Senior Production Manager

Brakebush Chicken; Mocksville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakebush Chicken in Mocksville, NC, seeks a Senior Production Manager, 1st Shift, to lead production with a team of supervisors and shift managers. You will drive Lean initiatives, ensure safety and quality, and collaborate with cross-functional leaders to meet productivity goals.

The role requires deep experience in food processing, with emphasis on GMP/HACCP, scheduling, and cost control. This on-site position offers growth and the chance to influence plant performance.

Qualifications

• Seven plus years of supervisory experience in a food-processing organization
• Working knowledge of USDA regulations, GMPs, and HACCP
• Understanding of production scheduling and run-rates, processing times, change-overs
• Knowledge of safe manufacturing operations: OSHA, product quality, throughput, cost control
• Mechanical and spatial aptitude; ability to disassemble/reassemble equipment; handle complex equations
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills, team-focused leadership

Responsibilities

• Empower supervisors and team members to meet operational and quality standards
• Ensure compliance with company policies, safety regulations, GMPs, SOPs, SSOPs, HACCP and SQF
• Mentor and develop associates; communicate performance standards and recognize achievements
• Participate in plant management meetings to discuss production improvements and resolve issues
• Serve as backup to Plant Manager

Skills

Supervisory experience

GMP/HACCP knowledge

Production scheduling

Manufacturing operations

Equipment handling

Interpersonal skills

Education

Post-secondary degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Meat/Poultry Science, Engineering or Manufacturing Operations

Poultry facility experience

Tools

SAP

Infinity

Job description

Title: Senior Production Manager, 1st Shift Req ID: 10603

City, State: Mocksville, NC

Reports to: Plant Manager

Classification: Exempt

Job Description

Summary: The Production Manager works with the other production managers, shift managers, and cross functional managers to attain facility productivity and quality goals. Implements and drives the LEAN mentality and vision.

Essential Functions:

• Empowers supervisors and production team members to meet and exceed operational and quality standards.
• Ensures compliance of company policies and procedures, safety regulations, GMP’s, SOP’s, SSOP’s, HACCP and SQF.
• Mentors and motivates associates, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth. Communicates performance standards to associates, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems. Ensures all associates have the resources and capabilities to effectively accomplish their responsibilities.
• Participates in regular meetings with plant management to discuss production improvements. Facilitates problem resolution related to production issues.
• Serves as a backup to the Plant Manager.

Required Qualifications:

• Seven plus years of supervisory experience in a food-processing organization, preferably using computerized manufacturing equipment. Further Processing experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of USDA regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and HACCP.
• Demonstrated understanding of production scheduling and other production variables such as run-rates, processing times, change-over times, etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of efficient and safe manufacturing operations to include product and associate safety, OSHA standards, product quality (success rates), throughput delivery and cost control (minimizing downtime and waste, optimizing yield).
• Demonstrated mechanical and spatial aptitude, including the ability to disassemble and reassemble equipment and the ability to formulate and understand complex mathematical equations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, to include professional oral and written communication, a team-focused approach, and the ability to model composure/make decisions in stressful situations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A post-secondary degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Meat/Poultry Science, Engineering or Manufacturing Operations.
• Prior experience in a poultry facility
• Prior experience with SAP or Infinity
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred
• Competent in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Knowledge of general First Aid and CPR

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position will manage the production supervisors at the Mocksville facility.

Work Environment:

Wide variations in environment temperature (-10 freezer, 32-degree coolers, 40-degree plant, wet cold environment) noise, slippery floors and moving equipment.

Physical Demands:

Position will include extensive standing at times, sitting, lifting, wearing factory required equipment while working in production, walking, visual, responding quickly to sounds and driving.

Travel:

Some travel maybe required for trainings and classes.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background check are required.

Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to provide or assume work sponsorship of employment visas.

Brakebush is committed to adhering to compliance and applicable pay transparency laws in all states where we operate and any other states where we have a legal obligation.