Hatchery Supervisor - 1st Shift

About the role

The Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the day‑to‑day operations of the assigned department and its hourly staff, ensuring departmental goals are met in product quality, GMP/SSOP and HACCP standards, team member safety, order fill, and productivity. Responsibilities also include staffing, administering discipline per the team member handbook, and maintaining compliance with safety and quality protocols.

Responsibilities

• Communicate daily with the superintendent and operations managers to ensure priorities and production needs are clearly understood and conveyed to staff.
• Make decisions and utilize staff to achieve departmental goals for quality, safety, and productivity.
• Coordinate with other department supervisors and managers to optimize staffing and meet priorities.
• Train and develop team members for all key positions and backup roles.
• Select team members and administer discipline and policy within the department.
• Control overtime, waste, yields, and order fill to meet measured departmental goals.
• Communicate daily priorities, schedules, and performance results versus goals to hourly staff.
• Assign hourly team members to safety teams and other task‑force teams as needed.
• Proactively address safety or quality concerns to ensure safe, quality product production.

Supervisory responsibilities

Responsible for all hourly team members in the given department.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated basic knowledge of animal welfare and handling, and specific knowledge of department processes.
• Proven ability to select, train, and manage staff to meet departmental goals.
• Ability to administer discipline and coaching in accordance with company policies.
• Effective decision‑making skills.
• Proficiency in reading and utilizing data from accounting and production reports.

Education and experience

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent; college education preferred but not required.
• Experience in a leadership role or demonstrated ability to function as an effective leader.