HARVEST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Souderton, PA

JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Souderton, PA
POSTED
7 days ago

 

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

HARVEST/ KILL FLOOR 

SOUDERTON, Pennsylvania, United States

DESCRIPTION

  • Supervise, evaluate and direct personnel on shift in performing operations according to sound operating principles and company policies and procedures. 
  • Stimulate maximum safety, efficiency and productivity of production workers; ensure proper training of employees. 
  • Anticipate and determine causes of delays in shift operations and take appropriate actions to meet production schedules. 
  • Apply company employee relations and union contract policies in all dealing with employees. 
  • Monitor and confirm that machinery, equipment and facilities are properly maintained and sanitized for efficient production. 
  • Arrange to have appropriate production records prepared and maintained (i.e., payroll, yields). 
  • Work closely with other production supervisors and management to promote efficiency and teamwork in each department and in plant facility. 
  • Attend meetings as scheduled or called. 
  • Excellent communication across all production floor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  •  Minimum 1-2 years’ background experience in similar industry
  • Knowledge of products and their specifications is essential.
  • Communication skills
  • Ability to motivate workers
  • Bilingual preferred but not required
  • Minimum 1-2 years of humane handling experience

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Insure the quality and yields of products on the line.
  • Supervise all hourly employees on the line.
  • Responsible for the safety and motivation of all employees supervised.
  • Ensure that all products leaving the line area meet the required specifications.
  • Prepare pre-operational paperwork and ensure the line is clean and sanitized before the day’s operations begin.
  • Ensure the area is properly staffed to meet production needs.
  • Prepare employee paperwork for all employees on the line.
  • Job performance is measured by the Cooler superintendent: Cooler on such criteria as the overall productivity of the area and how well supervisor manages hourly employees.
  • Understand and adhere to all union regulations in regard to hourly employees.
  • Attend and give input at daily supervisor meetings within the fabrication and Harvest (Kill floor) areas.
  • Run line’ meetings once a month for hourly employees.
  • Responsible for administering follow-up training on all personnel 
  • Directly responsible for discipline procedures with hourly employees on the line. These may range from verbal warnings to terminations.
     

BENEFITS

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K (matching after the first year of service)
  • Vacation, sick leave, and six company observed holidays
  • Better Future Program-2 year MONTCO Community College tuition paid for employee and dependents

Be Extraordinary. Join Us Today!

 

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About the Company

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
2009