QUALIFICATIONS:
· Describe necessary knowledge and skills, and type and amount of formal schooling.
· Work experience normally acquired to attain
· Minimum High School diploma or GED equivalent.
· Minimum 1-2 years background experience in packing house (beef preferred) to learn about the various products that are produced
· Knowledge of products and their specifications is essential.
· Communication skills
· Ability to motivate workers
· Bilingual important, but not mandatory as long as translators are in line area.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Insure the quality and yields of products on the line.
· Supervise all hourly employees on the line.
· Responsible for the safety and motivation of all employees supervised.
· Insure that all products leaving the line area meet required specifications.
· Prepare pre-operational paperwork and insure the line is clean and sanitized before the day’s operations begin.
· Insure area is properly staffed to meet production needs.
· Prepare employee paperwork for all employees on the line.
· Work tasks on butt line are relatively structured the same each day.
· Job performance is measured by the General Foreman: Fabrication on such criteria as the overall productivity of the area and how well supervisor manages hourly employees.
· Understand and adhere to all union regulations in regard to hourly employees.
· Attend and give input at daily supervisor meetings within the fabrication area.
· Run line meetings once a month for hourly employees on line.
· Responsible for administering follow-up training on all personnel on line.
· Directly responsible for discipline procedures with hourly employees on the line. These may range from verbal warnings to terminations.
EOE/VET/Disabled
Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.