If you like living in a rural area, are community oriented and are looking for a company that can boast about the tenure of their people – if you have a strong background in quality assurance and food safety – then you need to consider this very stable, environmentally sound, well established, growth oriented and profitable company that is seeking to add a Maintenance Supervisor to the staff of one of the top pork producers in the United States.  Be advised: This is a very rural location:

Reasons Why this is a Great Job for the Right Person:

• One of the top pork producing company’s in the United States – with strong employee tenure.
• Very well established and financially strong company
• Food group is the Largest Division in the company
• Environmentally sound operations
• Growth company that is adding jobs
• Opportunities for persona l & professional growth
• Competitive salary, bonus, benefits & relocation assistance

SUMMARY:
Supervise and coordinate the activities of maintenance employees to assure proper maintenance and mechanic repair of machinery and equipment within the allotted budget and consistent with Company policies, procedures and FSIS regulations.
Develop a competent workforce through training, communicating expectations, providing frequent feedback, and, when necessary, taking disciplinary action in accordance with Company policy.
Monitor and enforce security and safety rules; follow up on equipment installed and its current operations; provide frequent feedback concerning the status of areas of responsibility.
Maintain records of equipment and employee time records.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise, coordinate the activities of  personnel consistent with Company policy.
• Maintain an effective and efficient preventative maintenance program capable of maintaining regular operations.
• Develop a competent workforce by utilizing hands-on training methods in the work area focusing on timely repair of all production machinery and equipment in the plant.
• Maintain an effective safety awareness program, including regular departmental safety meetings.
• Provide timely written feedback on any injuries or accidents and make recommendations for precluding recurrence.
• Plan for work projects, which will assure proper materials, are ordered and available for the repair and maintenance of plant equipment, which will keep inventories at a minimum and reduce parts cost.
• Maintain accurate records of equipment and schedule preventative maintenance to assure work can be accomplished on time and of employee work hours, vacation, and other absences; when necessary, take action to correct in accordance with plant policies.
• Communicate expectations to all employees; provide direction, instructions and feedback based to employees.
• Follow up with appropriate recognition for good performance.
• Develop a collaborative relationship with all departments

The Animal Health Team at Bayer HealthCare is searching for an enthusiastic, motivated product manager to support their Food Animal, Equine and Anti-Infective (FAP) Product Portfolio.  Reporting to the Marketing Director and working in collaboration with the marketing team, the Product Manager is responsible for providing strategic direction and life cycle management for several of Canada’s widely recognized anti-infective, parasite control and farm hygiene brands.  The successful candidate will be capable of implementing effective veterinary and producer-oriented marketing programs that drive product demand and ensure growth and profitability targets.

Selection Criteria:

• Displays a solid business acumen and working knowledge of the animal health industry; with experience in the food animal sector (swine/cattle) and an understanding of livestock production preferred
• Experienced with strategic brand planning that generates breakthrough marketing programs and effective sales support materials
• Proven ability to integrate customer insights and collaborate with external agency partners to develop communication programs that resonate with customers and drive product demand
• Adept at allocating resources between brands to optimize marketing mix, manages promotional spending
• Effectively delivers marketing programs, including the execution and tracking of promotions to the customer
• Ability to work with supply chain to manage the product forecasting process, anticipate business risks and develop contingency plans to ensure product supply
• Comfortable creating strong internal business relationships and cultivating business partnerships with key stakeholders to improve business performance

The Animal Health Team at Bayer HealthCare is searching for an enthusiastic, motivated product manager to support their Food Animal, Equine and Anti-Infective (FAP) Product Portfolio.  Reporting to the Marketing Director and working in collaboration with the marketing team, the Product Manager is responsible for providing strategic direction and life cycle management for several of Canada’s widely recognized anti-infective, parasite control and farm hygiene brands.  The successful candidate will be capable of implementing effective veterinary and producer-oriented marketing programs that drive product demand and ensure growth and profitability targets.

Selection Criteria:

• Displays a solid business acumen and working knowledge of the animal health industry; with experience in the food animal sector (swine/cattle) and an understanding of livestock production preferred
• Experienced with strategic brand planning that generates breakthrough marketing programs and effective sales support materials
• Proven ability to integrate customer insights and collaborate with external agency partners to develop communication programs that resonate with customers and drive product demand
• Adept at allocating resources between brands to optimize marketing mix, manages promotional spending
• Effectively delivers marketing programs, including the execution and tracking of promotions to the customer
• Ability to work with supply chain to manage the product forecasting process, anticipate business risks and develop contingency plans to ensure product supply
• Comfortable creating strong internal business relationships and cultivating business partnerships with key stakeholders to improve business performance

Christensen Farms offers challenging careers, where people are trained to succeed and recognized for their accomplishments. Currently seeking Service Managers to oversee finishing spaces in the Worthington/Jackson/Fairmont area.

After completing a well-defined, initial training program this position will work within a larger team but have individual responsibility to oversee multiple sites. The primary job function of this role is the direct responsibility for monitoring the care, maintenance, management, and marketing of Christensen Farms hogs at all designated contract growers and independent contractor finishing sites. Each day, our Service Managers provide hands-on, technical support to our local producers in an effort to ensure that production and quality standards are properly executed in order to continuously drive production performance.

Duties: Responsibilities include:

- Implementation of the Standard Operating Procedures on all sites
- Provide face-to-face coaching and direction to the site managers, independent contractors, & employees
- Ensure bio-security policy is followed and enforced at all sites
- Produce timely and accurate reports and records
- Monitor expenses and cost control
- Maintain effective communication with all employees, contractors, and senior service managers

Christensen Farms offers challenging careers, where people are trained to succeed and recognized for their accomplishments. Currently seeking Service Managers to oversee finishing spaces in the Worthington/Jackson/Fairmont area.

After completing a well-defined, initial training program this position will work within a larger team but have individual responsibility to oversee multiple sites. The primary job function of this role is the direct responsibility for monitoring the care, maintenance, management, and marketing of Christensen Farms hogs at all designated contract growers and independent contractor finishing sites. Each day, our Service Managers provide hands-on, technical support to our local producers in an effort to ensure that production and quality standards are properly executed in order to continuously drive production performance.

Duties: Responsibilities include:

- Implementation of the Standard Operating Procedures on all sites
- Provide face-to-face coaching and direction to the site managers, independent contractors, & employees
- Ensure bio-security policy is followed and enforced at all sites
- Produce timely and accurate reports and records
- Monitor expenses and cost control
- Maintain effective communication with all employees, contractors, and senior service managers

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for handling livestock.

Duties include: Sort, count, weigh, tattoo, and pen all animals in a hog yard environment; book local hog deliveries and keep accurate booking schedule for maintaining plant slaughter operations; learn grade and yield kill sheet information, weight docks, and other buying procedures; act as a station relief buyer in absence of manager for training and vacation relief.

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for handling livestock.

Duties include: Sort, count, weigh, tattoo, and pen all animals in a hog yard environment; book local hog deliveries and keep accurate booking schedule for maintaining plant slaughter operations; learn grade and yield kill sheet information, weight docks, and other buying procedures; act as a station relief buyer in absence of manager for training and vacation relief.