Maintenance Supervisor - 3rd Shift Acorn

Who We Are and What We Do

Farmer Focus’s mission is to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to consistently producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals.  Our culture is rooted in servant leadership, and we live by our Farmer Focus CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.

Maintenance Supervisor

Job Details

Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor
Department: Acorn Maintenance
Reports To: Maintenance Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Acorn
Work Arrangement: On-site
Shift / Schedule: 3rd Shift
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview / Purpose and Scope

Farmer Focus has an opportunity for a Maintenance Supervisor! In this position the lead will be responsible for coordinating maintenance operations at the Acorn plant to ensure smooth production operations, high safety standards, assigning, training, and monitoring staff in accordance with company policies and government regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate preventative maintenance program, equipment, and facilities repair for essential operations.
  • Maintain department performance within standards for efficient utilization of human resources and materials. 
  • Seek new opportunities for continuous improvement in materials and processes, including lean manufacturing and TQM.
• Ensure that routine equipment checks are being completed on all PLC’s and essential equipment.
• Coordinate equipment and labor to optimize completion of projects, routine maintenance, and necessary repairs.
• Ensure proper maintenance of refrigeration equipment, via the staff assigned to it. Responsible for maintenance and completion of PSM program.
• Supervise wastewater treatment operations, work towards the highest standard of wastewater recycling.  Ensure that the wastewater treatment meets the requirements of the discharge permit.
• Keep up knowledge of current maintenance and manufacturing technologies and systems.
• Ensure compliance with USDA, OSHA, EEO, and other appropriate government regulations.
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with other management personnel and USDA representatives.
• Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and Management of Change (MOC) processes for system changes.

Additional Responsibilities

• Mentor and motivate 5-12 team members, providing training and development to optimize their performance and personal growth. 
• Communicate performance standards to team members, recognizing and rewarding individual and team accomplishments and counseling performance problems.
• Communicate standards and ensure compliance with company standards and procedures, quality standards, GMP’s, and HAACP procedures.
• Train and enforce safety regulations and practices.
• Manage staffing and attendance.
• Facilitate team meetings, including team member training.  Ensure appropriate documentation is completed and maintained.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in related field and five to seven years of related supervisory experience; or any equivalent combination of experience and training. 
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.  Good judgment and strong problem resolution skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel

Work conducted primarily in an office environment, on-site in our Harrisonburg, VA facilities. Occasional travel between facilities for meetings, collaboration, and team coverage. On occasion, work may require access the production environment. Must be able to tolerate the varying heat, wet, and chill of the plant. Hearing and eye-protective equipment required in the production area. Required to wear hair and beard nets in the production area. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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