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Brakebush Chicken · 13 hours ago

Production Manager

Hartwell, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Brakebush Chicken is a food processing company seeking a Production Manager to collaborate with other managers to achieve productivity and quality goals. The role involves empowering team members, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and facilitating production improvements.

AgricultureFood and Beverage

No H1B

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Supervisory experienceUSDA regulations knowledgeProduction schedulingLEAN methodologyMechanical aptitudeSAPInfinityMicrosoft Office SuiteFirst AidCPRBilingual (English/Spanish)Interpersonal skills

Required

Five years of supervisory experience in a food-processing organization, preferably using computerized manufacturing equipment. Water Jet Cutting, 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