Production Supervisor - Afternoon Shift

Sunrise Farms is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry. From our hatcheries to our “ready to eat” state of the art cooking facilities we service customers in the retail, food service and industrial sectors. We are proud of our support of the Canadian farm as well as our investment in the latest equipment and technologies at our facilities across Canada. Our test kitchens have the most current cooking equipment replicating that used in commercial establishments, to facilitate precision testing. This way you know the product you receive will perform to your expectations. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships with family-owned Canadian chicken farmers to produce high quality products.

Position Summary:   Responsible for the day-to-day planning and control of production activities including yields, equipment, sanitation, staffing, supplies, schedules, and machine start-up by effectively utilizing resources to achieve production demands and customer service levels while adhering to quality, safety, and legislative guidelines.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements or duty assignments considering budgetary limitations and time constraint.
• Plan and prepare various production reports, orders, and projections.
• Liaise with Plant Manager, Production Managers, and Dispatch Manager, and maintain effective relationships with other departments.
• Compile and review the daily production orders of both cut up and tray pack areas and ensure they are entered into system in a timely fashion.
• Provides input into matters on changes of food safety procedures, product quality, and Quality Assurance related matters.
• Prepare, maintain, and authorize production reports and personnel records.
• Change production levels and staffing on different product lines to minimize inventory levels, cross train employees for maximum production flexibility.
• Coordinate with different departments, manage communication lines with managers suppliers and procurement departments.
• Identify production bottlenecks, implement corrective measure procedures and work methods to improve efficiency.
• Able and willing to occasionally adjust shift to provide supervision on dayshift and nightshift when needed.
• Onboarding and training of new employees, performance assessment, and confirming qualification in job duties.
• Develop, direct, manage, train, and motivate employees by communicating job expectations, appraising job results, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees in conjunction with the Human Resource department.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory guidelines, CFIA, HACCP, GMP and standards.
• Administer company policies on discipline and address complaints in a timely and respectful manner.
• Lead, initiate, and ensure that all health and safety policies and procedures are followed.
• Other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES:

• Customer Service – Responds internal customer requests for service and assistance,
• Teamwork – Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others’ views;Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of the team above own interests.
• Ethics – Treats people with respect; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values; Works in support of Sunrise Poultry’s vision, mission and core values.
• Organizational Support – Follows policies and procedures; Supports organization’s goals and values.
• Professionalism – Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
• Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Monitors own work to ensure quality objectives are met.
• Quantity – Meets and/ or exceeds productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
• Safety & Security – Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly; aware of surroundings.
• Adaptability – Adapts to changes in the work environment; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events; Able to work alternative shifts as business requires.
• Attendance/ Punctuation – Is consistently at work and at their workstation on time.
• Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to direction, takes responsibilities for own actions, reports errors and concerns, keeps commitments, commits to long hours of work for needs of the business, completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Initiative – Asks for and offers help when needed.  Suggest new and better methods in the spirit of continuous improvement.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education and/ or Experience – 2-year college or technical school and/ or 3 – 5 years experience in a multifaced production environment dealing with high-speed machinery and a multicultural environment; 3+ years in a leadership role; Leadership and communication training is considered an asset. Experience working in a unionized background an asset.
• Language Skills – English skills are required to read and comprehend, and deliver instructions, short correspondence, memos, and verbal communication, etc.; Ability to write simple correspondence and to effectively present information one-on-one or in small groups.
• Mathematical Skills – Ability to understand, accurately record perform simple mathematical calculations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Reasoning Ability – Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions, identify root causes and develop solutions; Ability to deal with standardized situations with variables.
• Computer Skills – Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Work, and Outlook is required; Experience in JDE is considered an asset.
• Physical Demands – Standing/ walking the entire shift.  Bending, reaching, and climbing stairs at times.  Frequently lifting and/or moving up to 50 lbs, occasionally lifting over 40 lbs to heights at waist level and moving/ pushing/ pulling 50 – 100lbs with assistance or equipment such as a pallet jack.
• Work Environment - Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.  Continuous and constant noise that is below 80dBA (loud).  Hearing protection is recommended and will be provided. Some exposure to airborne particles within allowable limits. Some exposure to airborne particles within allowable limits.