsets to optimize production goals
• Insure reliability of plant equipment and maintain downtime at lowest possible standard per shift for the production areas assigned.
• Assumes responsibility for production quality and continuous improvement.
• Ensures work teams follow standard work practices to promote improved production efficiency and achieve production targets.
• Ensures employees are properly trained on standard work practices and perform job tasks as defined.
• Ensures production flow is consistent, throughput is monitored, and efficiency targets are met.
• Ensures transfer of finished product from production floor to storage area is performed within standard operating procedure.
• Coordinating the production, maintenance, sanitation, quality, shipping and receiving areas.
• Monitoring performance of each department to meet production efficiency, yield and quality goals.
• Setting objectives and reviewing shift's performance versus objectives.
• Encouraging subordinates to find ways to reduce cost.
• Ensuring sanitation meets USDA standards.
• Coordinating production and sanitation maintenance to meet daily needs.
• Analyzing equipment on a daily basis and reviewing with maintenance superintendent.
• Providing a clear sense of direction for supervisors to work toward and encourage teamwork to achieve goals.
• Establishing challenging goals and standards fro each supervisor and encourage them to give their best effort.
• Ensuring effective utilization of human resources by training subordinates, motivating consistent performances, appraising performance, recommending salary action and developing for potential promotion.
• Monitoring operations to meet company policies,quality specifications, USDA and OSHA standards.
• Conducting plant inspections to eliminate hazardous conditions.
• Managing all aspects of operations to assure a safe working environment.
• Taking immediate action to eliminate improper practices or hazardous conditions

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years experience in the poultry/food industry required with at least 3 years in a supervisory role.
• Must have good leadership skills.
• Must have the ability to interact with operational and processing management.
• Must demonstrate critical thinking skills.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must have the ability to organize and prioritize work.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: High School Diploma/GED; Bachelor's Degree reqiured.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled