Compost Operations Manager

Description

Hirzel Canning Company feeds people.

Hirzel Canning Company & Farms is a 5th generation family company with a passion for serving the community. Our Dei Fratelli brand is your source for locally-grown tomato and sauerkraut products.  We seek individuals that share our core values, our commitment to future generations, and our passion for providing food that brings families together. 

A few of the benefits you’ll experience at Hirzel Canning Company are: 

• Competitive Pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Annual Pay Increases
• Employer 401(k) Matching
• Health Savings Account with Employer Contributions
• Health and Wellness Program
• Community Involvement
• Family-Centric Environment  

Candidates must be willing and able to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

COMPOST PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL

• Coordinate incoming materials for composting and monitor all material onsite, both composted and raw.
• Responsible for development and application of Standard Operating Procedures for the composting process, refinement of the method for composting
• Maintenance of all compost facility records, ensuring that data is current within a 24 - 36 hour time period.  Records include but are not limited to:
  • Full documentation of windrows to include date, composition and ingredient quantities
  • Data collection of things such as temperature, CO2, Volume and Moisture
  • Recording of the status and “grade” of windrows such as estimation to maturity for farm or retail application based on the standards laid out in the Hirzel Farms Composting Handbook.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Data interpretation for items such as compost temperature profiles
• Maintenance of database for raw information to apply to current and future projects
• Conduct experimental compost trials such as new compost recipes, feasibility studies, compost application rates and soil fertility
• Education and outreach 
  • Hosting various guests at the facility
  • Creating educational tools to inform on the composting process
  • Brand ambassador
  • Resident expert on all things compost

FACILITY MANAGEMENT

• Management of surface water, such as ponding and runoff
• Responsible for leachate field application equipment such as pumps, bubblers, irrigation pipes, and reels
• Serve as EPA Inspection Liaison and assume responsibility for all Ohio EPA-mandated paperwork  
• Site upkeep (lawn/landscape) and improvements 

LEADERSHIP

• Demonstrate importance of compliance with all Company policies and procedures, state and federal regulations.  
• Take ownership of work to make sure it is completed accurately, efficiently and on time. Will work with a sense of urgency, enthusiasm and commitment and encourage others to do the same. Promote a positive attitude.  
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining constructive, positive working relationships that are built upon trust, mutual understanding, and respect. 
• Express a clear vision for the compost facility and its operation
• Embrace Plant/Company change and support its implementation.   Support decisions made and work to promote a unified leadership team at all times. 
• Lead by example through understanding and daily practice of the core values of Hirzel Canning Company & Farms.  Our leaders possess the characteristics of competency, innovativeness, flexibility, dependability, integrity, respect for all, ambition and honesty. 
• Have an understanding that as a leader of Hirzel Canning Company & Farms you are a reflection and representative of the Company. 

EMPLOYEE EXPECTATIONS  

• Commitment to our purpose and core values
• Commitment to performing job duties in a safe manner and watching out for the safety of others
• Compliance with all Company policies and procedures.  
• Takes ownership of work to make sure it is completed accurately, efficiently and on time.  Will work with a sense of urgency, enthusiasm, and commitment and will encourage others to do the same. 
• Will promote a positive attitude. Responsible for establishing and maintaining positive working relationships that are based on respect for all. 
• Will embrace Plant/Company change and support its implementation.  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Reaching with hands and arms
• Communication through speech and hearing, and in writing
• Daily requirements:
  • Bending, twisting, turning, reaching below the knee, pushing, pulling, squatting, kneeling, standing, walking, sitting
• Lifting requirements: 
  • Will regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
  • Will frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Bachelor's degree preferred (life sciences, Geology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science)
• At least 2 years prior compost/agriculture experience preferred
• Computer proficiency in Statistical Modeling and reporting (Excel, Drive, Word, etc.)
• Prior experience in laboratory experimentation (set up and managing simple compost experiments)

NOTE: Attendance on the job each and every day is absolutely essential to the efficient operation of the 

Company 

The responsibilities and duties outlined in this document are not all-inclusive and are subject to change

at the discretion of management based upon the needs of the company.

In the absence of key personnel the supervisor will assume responsibility to see the functions of this job

are performed as required.  

Hirzel Canning Co & Farms 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.

Hirzel Canning Co. & Farms is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace.