Empirical Foods

Meat processing, lean ground beef producer

Production Supervisor

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeGarden City, KS, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 1 year of plant production experience or equivalent is required.
A high school diploma or equivalent, or verifiable ability to perform the essential job functions, is required.
Strong mechanical aptitude or a background working with precision machine parts is required.
Basic math skills are required.
Effective problem-solving skills are required.
The ability to develop successful employees and foster cooperation is required.
The ability to communicate effectively with employees at all levels, verbally and in writing, is required.
Regular and punctual attendance is required.
The ability to walk, stand, twist, reach, bend, climb, and lift is required.
The ability to lift, push, and pull up to 60 pounds is required.
The ability to work flexible hours, including weekends, is required.
The ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation is required.

Responsibilities

Supervise two or more employees and provide input on personnel administration, including selection and hiring, performance evaluations, and salary adjustments.
Communicate objectives, assign tasks, and train production personnel in related work and safety activities.
Maintain accurate and timely personnel records and develop the technical competence of direct reports.
Ensure raw materials and equipment are continuously ready for tours and inspections.
Ensure equipment is assembled, disassembled, and cleaned properly and is ready for production; maintain high standards of safety and plant cleanliness.
Manage an efficient and timely transition from production to sanitation, ensure efficient shift changes, and communicate relevant information to supervisors.
Maintain accurate and timely entries in logbooks, spreadsheets, and other records, and communicate relevant information verbally to appropriate personnel.
Immediately report or correct production problems during the shift and communicate issues requiring special attention to plant management.
Coordinate activities with maintenance and production management.
Maintain the integrity of procedures and processes set by ownership and assist in enforcing company policies and safety regulations among production employees.
Inspect plant conditions daily and report issues to the Production Superintendent for group discussion.
Monitor and inspect equipment operations to ensure safe operating standards and cleanliness requirements are followed.
Perform routine shipping, receiving, and inventory control functions as needed, and provide backup coverage to other areas as needed.
Demonstrate technical competence to participate in process improvement.
Self-educate to broaden exposure and capability to lead others and improve effectiveness.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

General computer knowledge and proficiency are preferred.
Experience in a supervisory or leadership role is preferred.

Overview

This position supervises plant production efforts including start-up, actual production, and daily clean-up operations. Responsible for quality safety and cleanliness. This role will also support research and development activities as well as assist in testing and pilot runs as needed. This role provides ongoing training and development of employees.

Responsibilities

Will supervise 2 or more employees. Will provide input regarding administration of personnel functions including selection and hiring, performance evaluations, and salary adjustments. Communicate objectives, assign tasks, and train production personnel in all related work and safety activities. Maintain accurate and timely personnel records. Strive to improve the technical competence of direct reports.
Ensure raw material and equipment are in a constant state of “tour” readiness and prepared for inspection.
Ensure equipment is assembled, disassembled, cleaned properly, and ready for production. Responsible for maintaining high standards of safety and plant cleanliness.
Responsible for an efficient and timely transition from production to sanitation process. Ensure efficient shift change and full communication of related items to supervisors. This includes accurate and timely data entry into logbooks, spreadsheets, and other recordkeeping mechanisms, along with effective verbal communication to appropriate personnel.
Immediately report or correct any production problems during shift. Communicate to plant management any issues requiring special attention during shift. Communicate with both maintenance and production management to coordinate activities.
Will maintain the integrity of procedures and processes set by ownership. Will assist in enforcing company policies and safety regulations on production employees.
Provide daily inspection of all plant conditions and report issues to Production Superintendent for daily group discussion. This includes monitoring and inspecting equipment operations to ensure that safe operating standards are followed and that strict cleanliness requirements are met.
May perform routine shipping, receiving, and inventory control functions. May perform backup coverage to other areas, as needed.
Demonstrate technical competence to enable participation in process improvement.
Self-educate to broaden exposure and capability to lead others and improve effectiveness.
Ability to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities

Strong mechanical aptitude or background in working with precision machine parts.
Basic math skills.
General computer knowledge and proficiency is preferred.

Demonstrated Competencies

Display of supervisory and leadership skills.
Effective problem-solving skills are required.
Ability to work and develop successful employees, fostering and leading in an environment of cooperation.
Communicate effectively with all levels of employees both in verbal and written form.
Must have regular and punctual attendance.

Physical Requirements

This position requires walking, standing, twisting, reaching, bending, climbing, and lifting.
Must be able to lift, push, and pull up to 60lbs.
Must be willing and able to work flexible hours, including weekends.

Experience: Minimum of 1 year of plant production experience or equivalent is required. Experience in a supervisory or leadership role is preferred.Education: High School diploma or equivalent, or verifiable ability to perform essential job functions. Department: Operations.

About the Company

Empirical Foods

Meat processing, lean ground beef producer

Empirical Foods processes beef trimmings into lean ground beef using its own technology that warms trimmings, centrifuges fat, and treats the product to kill bacteria, producing 95% lean ground beef sold to food service and retail. The company also makes boxed beef and pork, portioned steaks and roasts, and fully cooked, seasoned items such as taco meat and Bolognese under brands like Noble Valley, Two Rivers Meat Co, and Dos Rios Taco Meat. It differentiates itself by applying an in-house, proprietary process to recover lean meat from trimmings rather than relying on external suppliers, serving major packers, ground beef producers, fast-food chains, and grocers. Its goal is to increase cattle value by turning by-products into high-quality protein at scale, supported by a large new Garden City, Kansas plant expanding ground beef capacity.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Dakota Dunes, SD
Founded: Not listed

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