Transportation Hub Manager - Appleton, MN

Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns four feed mills, manages 145,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. The company employs nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships.

The company is vertically integrated with a strong presence across the pork value chain - from farm to fork. Christensen Farms is the largest shareholder of Triumph Foods LLC, a producer-owned primary pork processing plant in St. Joseph, Missouri. In turn, Triumph Foods members own 50 percent of Daily's Premium Meats, a specialty pork processor of bacon and other premium pork products. Triumph Foods also holds a 50 percent partnership in Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC of Sioux City, Iowa, a primary pork processing plant.

Position Overview & Responsibilities

This position is responsible for ensuring all live haul equipment sanitation needs are executed in accordance with safety, quality, and bio-security standards while meeting transportation schedule deadlines. The Transportation Hub Manager will provide leadership to the team working at the wash they supervise and will support the personal development of staff to fulfill individual career objectives as well as organizational needs. This individual will be expected to develop strong working relationships across company departments as well as repair and maintenance vendors to develop and implement solutions for keeping the wash site running effectively and efficiently. A strong sense of ownership in results as they relate to leadership and operational metrics is expected of the individual in this role.

Major Areas of Accountability

• Responsible for ensuring a safe work environment and culture in our facilities by leading and maintaining our safety programs.
• Responsible for supervising, coaching, and developing direct reports. Must work with contract labor partners to provide feedback on how the contract washers are performing and direct them as needed to achieve our business results.
• Participate in the development of the departmental business plan and budgeting process to support continuous improvement and strategic initiatives.
• Accountable for improvement of Key Performance Indicators including leadership and operational metrics.
• Establish and implement plans and strategies to develop trailer wash leads and wash staff to support career objectives and organizational leadership needs.
• Coordinate training, SOP development and process improvement initiatives to ensure compliance, support personal development and contribute to departmental progress.
• Ensure all required tools, equipment and resources are available and utilized to fulfill trailer wash functions as per SOP.
• Supervise and ensure quality, safety, bio-security and operational protocols and standards for the trailer wash are followed.
• Implement and uphold maintenance and repair schedules of all trailer wash facilities and equipment, including live haul trailers.
• Input data/reporting and time keeping processes relative to trailer washes to ensure the needs of the business are fulfilled.
• Ensure execution of facility/grounds maintenance & repair and coordinate with environmental resources to manage wastewater to company standards.
• Ensure trailers meet sanitation and operational expectations and are equipped with necessary supplies/tools.
• Provide feedback to the Operations Manager on contract services, employee performance and work quality, labor needs and driver concerns and issues.
• Miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Education, Training, and Experience Required

• Minimum formal education required: High School Diploma or Equivalence
• Minimum number of years of prior job experience required: 2 years
• Specialized Training requirements: None
• Other Technical Skills Required:
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to exercise effective judgment and act under pressure
  • Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast paced, dynamic and challenging environment
  • Proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Other Technical Skills required: Power washing experience preferred; mechanical background preferred.

Management Scope and level of responsibility

• Ensures the department's SOP's and processes are carried out correctly;
• Sets daily and weekly priorities, ensuring reasonable workloads;
• Instruct staff regarding new procedures and, when needed, fill in for employees who are absent;
• Helps to solve tactical problems that employees are having with their jobs.

Supervision of Others

Direct: Trailer Washers, Bio-dri operators, Leads

Indirect: None

Report to

• Trailer Wash Operations Manager

Specialized or Motorized Equipment and/or Tools:

This position will require operating a company vehicle, or mileage reimbursement. Any employment offer for this position is contingent upon the review of your motor vehicle record (MVR). The MVR will be reviewed to determine insurability based on CFF's insurance carrier and company policy.

Vehicle Licensing Requirements: Class D and proof of insurance

Christensen Farms is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to select the most qualified person for each position in the organization. No employee of CF will discriminate against any applicant for employment or a fellow employee because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, citizenship status, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other prohibited basis under applicable local, state, or federal law.

Salary : $60,000 - $75,000