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First Processing Manager

Mountaire Farms
Millsboro, DE Full Time
POSTED ON 6/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/15/2026
Job Description

Manages superintendents, supervisors, and hourly associates in relation to safety, quality, employee relations, yield, and productivity. Night Shift

Required

Duties/Activities Required by Job

  • Ensuring all milestones, financial targets and success metrics are met.
  • Developing process improvements to increase level of service utilizing business and technical resources.
  • Developing and maintaining project plans, including scope, costs, resources and timing.
  • Developing, managing and maintaining ongoing work plan and coordinating schedules and activities.
  • Promote and enforce a culture of safety

Educations/Experience Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree preffered (Ag, Operations Management, Business)
  • 5-7 years demonstrated supervisory/management, must include experience managing multiple departments, experience will be considered in lieu of degree, previous poultry experience preferred, previous manufacturing management experience required if no poultry.
  • Demonstrated experience with Financial analysis in an operations setting (Agristats), HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) in depth knowledge and experience. USDA regulations on sanitation and pre-operations guidelines.

About Us

Are you looking for more than just a job? The culture at Mountaire is one of our greatest strengths and most valued assets. We maintain the same core values and family-focused work environment that we’ve operated with since day one. You will find that your peers, supervisor and team members are genuinely committed to, not only your success, but also working together to provide high-quality products to our customers. We are a service to one another and to our customers, demonstrating operational excellence and outstanding performance.

Mountaire Overview

ABOUT THE TEAM

Mountaire Farms is an agricultural food production and processing company providing work for over 10,000 people at facilities in Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Now the fourth largest chicken company in the United States, we are still family owned and fully committed to giving back to the communities where we do business. At Mountaire Farms, our culture is what defines us. It sets us apart from our competition and reinforces what we stand for. Supporting each other, uplifting each other, and helping each other succeed -- that’s the Mountaire way! Our vision is to provide growth, stability, and opportunities for our people, our customers, and our communities by profitably delivering wholesome quality chicken.

Total Compensation

Mountaire also offers an amazing total compensation package! A few examples of our benefits that may be offered to you are: eight paid holidays, Medical Plans with free onsite Health and Wellness Centers, Dental and Vision Programs, Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, Retirement Planning with 401(k), Profit Sharing, Employee Discounted Chicken Sales, Employee Discounts with partners (Car Purchase, Phone Plans, & Shopping), Tuition Reimbursement and many exciting career development programs!

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