Maintenance Supervisor (Day Shift) Salary Range $81,450-$101,825

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued Team Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms Team. We offer the experience of a large organization, however, we operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage Team Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Salary Range $81,450-$101,825

We offer our Team Members the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.

Direct and supervise production maintenance activities to ensure reliable and efficient operations result.  Specifically:

• Plan and schedule operations and preventative maintenance requirements to maintain all equipment/facilities at safe, efficient operating levels.
• Establish maintenance priorities based upon need/budget restrictions, and within established maintenance performance standards. 
• Provide purchasing requirements for spare parts and/or materials based upon need, availability & value.
• Interface with Engineering department to provide resources for installation of new, state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. 
• Establish a safe working environment by instilling safety awareness within the workforce. 
• Interface with USDA to ensure the Plant Improvement Program is maintained to USDA standards. 
• Plan manpower requirements and develop production maintenance budgets.  Specifically:  Control production maintenance monies for labor, parts, and/or material (in the best interest of the company) while maintaining an effective, efficient production maintenance operation. 
• Train and professionally develop staff.  Provide a reliable workforce able to function in an atmosphere of teamwork/good relations.
• Provide technical assistance to other departments in order to solve reoccurring equipment/material failures.  Provide technical knowledge/expertise (as required) in order to make sound decisions based on technical data. 
• Conduct an environmental inspection each month and keep current all required maintenance records.

• BA/BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field and/or relevant work experience.
• Minimum 6-10 years previous management experience preferably in poultry or related industry.
• Proficient written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient with a personal computer and with MS office programs such as MS Word and MS Excel.
• Strong maintenance administration knowledge or understanding.
• Thorough knowledge & experience in mechanical poultry processing & packaging equipment.
• Must be able to submit and pass a pre-employment drug test and criminal background check.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new Team Members.