About this opportunity
Brakebush Chicken lists this Production Manager, 2nd shift opportunity in town of westfield, Wisconsin. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Title: Production Manager, 2nd shift, 2nd Shift Req ID: 10558
City, State: Westfield, WI
Reports to: Plant Manager
Classification: Exempt
Job Description
Summary
The Production Manager works with the other production managers, shift managers, and cross functional managers to attain facility productivity and quality goals. Implements and drives the LEAN mentality and vision.
Essential Functions
Empowers supervisors and production team members to meet and exceed operational and quality standards.
Ensures compliance of company policies and procedures, safety regulations, GMP’s, SOP’s, SSOP’s, HACCP and SQF.
Mentors and motivates associates, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth. Communicates performance standards to associates, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems. Ensures all associates have the resources and capabilities to effectively accomplish their responsibilities.
Participates in regular meetings with plant management to discuss production improvements. Facilitates problem resolution related to production issues.
Required Qualifications
Five years of supervisory experience in a food-processing organization, preferably using computerized manufacturing equipment. Further Processing experience preferred.
Working knowledge of USDA regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and HACCP.
Demonstrated understanding of production scheduling and other production variables such as run-rates, processing times, change-over times, etc.
Demonstrated knowledge of efficient and safe manufacturing operations to include product and associate safety, OSHA standards, product quality (success rates), throughput delivery and cost control (minimizing downtime and waste, optimizing yield).
Demonstrated mechanical and spatial aptitude, including the ability to disassemble and reassemble equipment and the ability to formulate and understand complex mathematical equations.
Strong interpersonal skills, to include professional oral and written communication, a team-focused approach, and the ability to model composure/make decisions in stressful situations.
Preferred Qualifications
A post-secondary degree in Food Science, Animal Science, Meat/Poultry Science, Engineering or Manufacturing Operations.
Prior experience in a poultry facility
Prior experience with SAP or Infinity
Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred
Competent in Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and Outlook
Knowledge of general First Aid and CPR
Supervisory Responsibility
This position will manage the production supervisors at the Westfield facility.
Work Environment
Wide variations in environment temperature (-10 freezer, 32-degree coolers, 40-degree plant, wet cold environment) noise, slippery floors and moving equipment.
Physical Demands
Position will include extensive standing at times, sitting, lifting, wearing factory required equipment while working in production, walking, visual, responding quickly to sounds and driving.
Travel
Some travel maybe required for trainings and classes.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test and background check are required.
Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to provide or assume work sponsorship of employment visas. Brakebush is committed to adhering to compliance and applicable pay transparency laws in all states where we operate and any other states where we have a legal obligation.
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