Production Superintendent - Night Shift

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

Lufkin, TX

JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Lufkin, TX
POSTED
14 days ago
Production Superintendent 
  
GENERAL SUMMARY: This position directs the production/processing supervisors across several departments on a single shift to assure cost-effective, on-time manufacture of quality products 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 
  • Directs production operations and personnel to meet established production and quality control standards, to control budget and costs, and to provide data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products produced. 
  • Establishes short-term activities directed toward production continuity and balance such as shift schedules, ensuring requisition of materials, machine loading, grievance resolution, and equipment maintenance. 
  • Coordinates and integrates with other plant function areas to ensure support in attaining output, productivity, and quality. 
  • Selects, organizes, trains, and motivates production labor force to ensure consistent attainment of production schedules at optimum productivity and cost levels. 
  • Recommends improvements in production flow or methods. 
  • Ensures effective use of operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and to improve product quality. 
  • Recommends modification of machines and equipment in order to improve production and quality of products. 
 
EXPERIENCE: 
  • Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of DIRECTLY RELATED experience. 
  • 3-5 years of supervisory training experience preferred. 
  • Knowledge of USDA regulations 
  • Strong diplomacy and communication skills 
EDUCATION: 
High School Diploma (GED) required.  Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred. 
  
EOE, including disability/Vets 

About the Company

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Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

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.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
2009