Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
- We are seeking a hands-on Chicken Processing Plant Supervisors to oversee daily poultry processing activities and ensure production targets, yield, quality, food safety, hygiene, and operational efficiency are achieved across all processing sections.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supervise daily processing operations from live-bird receiving through slaughtering, defeathering, evisceration, chilling, cutting, and packaging.
- Monitor production output, yield, throughput, process efficiency, and losses against established targets.
- Coordinate processing teams and workflow across sections, promptly resolving operational bottlenecks and production issues.
- Enforce compliance with food safety, hygiene, sanitation, biosecurity standards, HACCP, ISO 22000, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate with Quality Assurance on audits, non-conformances, corrective actions, and quality issues.
- Monitor processing equipment, utilities, consumables, and packaging materials, escalating breakdowns and following up on maintenance.
- Plan shift rosters, manpower allocation, and workforce deployment according to production requirements.
- Supervise section supervisors, attendants, and operators while monitoring attendance, performance, discipline, and productivity.
- Conduct training on safety, hygiene, food handling, and operational procedures.
- Monitor waste disposal and wastewater/effluent management in line with plant requirements.
QUALIFICATION & REQUIREMENTS
- HND or bachelor’s degree in animal science, Food Science & Technology, Food Technology, Poultry Science, Meat Science/Technology, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in poultry or food processing operations, including at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
- Practical knowledge of poultry slaughtering, processing, hygiene, food safety, and plant operations.
- Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety, and poultry/meat processing requirements.
- Training or certification in HACCP, GMP, Food Safety, or Poultry/Meat Processing is an advantage.