Sr Live Production Manager - Robards, Kentucky

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Job Details:

The primary responsibility of this position is to lead and direct the GGP GP and Hatchery production team to ensure the provision of high-quality hatching eggs through optimal production performance and flock health status. This role aims to achieve production, financial, and business objectives. Key functions include meeting production goals, ensuring compliance with regulations, maintaining effective contract grower relations, supporting genetic progress in the production pipeline, managing budgets, and developing a qualified and effective team.

Essential Functions:

• Achieve production objectives and compliance regulations.
• Build and maintain effective contract grower relations.
• Support genetic progress in the production pipeline.
• Develop and manage budgets.
• Develop and mentor team members to ensure their effectiveness.

Requirements: (It is highly recommended that you attach resume.)

• Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Agricultural preferred) or equivalent work experience meeting qualifications below.
• Experience: Over ten (10) years of poultry management experience with Grow out experience (Ex: Broilers, Breeders, Hatchery, Live Haul, and Feed Mill) preferred.
• Computer Skills: Proficiency in Excel and other computer applications.  Candidate must be good working with data and number calculations.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Physical Requirements: Must use safe lifting techniques. Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach, balance, stoop, talk, or hear. Must occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds.
• Personal Protective Equipment: Required to follow safety procedures and wear PPE when visiting facilities.
• Biosecurity: Must not own, possess, or otherwise maintain any domestic, wild or exotic fowl to be considered, required to sign a Bio-security agreement to avoid any non-commercial avian species examples:  chickens, ducks, birds, parakeets, parrots, etc. The Company Animal Welfare Policy must be followed at all times
• Animal Welfare Policy: Must follow the Company's Animal Welfare Policy at all times.
• Supervisory: Responsible for overseeing eight (8) or more salaried team members.
• Travel: Required to travel to all GP and Hatchery facilities within the specified region.
• Additional Requirements: Must not own, possess, or otherwise maintain any domestic, wild, or exotic fowl.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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