Grader Supervisor

About the role

Aviagen is seeking a safety-focused, highly experienced professional to fill our open Grader Supervisor role at the GP Egg Depot in Elkmont, AL.

Responsibilities

• Supervising and scheduling the grader team.
• Schedule grader operations.
• Verify egg counts picked up from farms.
• Pull eggs for specific customer orders.
• Perform and maintain all paperwork associated with the egg grader.
• Pull together eggs for customer orders and prepare eggs for shipping, ensuring the orders are processed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Communicate with grader employees to accomplish completing customer orders.
• Keeping the manager updated regarding the progress of each order throughout the day.
• Speak with the manager before processing HE orders about which orders take priority for each day.
• Communicating with grader employees about each order requirement.
• Learn each customer’s criteria for customer export orders.
• Achieve TSA certification and monitor TSA processes during grading.
• Determine which TSA employees are certified and schedule them during TSA orders.
• Prepare and complete all TSA documents required to ship TSA orders.
• Determine employees’ jobs for each day, and then write them on the daily task board.
• Review take-out sheets and monitor orders throughout the day.
• Make corrections to orders and processes during operation.
• Know and memorize the flock status report.
• Keep up with hatch week and determine what the age spread being processed is for the orders.
• Know Foundation criteria for customer orders.
• Learn the process for writing up export orders for customers.
• Make corrections to orders if counting errors are caught while orders are processed.
• Make sure all orders and deadlines are met accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Make sure all trucks have an NPIP before leaving the Depot if they are crossing state lines.
• Hold meetings with hourly employees concerning particular things going on around the Depot.
• Answer all RCAs for QA concerning the depot grader.
• Write up orders for the Sanovo night and day crew to weigh.
• Program the Sanovo machine for specific breed egg weights.
• Program the Sanovo machine for export egg printing.
• Check the physical egg inventory twice a week (Tuesday/Friday).
• Make sure all egg inventory records are accurate and make corrections to mistakes caught by physical inventory.
• Learn to complete the labels for export customer orders.
• Advise all export order contact drivers when they arrive at the Depot.
• Supply the night shift with eggs to weigh and things to accomplish for the night.