Maintenance Supervisor - 1st Shift Acorn

Who We Are and What We Do

Farmer Focus’s mission is to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to consistently producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals.  Our culture is rooted in servant leadership, and we live by our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.

Maintenance Supervisor

Job Details

Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor
Department: Acorn Maintenance
Reports To: Maintenance Superintendent
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Acorn
Work Arrangement: On-site
Shift / Schedule: 1st Shift
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview / Purpose and Scope

Farmer Focus has an opportunity for a Maintenance Supervisor! In this position the lead will be responsible for coordinating maintenance operations at the Acorn plant to ensure smooth production operations, high safety standards, assigning, training, and monitoring staff in accordance with company policies and government regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate preventative maintenance program, equipment, and facilities repair for essential operations.
  • Maintain department performance within standards for efficient utilization of human resources and materials. 
  • Seek new opportunities for continuous improvement in materials and processes, including lean manufacturing and TQM.
• Ensure that routine equipment checks are being completed on all PLC’s and essential equipment.
• Coordinate equipment and labor to optimize completion of projects, routine maintenance, and necessary repairs.
• Ensure proper maintenance of refrigeration equipment, via the staff assigned to it. Responsible for maintenance and completion of PSM program.
• Supervise wastewater treatment operations, work towards the highest standard of wastewater recycling.  Ensure that the wastewater treatment meets the requirements of the discharge permit.
• Keep up knowledge of current maintenance and manufacturing technologies and systems.
• Ensure compliance with USDA, OSHA, EEO, and other appropriate government regulations.
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with other management personnel and USDA representatives.
• Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Management of Change (MOC) processes for system changes.

Additional Responsibilities

• Mentor and motivate 5-12 team members, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth. 
• Communicate performance standards to team members, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems.
• Communicate standards and ensure compliance with company standards and procedures, quality standards, GMP’s, and HAACP procedures.
• Train and enforce safety regulations and practices.
• Manage staffing and attendance.
• Facilitate team meetings, including team member training.  Ensure appropriate documentation is completed and maintained.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in related field and five to seven years of related supervisory experience; or any equivalent combination of experience and training. 
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.  Good judgment and strong problem resolution skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel

Work conducted primarily in an office environment, on-site in our Harrisonburg, VA facilities. Occasional travel between facilities for meetings, collaboration, and team coverage. On occasion, work may require access the production environment. Must be able to tolerate the varying heat, wet, and chill of the plant. Hearing and eye-protective equipment required in the production area. Required to wear hair and beard nets in the production area.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

About Farmer Focus

Farmer Focus exists to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is grounded in servant leadership and guided by our CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. Our top priorities are people, safety, and quality. At Farmer Focus, our vision is to disrupt the status quo by creating bold opportunities for people who demand more and deserve better.

Farmer Focus is committed to the principles of equal employment and to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is inclusive and equitable, free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation based upon an individual's age, race (including traits historically associated with race, which includes hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity, or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), military status (including status as a uniformed servicemember, a veteran, or dependent of a servicemember), or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. Farmer Focus is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy regarding all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.