Harvest Supervisor

About the role

This position is responsible for assuring all procedures are followed in achieving the highest level or productivity in the most cost-efficient manner possible while still maintaining the specification of the customer. Other responsibilities include ensuring all workstation have passed USDA Inspections, promoting a safe work environment, ensuring accurate shipments, and proper coding of products.

Responsibilities

• Meet volume goals, reduce claims, maximize yields, reduce costs, retain employees, and maintain good working relationships with other production supervisors, USDA (meat), and maintenance employees.
• Evaluate product and administer corrective procedures as necessary (e.g., provide indirect job specification training/coaching and develop employees).
• Coordinate attendance issues by filling vacant or absent positions and minimizing turnover rates.
• Conduct pre-operational inspections of the area, set up production equipment, and submit maintenance work orders as needed.
• Ensure the area is properly staffed/crewed to meet operational needs.
• Control waste by minimizing products sent to inedible and maintaining a sanitary working environment.
• Manage job changes/rotations.
• Ensure USDA regulatory compliance, HACCP, SSOP, SOP, GMP, and SQF program for product performance and safety.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct supervisor of assigned staff.

Education and/or Experience

Associate's degree from a college; three years' harvest production experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and Word Processing software.
• Frequent standing, reaching, talking, hearing, and using hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Frequent exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and extreme heat.
• Frequent exposure to high, precarious places and extreme cold.
• Frequent exposure to noise levels in the work environment that are usually loud.