FSM - Production Supervisor 2nd Shift

Founded more than 80 years ago, OK Foods has grown from a livestock and poultry feed manufacturer to join one of the world’s leading chicken producers, Bachoco.

Bachoco OK Foods produces the highest quality chicken products for the U.S. market. Currently, the Bachoco OK Foods family includes more than 4,000 team members who are dedicated to consistently producing high-quality chicken products and nourishing people around the world.

Bachoco USA is seeking a Production Supervisor for the Fort Smith, AR Further Processing facility.

Summary: The Production Supervisor reports to the Shift Manager and is responsible for ensuring that production on assigned line is run in an efficient and safe manner to ensure production of first quality product to meet customer needs and specifications.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

• Supervise a team of hourly employees.
• Responsible for safety, performance, yields, staffing, time and attendance, training, and corrective actions for assigned shift.
• Follow and enforce company's policies & procedures, Food Safety Guidelines and GMP procedures.
• Work with other departments on assigned shift to ensure all customer specifications and USDA requirements are met.
• Complete daily reporting for shift including employee time edits.
• Maximize yields and throughputs while maintaining quality standards.
• Participate in interviews for open positions.
• Ensures that safety and job specific training are conducted on assigned shift.
• Ensures that assigned shift is prepared for customer and BRC audits.
• Other duties as assigned.
• This is a safety sensitive position.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university preferred.

Requirements:

• Relevant supervisory or lead experience in par fry, fully cooked, further processing operations preferred
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• Ability to build relationships and influence to get results

• Bi-lingual in English / Spanish a plus

Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises up to 30 employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

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.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of payroll systems, Excel, PowerPoint, spreadsheet software and Outlook.

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 talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

An Equal Opportunity Employer to include women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.

*Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies:   Please note that Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee.   In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries shall explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Bachoco USA.