Job Description:
Slaughter Line Manager - County Offaly
1. Key Responsibilities:
2. Oversee slaughter line processes, carcass loading, and chill operations to achieve optimal productivity.
3. Collaborate with the maintenance team to ensure uptime is maintained and plans are in place for production delivery. Foster a culture of root cause analysis and problem-solving.
4. Provide regular reports on daily, weekly, and monthly activity, productivity, costs, deviations, initiatives, and actions.
5. Manage Animal Welfare from Livestock Vehicles through Lairage to Stunning.
6. Comply with customer and regulatory requirements.
7. Strategically manage Slaughter Line uptime performance, including Preventative Maintenance System delivery.
8. Ensure efficient utilization of raw materials.
9. Communicate effectively with onsite Regulatory representatives to ensure compliance with animal slaughter regulations.
10. Develop and train staff, including SOP management, operator training. Maintain and review Slaughter Training Matrix; plan and carry out appropriate training.
11. Implement cost controls related to labor, including absenteeism and resource levels.
12. Guarantee adherence to Health & Safety standards and practices, undertaking Risk Management Meetings. Support accident investigations and implement learnings.
13. Control operation of payment data collecting system, including SOPs and records from lairage to scales.
14. Support change management and lean management initiatives.
15. Ensure Company Environmental Policy is adhered to.
16. Identify and resolve problems promptly through line management, communicating and escalating appropriately.
17. Manage resourcing plans, dealing with employee issues with HR support to ensure employees are motivated, trained, and managed to deliver business results.