Superintendent 2nd Processing (2nd Shift)
Harrisonburg, VA, USA
USD 85k-110k / year
Job Title: Superintendent 2nd Processing (2nd Shift)
Department: Production / Operations
Reports To: Processing Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Liberty Plant
Work Arrangement: On-site
Shift / Schedule: Full-time
Travel Requirements: None
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Overview / Purpose and Scope
The Poultry Processing Superintendent, Manual Debone Cone Lines is responsible for leading the daily operations of the manual debone cone line area within the poultry processing plant. This role oversees production supervisors and team members to ensure people, processes, and resources are aligned to meet established goals for safety, quality, food safety, operational efficiency, yield, labor utilization, and production flow.
The Superintendent plays a key leadership role in driving department performance, maintaining positive department culture, supporting retention, and developing supervisors and team members. This position is also responsible for monitoring key metrics, identifying trends and opportunities, supporting continuous improvement, and completing accurate operational data reporting for the department.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations for the manual debone cone lines, ensuring production plans are executed safely, efficiently, and accurately.
- Directly supervise, coach, and develop department supervisors and support their leadership of production team members.
- Monitor department performance against key metrics including yield, operational efficiency, labor utilization, throughput, quality, safety, retention, and other assigned measures.
- Drive continuous improvement efforts to reduce waste, improve yield, increase efficiency, and strengthen production flow across the cone line area.
- Partner with supervisors to ensure proper staffing, line assignments, rotation, training, and coverage based on production needs.
- Ensure product quality, trim standards, food safety requirements, packaging specifications, and customer expectations are consistently met.
- Identify trends, defects, downtime causes, or process deviations and implement timely corrective actions.
- Support and enforce all company policies, safety rules, GMPs, SSOPs, HACCP requirements, sanitation expectations, and USDA regulatory standards.
- Maintain a positive, respectful, and accountable department culture that supports engagement, communication, teamwork, and retention.
- Partner with Human Resources and plant leadership on attendance, performance management, corrective action, retention, and employee relations matters.
- Ensure supervisors and team members receive required safety, food safety, job-specific, and leadership training.
- Prepare, review, and submit accurate operational reports, production data, yield results, labor data, and other department reporting as required.
- Analyze production data and partner with leadership to develop action plans that improve department results.
- Coordinate with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Human Resources, Scheduling, and other departments to resolve issues and support plant objectives.
- Participate in audits, safety meetings, production meetings, and continuous improvement initiatives as needed.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned by Management.
Compensation
Compensation: $85,000 - $110,000
The posted compensation range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum amount Farmer Focus in good faith expects to pay at the time of posting, based on factors such as internal equity, relevant experience, market data, and the budgeted amount available for the position.
Benefits: Farmer Focus offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support team members’ health, financial well-being, and professional growth. Available offerings may include weekly payroll, paid time off and sick leave, semi-subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, education reimbursement opportunities, employee assistance programs (EAP), and internal learning, development, and career growth programs.
All benefits, programs, and offerings are subject to eligibility requirements, plan terms, and company policies, and may be changed, amended, or discontinued by Farmer Focus at any time.
New team members must be able to pass a drug, alcohol and background screening post-offer and prior to the start of their employment. Must be authorized to work in the United States. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work.
Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel
Work is conducted primarily in an office environment but will require access to the production environment as needed to view processes, support systems, gather requirements, train users, troubleshoot issues, and understand operational workflows. The team member must be able to tolerate varying heat, wet, and chill conditions within the plant. Hearing and eye-protective equipment are required in the production area. Hair and beard nets are required in the production area. Additional personal protective equipment may be required based on task, location, and safety requirements. This role requires regular use of computers, software systems, Microsoft Office, Excel, Smartsheet, Business Intelligence tools, ticketing systems, phones, email, and other office equipment. The position requires fine hand and finger dexterity, 20/20 corrected vision, color vision, and the ability to climb stairs to view processes. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position does not have an application deadline. Farmer Focus will recruit until the role is filled.
Recruiter and Agency Disclaimer
Unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted by staffing agencies, recruiters, or search firms to any Farmer Focus employee without a current written agreement and an active, role-specific request from the Recruiting team will be considered the property of Farmer Focus. Farmer Focus will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume or candidate profile.
All external recruiters and agency partners supporting Farmer Focus searches must comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including compensation transparency requirements and restrictions on seeking salary history where applicable.
About Farmer Focus
Farmer Focus exists to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is grounded in servant leadership and guided by our CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. Our top priorities are people, safety, and quality. At Farmer Focus, our vision is to disrupt the status quo by creating bold opportunities for people who demand more and deserve better.
EOE, including disability/vets.