Ranch Foreperson II - American 3 Ranch Dwelling (Shift Varies)

About the role

Foster Farms is dedicated to creating great food and enhancing moments for its customers. The company aims to be the leading and most trusted food provider, ensuring the well-being of its team, consumers, animals, and environment.

Essential Job Functions

• Regular contact with feed mill dispatchers, drivers, and maintenance personnel, as well as personnel from other ranches and field supervisors.
• Supervise and direct the essential functions of production on the assigned ranch, including set-up/clean-up, brooding, vaccination crews, maintenance repair, feed delivery, and relief personnel.
• Direct the grow-out of fryers through setup, brooding, temperature management, ventilation, monitoring of mortality, vaccinations, and medications to ensure the highest quality.
• Maintain ranch facilities, including appearance, coordination with the maintenance department, and addressing material needs and service calls.
• Follow and enforce strict sanitation procedures, maintaining awareness of bird health, and reporting any abnormalities to the Field Supervisor.
• React responsibly to emergencies affecting the chickens, both during the day and at night.
• Manage and control all ranch production costs, including labor, fuel, supplies, utilities, medications, and maintenance costs.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of all ranch activities, such as feed usage, mortality rates, fuel consumption, production levels, and energy consumption.
• Provide proper training and delegate duties to all ranch personnel.
• Adhere to and enforce company safety, animal welfare, and disease prevention guidelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of chicken-raising experience and completion of the Chicken Grow Out Training Program.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Good mathematical and organizational abilities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills (basic English).
• Able to move and lift up to 25 pounds.
• Preference for a mechanical aptitude.
• Able to live in company-provided housing and respond to alarms and adverse conditions.
• Able to work flexible schedules, including overtime, evenings, holidays, and weekends.
• Able to follow and enforce company standards, guidelines, and policies.
• Able to work at other ranches/complexes as needed.
• Desire and ability to maintain a clean and presentable ranch and living area.