Production Manager

Summary Supervises and coordinates activities, engaged in operating variety of machines to produce meat products by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Analyzes work orders to estimate employee hours and create production schedules that meet both internal and external needs.
• Interfaces with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Inspects and measures raw materials and finished goods to verify conformance to specifications.
• Establishes and adjusts as needed work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of plant, department, or work crew.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
• Maintains time and production records.
• Develops capital equipment justifications for machine tools and process technology to improve quality, cost, and cycle times.
• Participates for third party audits with Quality Assurance.
• Assists in managing customer promotions.
• Provides assistance to Supervisors and fills in where needed.
• Tests new equipment on an as-needed basis.
• Works with all Production Supervisors to ensure proper tempering of raw material is being conducted and ensure raw material is prepped and available for production.
• Works with maintenance on scheduling preventative maintenance on equipment.
• Coordinates GMP training of employees.
• Is HACCP certified, and ensure that his management team is HACCP certified.
• Forms a vital part of the plants safety team. Will participate and promote safety initiatives, Safety inspections, Safety meetings, Safety Committee, Safety investigations.

• Ensures that all team members to include management are trained and have knowledge of the following:
  • All team members are trained and clearly understand yields for 100% of SKU's and can attain.
  • All team members are trained and clearly understand production item / line throughput standards and can attain.
  • All team members are trained and clearly understand product and customer specifications and can attain. Oversees all new equipment installations, revisions, training, etc.
  • Performs other duties as needed.
  • Supervisory Responsibilities
  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); Three to five years related experience in management/supervisory is needed.
  • Computer Skills
  • Must be able to read and write English.
  • Other Qualifications
  • 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is exposed to extreme cold temperatures in the plant and freezer. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
  • Work Environment
  • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Other Skills and Abilities
  • Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Inventory software and Manufacturing software.
  • Education and/or Experience
  • Qualifications
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Directly supervises all supervisors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
  • Acts as regular contact with USDA.
  • Works closely with production scheduler and ensures production lines are being scheduled to standard pounds per hour and can attain.

Salary : $50,000 - $60,000