Hog Barn Supervisor

The Value You’ll Bring

The position summary states the general nature and purpose of the job. Overall accountabilities are defined in this section. As a Hog Barn Supervisor, you'll play a vital leadership role in overseeing the smooth and efficient movement of livestock from receiving to production, ensuring animal welfare and operational flow. You’ll lead, train, and support a dedicated team of administrative and production staff, helping them meet production goals while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and cost-efficiency. This position also offers the opportunity to manage facility operations and ensure compliance with company and governmental regulations—making a real impact in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where your leadership truly matters.

What You’ll Do

• Livestock Handling and Compliance: Receives, identifies (tattoos), scales, moves, and accurately counts livestock. Helps manage livestock rest times to meet recommended requirements. Maintains and monitors compliance with FSIS regulations.
• Animal Welfare and Yard Monitoring: Monitors yard and truck conditions to ensure adherence to corporate and governmental standards. Oversees animal welfare practices and takes corrective action when necessary.
• Operational Coordination: Acts as a liaison between procurement and plant operations. Maintains status updates on all incoming livestock loads.
• Facility Maintenance and Planning: Completes daily water checks and schedules facility maintenance. Ensures preventative maintenance on equipment (e.g., bobcat) is completed and manages inventory of barn supplies.
• Training and Performance Management: Trains employees on industry best practices and emphasizes daily adherence. Conducts daily walkthroughs of the barn/facility to monitor activity and address employee concerns.
• Leadership and Professional Development: Maintains a leadership style focused on training, support, and promoting the professional growth of team members. Manages employee schedules and sets annual goals. Conducts annual performance reviews and evaluations. Hosts regularly scheduled line meetings to communicate company policies, answer questions, and gather feedback.

What We’re Seeking

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university and 2+ years relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a process or project.
• Producer Quality Assurance/Truckers Quality Assurance certification.
• USDA Bonded.
• Captive bolt trained to euthanize downed pigs.
• Bobcat Safety Training Certificate.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Other Skills That Make You Stand Out

• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Strong math skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to make independent decisions.
• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Frequent standing, walking, using hands to handle, or feel, reaching with hands and arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling, talking or hearing.
• Plant environment will include wet or humid conditions (non-weather related), extreme cold and heat (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals.
• Noise level in the work environment can be loud when in the production area.

IndSPR-Ops Relocation Package Available

Yes

EEO Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.