Description

• 5 Days of Vacation, after 60 days of employment
• Benefits at 60 days of employment, 401K contributions on day 1 of employment
• 70% off quality Pilgrim’s poultry products
• Training provided with a trainer/mentor
• Advancement opportunities
• Better Futures Program –2 Year Community College tuition paid for you or your dependents!
• Opportunity to grow your career through our Supervisor Development Program or Management Trainee Program

• Uses independent judgment to provide instruction and work direction to team members supervised.
• Trains and motivates team members to achieve their maximum quality and productivity performance levels.
• Monitors Team Member’s performance at Supervisor’s request.
• Directs and monitors the operations of assigned processes. Makes recommendations and works with others to plan and implement process improvements.
• Promotes department and company goodwill through proactive team member communication.
• Supports, promotes, and maintains open communication and feedback to team members.
• Schedules people, materials, and equipment to most effectively and efficiently utilize departmental resources to achieve the mission of Pilgrims Company. Utilizes independent judgment in determining work assignments and makes changes as necessary to accommodate staffing and production needs.
• Ensures company policies and procedures are followed to maintain standards for safety, quality, and overall company personnel satisfaction. Responsible for using independent judgment to enforce corrective action procedures within the department and authorized to issue verbal counseling.

• Monitor equipment making minor adjustments or repairs to ensure quality and productivity standards are maintained, as well as preparing or coordinating the preparation of the work area for startup.
• Performs quality checks to monitor quality levels and makes necessary changes to maintain quality standards.
• The Process Lead is required to know, understand and support food safety requirements for the facility. Responsible for taking immediate action to correct food safety deficiencies in order to prevent product contamination/adulteration.
• Recognizes safety hazards, preforms safety audits, and assists with accident investigations.
• Maintains records of department, including daily evaluation sheet and issues other reports pertaining to department as directed.
• Charts weekly progress against Pilgrim’s goals, posts information, and covers in crew meetings.
• Assists in the investigation of quality improvement, cost reduction, methods improvement, yield control, and equipment maintenance.
• Works with others in a safe and professional manner
• Attends and participates in meetings on a regular basis.
• Completes all daily checklists.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Flexibility of working hours based on daily needs of the department.

• Trains others with skills and knowledge gained from position.
• Observes all company personnel, quality, safety, and food safety policies. Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you work effectively and cooperatively with customers, clients, coworkers, and leadership teams.
• Recognizes and acts on incidents and safety risks. Consistently practices and enforces safe work habits and drives those habits throughout the organization.
• Participates in process improvement and problem solving utilizing continuous improvement and rational thinking methodologies such as Six Sigma.
• Follow all company animal welfare guidelines.
• Other duties as directed.

• Working knowledge of production operations.
• Ability to read and write English. (for recordkeeping purposes)
• High School diploma or GED required. 
• Working knowledge of supervisory management practices and principles.
• Ability to follow both written and verbal direction.
• Observes all company personnel, quality, safety, and food safety policies. Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you work effectively and cooperatively with coworkers and leadership teams.
• Proficiency in Infinity, Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and/or sincerely willing to learn.
• Basic computer skills or strong willingness to learn preferred
• Skill in making department decisions.
• Completes Lockout/Tag out training and is aware of requirements for Lockout/tag out safety as well as other company safety programs and policies.
• Bilingual skills in languages used within the department preferred.
• A certified trainer of the new hire training program, or willing to become part of the program.