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Job Description

Job Details Job Title: Farm Maintenance Supervisor

Organizational Unit: Select Genetics

Department: Maintenance

Reports To: Jason Nunn

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Purpose

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for overseeing a team of maintenance techs performing a range of duties, including HVAC, carpentry, mechanical repairs, and general facility maintenance. Candidate will also manage external contractors for specialized or large-scale jobs. This individual will utilize their experience with electrical, motor controls, mechanical, welding, and plumbing to assist the Farm Maintenance team with day-to-day operations of our farms and ensure up-keeping on our equipment. Farm Maintenance must be able to perform hands on maintenance. This position requires strong troubleshooting skills and familiarity working with farm equipment.

Essential Duties and responsibilities

Select Genetics, presents a solid platform to serve customers on a national and international scale by providing quality poults, service, and innovation.  Select Genetics is the leading supplier of poults and eggs to growers and companies across the world and has operations in eight US States.

The Farm Maintenance Supervisor will:

+ Supervise daily activities of maintenance staff, including assigning tasks, training, and evaluating performance.

+ Schedule and oversee preventive maintenance and repair work on machinery, equipment, and building systems (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, etc.).

+ Troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and plumbing issues, coordinate timely repairs.

+ Evaluate maintenance issues and determine when outsourcing is required; manage contractor relationships and performance.

+ Have strong communication and collaborative skills, working extensively with team members.

+ Promote and enforce biosecurity and safety protocols by conducting regular training sessions and ensuring team adherence to established guidelines.

+ Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, equipment, and inventory.

+ Ensure all work is performed in compliance with safety regulations and company policies.

+ Respond to emergency maintenance calls and coordinate off-hours support when needed.

+ Recommend improvements to maintenance processes and procedures.

+ Assist in planning and executing facility upgrades or remodeling projects.

Work conditions:

+ During summer months outside temperatures can be over 100 degrees for the entire scheduled workday.

+ During winter months outside temperatures can be below zero for the entire scheduled workday.

+ During and after heavy rains or snowfalls the road in and around the farms can become extremely muddy, snow - covered, icy and difficult to maneuver on.

+ During different job duties the noise inside or outside farms can become very loud.

+ Will be exposed daily to odors, dusts and gasses that may be uncomfortable or hazardous if proper procedures are not followed.

Principal

Accountabilities

+ Troubleshoot and repair facilities including welding, electrical, ventilation, heating, plumbing, and hi-pressure air and water.

+ Adhere to all company policies and procedures, business ethics codes, and all applicable federal and state regulations.

+ Foster a culture of strong teamwork.

+ Maintain all company facilities and equipment including work area and company vehicle utilized.

+ Respond to all work orders in a timely and professional manner.

+ Inspect and upkeep facilities and equipment on a routine basis.

+ Repair, replace and build wooden structures as needed. (Including pouring concrete pads)

+ Transfer equipment from farm to farm.

+ Take care of any kind of system failures including lighting systems, feeding systems, electrical systems, environmental control systems and heating system failures.

+ Maintain and repair a variety of equipment including security systems, onsite generators, phones, small engines, tractors, the wash crew’s equipment and other farm machinery.

+ To be able to work with a variety of tools and equipment including, but not limited to a bobcat, electric drill, wrenches and screw drivers.

+ Report to farm management any issues with interior or exterior facilities, including climate control, damages, or pest infestation problems or mishandling of birds.

+ Work requires frequent sitting, standing, walking and the use of numerous tools.

+ Work is subject to tight deadlines and multitasking and includes long hours, including weekends.

Education, Experience, Knowledge & Skills

+ One year minimum of maintenance experience.

+ Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

+ Must have the ability to adapt time and efforts to high priority areas, including accommodating to various daily hours, on-call availability on nights and weekends on a rotating schedule.

+ Be able to lift in excess of 50 lbs., push/pull up to 50 lbs., bend and squat, grip small objects, and be capable of repeated actions.

+ Be able to walk and stand for long periods on different surfaces including concrete.

+ The work requires Farm Maintenance to have and maintain a valid driver’s license and an acceptable motor vehicle driving record.

+ Does not own or operate around backyard poultry, foul, or swine operations off duty.

+ Proven problem solving and change facilitation abilities.

Additional required skills and abilities include a customer-service orientation; the ability to successfully handle multiple demands simultaneously; strong time management and organizational skills; attention to detail; strong communication skills in English including verbal, written and listening; the ability to read and interpret company policies and procedures, and applicable federal and state regulations; the ability to communicate and interact productively with all levels of employees, and internal and external customers; the ability to work under pressure; and, the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.   The position may require Farm Maintenance to be available for an extended workday.  To be successful in this position, the candidate must be energetic, flexible and have determination.

Successful completion of a drug screen, work achievement verification and a motor vehicle driving record check are required.

I certify that this job description is an accurate description of the responsibilities assigned to the position.

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Never

0% Seldom

1 – 15% Occasional

16 – 33% Frequent

34 – 66% Continuous

67 – 100%

LIFT/CARRY

1 to 10 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

11 to 20 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

21 to 50 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

51 to 75 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

76 to 100 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

PUSH/PULL

1 to 10 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

11 to 20 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

21 to 50 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

51 to 75 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

76 to 100 lbs ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

MOVEMENT/ENDURANCE

Sitting ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐

Standing ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Walking About ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Bend/Stoop/Twist ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Crouch/Squat ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

Kneel/Crawl ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

Reach Above Shoulders ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐

Reach Below Shoulders ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Repetitive Arm Use ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Repetitive Wrist Use ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Grasping/Fingering ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Squeezing ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐

Climb Stairs/Ladder ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐

Uneven Walking Surface ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Even Walking Surface ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

EQUIPMENT USE AND OPERATION

Motor Vehicles ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

Operate Foot Pedals ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

WORK WITH/NEAR

Machinery ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Electricity ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Power Tools ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

Impact Tools ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

Chemicals ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Fumes/Odors ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Heights ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

ENVIRONMENT

Indoors ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Outdoors ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐

Extreme Heat ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Extreme Cold ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Wet/Humid Conditions ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Dust/Dirt ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Excessive Noise ☐ ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐

Shower In/Shower Out ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒

Other (explain) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

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