Cobb - Associate Director Live Production - Southwest Farms (Siloam Springs, AR)

Job Details:

SUMMARY: The expectations of this position is to lead and direct the GGP GP and Hatchery production team to provide quality hatching eggs through production performance and flock health status to achieve production financial and business objectives. The essential functions of this position are as follows: to achieve production objectives; achieve compliance regulations and objectives; build and maintain effective contract grower relations; support genetic progress in the production pipeline; to build and achieve budget; and develop qualified and effective team members.  This includes sixty (60) plus contract farms and lease farm operations.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Requires broad knowledge in a general professional field normally acquired through four 4 years of college resulting in a bachelor s degree or equivalent work experience.

Experience: Ten 10 plus years poultry management related experience.

Computer Skills: Standard skills are required. This position requires in working with Excel spreadsheets and data within several other computer applications.

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Physical Requirements: Must use safe lifting techniques. While performing the duties of this job the team member is regularly required to stand walk sit use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms balance stoop talk or hear. The team member must occasionally lift and or move up to 25 pounds.

Personal Protective Equipment Required: When visiting facilities is expected to follow the required safety procedures and wear the required personal protective equipment.

Biosecurity: When visiting jobsites biosecure environments showering before entering the facilities is required. Appropriate clothing and footwear is provided by the Company. No jewelry may be worn on the jobsites except for medical ID jewelry. Must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid any avian species chickens ducks birds . The Company Animal Welfare Policy must be followed at all times.

Supervisory: Eight (16) plus salaried team members.  Fifty (50) plus hourly team members.

Travel: Will be required to travel to all GP facilities within the specified region.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

Yes

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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