What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager position at Trillium Farms?
Job Description
Position Title: Production Manager
Reports To: BUL (Business Unit Leader)
FLSA Status: Exempt
About Us:
Joining the Versova family of companies is more than just starting a new job. When you are employed by Versova, you immediately are part of something bigger – a team of dedicated individuals working under a common set of core values and guiding principles. As an organization and as individuals within that organization, we are guided by principles that include excellence, ownership, initiative, execution, and continuous improvement.
The Versova team is built from people who will integrate our shared values into their lives and work with our companies. Together we celebrate our collective efforts, perform to our highest potential, help others, enrich our communities, and maintain strong ethical standards and accountability for our actions.
Our expectation of our team members is that every employee will take ownership by accepting accountability for their actions and proactively take initiative to execute any task. Our team members are good stewards of our people, birds, product, and equipment. Our team members also possess an attitude of servant leadership by always asking “what can I do to help”. Finally, by continuously striving to improve, our team members are driving our organization to be the premier egg producer in the world.
Team members that share and embrace our philosophy can expect Trillium Farms to provide opportunities for growth and clear paths toward advancement in our company.
Our business and commitment to service is built around the following Core Values, which we instill in all our employees:
1) Recognition 2) Initiative 3) Service
4) Ownership 5) Integrity 6) Excellence
7) Safety & Security 8) Community 9) Respect
Job Summary:
The Production Manager is responsible for the management and direction of all layer production operations at a designated site. The purpose of this role is to plan, direct, and oversee production business concerns, including safety, animal husbandry, personnel management, budget management, cost control and operating efficiencies. This person will provide management oversight of day-to-day operations and long-term production work, activities, and project work. Oversee areas of animal husbandry, flock management, bird scheduling and movement. Work to determine feeding recommendations. Work with specialty leaders and teams on activities, projects and issues that address Production personnel, financial, processing, feed management and other Production matters to ensure strategic and tactical priorities are successfully addressed. The Production Manager will also ensure proper execution of all Production SOPs.
Essential Job Functions:
. Supply the leadership required to motivate employees to work as a team in meeting corporate and production goals and objectives.
. Provide leadership, direction and development to the production assistant managers and their teams.
. Responsible for the daily feeding schedule, availability to water, appropriate ventilation and proper care of the birds.
. Responsible for general daily cleanliness of the layer houses (interior and exterior)
. Includes proper extraction and disposal of mortality
. Responsible for coordinating maintenance and repairs of layer facilities (exterior and interior).
. Includes all equipment throughout the layer houses and all ancillary equipment associated with any activity required for proper functioning of the layer houses (Trucks, Skid Loaders, Tools, etc.)
. Responsible for maintaining rodent, fly and pest control program
. Responsible for working with production staff to ensure quality product coming from the layer houses.
. Includes taking all measures to determine and minimize checks originating at any point before entering the processing plant.
. Includes adequate production results as determined by bird strain guidelines and company policies and goals.
. Responsible for working in coordinating with the feed mill to ensure timely feed delivery and proper feed formulation.
. Responsible for the general bird health.
. Alerting the Business Unit Leader of any issues and following the guidance of the veterinarian and / or nutritionist as needed.
. Ensuring availability of yourself or experienced staff during off hours in case of emergency.
. Working with compliance / veterinarian / nutritionist to ensure proper vaccination and any testing as needed or required.
. Responsible for all required recordkeeping as required by management, compliance, scheduling of bird placement in concordance with the pullet facility, scheduling of production staff, and scheduling of production needs as determined by customer demand / management forecast.
. Responsible for ensuring adherence to bio-security policy and regulatory compliance.
. Responsible for proper handling of litter in accordance with company policy and any local, state or federal regulations.
. Other Duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills:
. Bachelor's Degree Preferred in a related field or commensurate experience.
. 3 or more years' leadership experience and previous experience in Live Animal Production, preferably poultry.
. Previous experience in Management and Supervisory duties preferred.
. Previous experience in the poultry or grow out operations preferred.
. Good Communication (Written / Verbal) skills, organized, goal oriented, accountable. Good Leadership skills. Must be competent in the Microsoft Office suite of products.
. Bilingual in English & Spanish preferred.
. Agile, able to lift 50lbs. Must be able to perform all job duties of processing supervisors. Also must be able to work in various climate conditions, including extreme cold.
. Must be able to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
Join Trillium Farms and become part of a winning team!
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 sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds)
Compensation: 60000
Position Title: Production Manager
Reports To: BUL (Business Unit Leader)
FLSA Status: Exempt
About Us:
Joining the Versova family of companies is more than just starting a new job. When you are employed by Versova, you immediately are part of something bigger – a team of dedicated individuals working under a common set of core values and guiding principles. As an organization and as individuals within that organization, we are guided by principles that include excellence, ownership, initiative, execution, and continuous improvement.
The Versova team is built from people who will integrate our shared values into their lives and work with our companies. Together we celebrate our collective efforts, perform to our highest potential, help others, enrich our communities, and maintain strong ethical standards and accountability for our actions.
Our expectation of our team members is that every employee will take ownership by accepting accountability for their actions and proactively take initiative to execute any task. Our team members are good stewards of our people, birds, product, and equipment. Our team members also possess an attitude of servant leadership by always asking “what can I do to help”. Finally, by continuously striving to improve, our team members are driving our organization to be the premier egg producer in the world.
Team members that share and embrace our philosophy can expect Trillium Farms to provide opportunities for growth and clear paths toward advancement in our company.
Our business and commitment to service is built around the following Core Values, which we instill in all our employees:
1) Recognition 2) Initiative 3) Service
4) Ownership 5) Integrity 6) Excellence
7) Safety & Security 8) Community 9) Respect
Job Summary:
The Production Manager is responsible for the management and direction of all layer production operations at a designated site. The purpose of this role is to plan, direct, and oversee production business concerns, including safety, animal husbandry, personnel management, budget management, cost control and operating efficiencies. This person will provide management oversight of day-to-day operations and long-term production work, activities, and project work. Oversee areas of animal husbandry, flock management, bird scheduling and movement. Work to determine feeding recommendations. Work with specialty leaders and teams on activities, projects and issues that address Production personnel, financial, processing, feed management and other Production matters to ensure strategic and tactical priorities are successfully addressed. The Production Manager will also ensure proper execution of all Production SOPs.
Essential Job Functions:
. Supply the leadership required to motivate employees to work as a team in meeting corporate and production goals and objectives.
. Provide leadership, direction and development to the production assistant managers and their teams.
. Responsible for the daily feeding schedule, availability to water, appropriate ventilation and proper care of the birds.
. Responsible for general daily cleanliness of the layer houses (interior and exterior)
. Includes proper extraction and disposal of mortality
. Responsible for coordinating maintenance and repairs of layer facilities (exterior and interior).
. Includes all equipment throughout the layer houses and all ancillary equipment associated with any activity required for proper functioning of the layer houses (Trucks, Skid Loaders, Tools, etc.)
. Responsible for maintaining rodent, fly and pest control program
. Responsible for working with production staff to ensure quality product coming from the layer houses.
. Includes taking all measures to determine and minimize checks originating at any point before entering the processing plant.
. Includes adequate production results as determined by bird strain guidelines and company policies and goals.
. Responsible for working in coordinating with the feed mill to ensure timely feed delivery and proper feed formulation.
. Responsible for the general bird health.
. Alerting the Business Unit Leader of any issues and following the guidance of the veterinarian and / or nutritionist as needed.
. Ensuring availability of yourself or experienced staff during off hours in case of emergency.
. Working with compliance / veterinarian / nutritionist to ensure proper vaccination and any testing as needed or required.
. Responsible for all required recordkeeping as required by management, compliance, scheduling of bird placement in concordance with the pullet facility, scheduling of production staff, and scheduling of production needs as determined by customer demand / management forecast.
. Responsible for ensuring adherence to bio-security policy and regulatory compliance.
. Responsible for proper handling of litter in accordance with company policy and any local, state or federal regulations.
. Other Duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills:
. Bachelor's Degree Preferred in a related field or commensurate experience.
. 3 or more years' leadership experience and previous experience in Live Animal Production, preferably poultry.
. Previous experience in Management and Supervisory duties preferred.
. Previous experience in the poultry or grow out operations preferred.
. Good Communication (Written / Verbal) skills, organized, goal oriented, accountable. Good Leadership skills. Must be competent in the Microsoft Office suite of products.
. Bilingual in English & Spanish preferred.
. Agile, able to lift 50lbs. Must be able to perform all job duties of processing supervisors. Also must be able to work in various climate conditions, including extreme cold.
. Must be able to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
Join Trillium Farms and become part of a winning team!
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 sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds)
Compensation: 60000
