Assistant Production Supervisor
Position: Assistant Production Supervisor
Reports To: Senior Production Supervisor
Overview of Responsibilities:
- To maximize productivity and efficiency of all phases of production
- To maximize return on investment
- To project a positive public image of the companies
Scope of Responsibilities:
- Team Building and people development
- Oversee production parameters of WT, LII, GJW, SPGC, SEG & LP sow farms
- Implement new and innovative procedures on farm to increase productivity
- Trouble shoot areas of concern at farms
- Implement and maintain bio-security standards to protect farms from disease risk
- Communicate bio-security changes to “outside trucking”(feed and utility deliveries)
- Review performance records and suggest ways to improve based on economic conditions
- Conduct quality control audits of pigs to be shipped
- Represent the company at appropriate industry meetings as assigned
- Maintain high image standards for all employees
- Create strategic plans as needed
- Promote sales of gilts, barrows, and semen
- Handle customer complaints (both user and PIC)
- Handle animals with care and respect
- Keep assigned areas clean
- Oversee general/routine maintenance and repair on buildings, equipment, and grounds
- Performing duties in compliance with company bio-security and herd health policies, which include mandatory showering and changing into farm clothes prior to entering the farm, having no contact with other swine, and adhering to PIC “down time” requirements as noted in the Employee Handbook
- May operate computer, farm tractors, pickup and trailer, and a power generator.
- Oversee production at various finishers (future possibility)
- Insure animal health testing is accomplished at finishing sites (future possibility)
- Help to market animals for maximum profit per load (future possibility)
- Help with cutting cost at units (trucking, etc.)
- Help farms monitor ventilation and adjust for seasonal changes
- Handles Biosecurity worst case scenarios
- Semi Annual / New Employee Reviews
- Reports
- Recruiting and Training Personnel
- Community Outreach
- Overseeing Implementation of Innovative Ideas
Required Knowledge and Skills: Demonstrate interest and ability to work closely with animals and people, follow directions, think and work independently, and make sound decisions based on the information available.
Physical Requirements: ability to stand and walk on concrete floors for 9 hours per day, ability to tolerate dust, animal dander, odors, and noise (particle masks and ear protection are provided), ability to do moderate driving to get to various locations, ability to be seated at a computer for extended periods of time and occasionally lift objects upwards of 20 lbs.
Working Conditions: This position may require moderate driving to various locations. When at the farm locations, the working environment is primarily indoors with moderate temperatures. Rooms or buildings can be noisy, odiferous, and dusty. Powerful adult animals can cause injury, especially if handled improperly. When at the office, the working environment is primarily indoors with climate control. Desks and chairs are ergonomically designed.