Harvest Supervisor

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

We have an exciting Production Supervisor opportunity in our Processing facility. The Production Supervisor will manage, analyze, initiate, and control all phases of fresh pork production for a line (harvest, fabrication) processing over 400,000 pounds of products daily in a pork processing facility. This position is a hands-on supervisory role, managing over 30 employees, coordinating line activities and tasks, improving, and maximizing product yields and efficiencies, workflow optimization and staffing deployment. Ensures product quality and food safety standards are met as well as maintaining a safe work environment for employees.

ABOUT US

At Seaboard Foods, we create the most sought-after pork. A top U.S. pork producer/processor and leading exporter to 30+ countries, we are committed to bringing excellence to the table, seeking a better way to produce wholesome pork and connect every step between our farms and family tables. More than 5,400 employees in five states work on our farms, feed mills, and processing plant to produce Prairie Fresh® pork, ensuring the well-being of our animals, the environment, our employees, and the communities we call home. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in our renewable gas projects on our farms creating renewable energy. Owned by Seaboard Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, and nominated as one of the “Best Places to Work” by Kansas City’s Business Journal, we have a dynamic culture where our employees can contribute and understand why they matter.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for throughput targets on a production line meeting the quality and yield standards for a given product.
• Applies a systematic approach and engineering principles such as lean manufacturing to ensure workflow optimization for area of responsibility.
• Thorough knowledge.
• Optimizes product quality, specification and yields according to the standards established by the Company and the plant’s industrial engineer.
• Responsible for production line efficiencies. Investigates, identifies, and resolves operational constraints in the process, such as material use variances or bottlenecks and provides real-time solutions.
• Analyzes line processes and equipment to ensure high quality products are produced consistently.
• Utilize daily data to impact and maximize performance.
• Ensures the production line and industrial processing equipment is set up daily and properly functioning.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of key performance indicators and the impact on operations.
• Ensures the daily production schedules are attained.
• Complete understanding of product specifications and the methods used to meet specifications.
• Monitor work schedules to ensure manning is at the established standard to meet production and schedule attainment. Ensures accurate record of staffing and time worked.
• Supervise all employees, monitoring work performance, directing work, ensuring accurate timekeeping, and ensuring team members are trained and qualified and performing duties safely.
• Adheres to all Company policies and standard operating procedures with regards to product quality, food safety and work-place safety.

Qualifications

Preferred:

• College degree in an engineering field or more than four (4) years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing facility.
• Excellent computer skills, including the use of Microsoft Office programs (Excel, Outlook, Word).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in the English language, including the ability to communicate with team members at all levels within the organization and regulatory agencies.
• Experience with AS400, Kronos, ADP ETime, and Carlisle systems preferred but not required.

Required:

• High school education and four (4) years of management/management support in a food manufacturing facility.
• Intermediate in Microsoft Office; Word and Excel.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical and work demands listed here represent those an employee should possess to successfully perform the job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to move around the facility.
• The employee must regularly lift and move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Primarily an office environment with some need to work in the field.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is dependent on which environment you are in.
• The hours and days of work are established by departmental needs and at the discretion of management. After-hours, weekends, and overnight travel as requested.

WHY SEABOARD FOODS?

• Medical, vision & dental benefits upon hire
• 401K with company match
• Paid Time Off & Company Holidays
• Wellness Program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee pork purchase program

For a complete list of our benefits please visit our career site:

https://www.seaboardfoods.com/careers/why-sbf/

Seaboard Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans’ status, status as a disabled individual, or any other status protected by law.