Rendering Supervisor (1147350)

The Judge Group; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

12% annual bonus

$2300 annual shift per diem

Benefits

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking a Rendering Supervisor in West Lafayette, IN. You will lead daily rendering and by-products operations at a high-volume facility, ensuring safe, efficient processes and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include supervising staff, coordinating with maintenance, and driving continuous improvement in safety, yield, and product quality. Must be able to work flexible hours and lift requirements as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; associate or bachelor’s degree in related fields preferred.
• 3+ years supervisory or production-management experience in rendering or meat processing.
• Experience with industrial processing equipment and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily rendering operations across shifts, including raw-material handling and product loading.
• Lead, coach, and train rendering employees; ensure staffing and adherence to standards.
• Maintain a strong safety culture with PPE, lockout/tagout, and other safety practices.
• Monitor production throughput, cooker performance, temperatures, and fat yield.
• Ensure rendered products meet moisture, protein, fat, and quality specs.
• Investigate interruptions, deviations, safety incidents, and equipment issues; implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate with Maintenance to prioritize repairs and prevent downtime.
• Coordinate with related teams to ensure material flow and timely shipments.
• Maintain accurate records of production, yields, inventory, downtime, and inspections.
• Comply with feed safety, environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct regular floor inspections and shift handoffs; communicate priorities and expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement in safety, yield, throughput, and energy efficiency.
• Manage inventories of chemicals, packaging, and operating supplies.

Skills

Team leadership

Supervisory experience

Safety leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Shift planning

Microsoft Office

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate or Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

Production reporting systems

MS Office

Job description

Location: West Lafayette, IN

Salary: $75,000.00 USD Annually - $85,000.00 USD Annually

Description

Salary: $75K- $85K + 12% (bonus paid out quarterly) + $2300 annual shift per diem + Benefits

Location: West Lafayette, IN area *Relocation assistance provided!*

Job Type: Direct Hire, Full-time, *Must be US Citizen or Green Card holder

Great opportunity with a fast growing food processor!

Position Summary

The Rendering Supervisor leads daily rendering and by-products operations at a high-volume meat-processing facility. This role is responsible for safely converting animal by-products into finished products such as protein meals, fats, and related materials while meeting production, quality, food/feed safety, environmental, regulatory, and cost targets.

The supervisor provides front-line leadership for production employees, coordinates with maintenance and other plant departments, and ensures equipment and processes operate safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise daily rendering operations across assigned shifts, including raw-material receiving, cooking, separation, drying, fat handling, finished-product loading, and sanitation.
• Lead, coach, schedule, and evaluate rendering employees; ensure adequate staffing, training, accountability, and adherence to work standards.
• Maintain a strong safety culture by enforcing PPE, lockout/tagout, confined-space, hot-work, chemical-handling, and machine-guarding requirements.
• Monitor critical process conditions such as production throughput, cooker performance, temperatures, moisture, fat yield, product quality, equipment run time, and utility use.
• Ensure finished rendered products meet established specifications for moisture, protein, fat, particle size, contamination control, and customer requirements.
• Investigate production interruptions, quality deviations, safety incidents, equipment failures, and yield losses; implement timely corrective actions.
• Partner with Maintenance to prioritize repairs, coordinate preventive maintenance, plan shutdown work, and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Coordinate with slaughter, fabrication, transportation, wastewater, quality assurance, sanitation, and warehouse teams to ensure consistent material flow and timely shipment of finished products.
• Maintain accurate records for production, yields, inventory, downtime, sanitation, inspections, training, and regulatory compliance.
• Support compliance with applicable feed safety, environmental, occupational safety, animal by-product, wastewater, odor-control, and hazardous-material requirements.
• Conduct regular floor inspections and shift handoffs; communicate operating priorities, hazards, maintenance needs, and performance expectations.
• Drive continuous-improvement initiatives focused on safety, yield recovery, throughput, energy efficiency, product quality, housekeeping, and labor utilization.
• Manage inventories of chemicals, packaging, spare parts, fuel, additives, and other operating supplies as assigned.
• Respond to operational emergencies, including equipment failures, spills, odors, releases, fires, or other plant incidents, in accordance with site procedures.
• Perform other duties consistent with safe and efficient plant operations.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; associate’s or bachelor’s degree in operations, industrial technology, agriculture, food science, engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Three or more years of supervisory, lead, or production-management experience in rendering, meat processing, food manufacturing, feed manufacturing, industrial processing, or a comparable high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of industrial processing equipment, including cookers, presses, centrifuges, dryers, pumps, conveyors, boilers, tanks, and associated controls.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a safety-sensitive, fast-paced, physically demanding production environment.
• Ability to interpret production reports, quality data, operating procedures, safety requirements, and maintenance information.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, documentation, and shift-planning skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and extended shifts when business conditions require.
• Proficiency with basic computer applications, production-reporting systems, and Microsoft Office or equivalent tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience in animal by-product rendering or a related protein, fats, oils, or feed-ingredient operation.
• Experience with HACCP, GMPs, sanitation programs, feed safety plans, environmental compliance, wastewater operations, or odor-control systems.
• Lean, Six Sigma, continuous-improvement, or root-cause-analysis experience.
• Knowledge of ammonia refrigeration, boiler systems, wastewater treatment, or process-control systems is an advantage.
• Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills.

Physical and Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to walk and stand for extended periods and work on wet, uneven, elevated, or slippery surfaces.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry up to pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to work around heat, steam, odors, noise, chemicals, moving equipment, and raw animal by-products.
• Must be able to wear required PPE, which may include safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, hard hat, respirator, protective clothing, and steel-toe footwear.
• Must be able to work in indoor and outdoor processing areas with varying temperatures and humidity.