Harvest Reilf Supervisor

Position Summary

The Harvest Supervisor is responsible for leading daily harvest operations to achieve the highest levels of productivity, quality, food safety, and cost efficiency while ensuring compliance with customer specifications and regulatory requirements. This position oversees production employees, promotes a safe work environment, ensures USDA inspection readiness, and maintains efficient production flow while supporting company objectives.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Supervise daily harvest operations to meet production, quality, yield, and efficiency goals.
• Ensure all production procedures are followed while maintaining customer specifications and food safety standards.
• Maintain compliance with USDA regulations, HACCP, SSOP, SOP, GMP, SQF, and all company food safety programs.
• Coordinate maintenance needs by submitting work orders and ensuring equipment is operating properly.
• Maintain effective working relationships with production employees, maintenance, USDA inspectors, and other departments.
• Enforce company safety policies and promote a culture of workplace safety.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Directly supervises assigned Harvest production employees.
• Carrries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
• Interviews, trains, schedules, coaches, performs performance management, disciplines, and develops employees.

Education And Experience

• Associate degree in Agriculture, Business, Food Science, Manufacturing, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years of harvest or meat processing production experience.
• Previous supervisory or leadership experience preferred.

Required Competencies

• Leadership: Leads by example while promoting accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Coaching: Coaches employees to achieve production and quality expectations.
• Analytical Skills: Collects and analyzes production data to identify opportunities for improvement. Uses data and experience to make sound operational decisions.
• Problem Solving: Identifies operational issues and implements timely, effective solutions. Exercises sound judgment under pressure.

Job Knowledge

• Demonstrates strong understanding of harvest operations, food safety, quality systems, and production processes.
• Keeps current with regulatory and industry requirements.

Teamwork

• Buils positive working relationships across departments. Encourages collaboration and supports organizational goals.

Business Acumen

• Understands the financial impact of operational decisions. Focuses on maximizing productivity while controlling costs.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to: Stand for extended periods. Use hands to handle, grasp, and manipulate objects. Reach with hands and arms. Communicate verbally and hear effectively. Occasionally walk, sit, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position.
• Employees are frequently exposed to: Wet and humid conditions Moving mechanical equipment Cold and refrigerated production environments Occasional exposure to elevated work areas Loud noise levels Fast-paced manufacturing conditions.