Position Type: Full-time
Department: Operations

SUMMARY: This position will manage the workforce of our beef processing production operations. This position will ensure production meets objectives at a designed quality level consistent with the lowest cost while maintaining a safe work environment within our fabrication department.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitors Ground Beef area by evaluating product and administering corrective procedures as seen fit (i.e., provides indirect job specification training).
• Coordinates attendance issues by coordinating personnel to fill vacant or absent positions and minimizing turnover rates.
• Conducts pre-operational inspection of the area, sets up production equipment, and submits maintenance work orders as needed.
• Maintains food and work safety regulations.
• Greets and speaks with personnel to provide a cohesive working environment
• Audits product and employee safety throughout the shift
• Controls waste by minimizing products sent to inedible and providing a sanitary working environment
• Processes post-operational attendance information from the Paycor system
• Conducts line meetings monthly or as circumstances dictate to address department issues or concerns
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
• Maintain acceptable yield levels on all products on all carcasses
• All other duties as assigned

Qualification Requirements:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Education and/or experience:

• Minimum 2-5 years of production experience preferred
• Knowledge of meat processing and subsequent job specifications

Communication skills:

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence. 
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from customers, business partners, U.S.D.A., supervisors, and employees.
• Bilingual in Spanish or Burmese is preferred but not required

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a wide variety of technical instructions in a mathematical, diagram, written, and/or verbal form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 
• Ability to mine, analyze, prepare and present food safety data. B
• e able to demonstrate proficiency in software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and prestige. 

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to move about the facility. The employee is required to sit; use hands to finger; handle, or feel/hold objects; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; speak; hear taste, and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. This job's specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Be able to speak on the phone, and make field visits to industrial areas when necessary.

Work Environment:

• The work environment is a combination of corporate and manufacturing. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to cold, hot, and/or humid conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles 

Typical Work Schedule:  The schedule for this position is typically Mon - Fri. Weekend work is required as scheduled. Saturdays generally are scheduled.

The applicant who fills this position will be eligible for the following:

* Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin the first day of the month after 30 days of employment. 

* Paid Time Off vacation and Company observed holidays.

* 401(k): Company match starts after the first year of service and follows the Company vesting schedule.

* Competitive Base Salary

* Employee Meat purchase discounts

* This position is eligible to participate in the Company's annual discretionary bonus plan; the bonus amount varies based on your individual and GOP's performance. You must be employed at GOP when the bonus is awarded. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Greater Omaha is an equal-opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, physical or mental disability, age, national origin, military and or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled