
Production Manager
Full time @The Maschhoffs posted 1 month ago in Production Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 38362
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Experience Previous experience required
Job Description
Job Duties & Accountabilities
Typical Duties of a Production Manager includes:
Operational Excellence in Pig Production
- Assist in planning production and setting goals for all farms within assigned
- Ensure the implementation of standard operating procedures through routine farm visits and formal farm
- Ensure that Farm Managers are utilizing system tools to maintain accurate production
- Monitor and track production performance at each farm to ensure achievement of
- Daily foster a culture of lean continuous improvement and efficiency in all
- Support Production Partners and employees implement technologies and other innovations to improve
- Participate in routine periodic management meetings and effectively communicate issues through chain of
Fiduciary Responsibility
- Routinely review operating costs and performance for production farms within assigned scope of responsibility.
- Maintain sharp focus on daily management to reduce controllable costs.
- Support field reporting systems that drive analysis and reporting of key success factors.
Animal Care and Bio-Security
- Collaborate with Health Services to establish farm-specific biosecurity plans. Comply with all company and farm-level standard work that promotes bio-security.
- Collaborate with Health Services to implement preventative and therapeutic health treatment programs.
- Ensure implementation of individual pig care practices to maintain health and well-being of all animals under our
Hiring, Staffing, and Leadership Development
- Foster effective working relationships with Production Partners and employees.
- Partner with Human Resources for hiring, staffing, discipline, and
- Recruit, hire, on-board, and accelerate new team
- Develop leadership and technical skills of all team members through communication, training, and application of company leadership
- Promote safe work habits and a safe working
- Ensure that all work-related injuries are properly reported and
Asset Management
- Work with Animal Housing resources to identify building and equipment repair needs. Support the team to facilitate major capital repairs, routine repairs, and preventative maintenance
- Ensure that farm managers are attending to barn facility housekeeping and routine low-level
- Implement best management practices for environmental
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of:
- Livestock/swine management and
- Company policies and
- Expert level knowledge of Standard Operating Procedures for the
- Basic understanding of how to operate computer hardware and software, including MS Office, Internet Explorer, Pig Champ, and
- Skills in:
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Application of company tools for leadership development and
- Building effective teams and motivating them to achieve high
- Optimizing breeding farm
- Ability to:
- Utilize production record keeping systems and interpret results to drive performance
- Learn at a rapid pace and adapt to
- Understand company vision and
- Confront direct reports and hold people accountable when
- Work independently while contributing in a team