Operations Manager

21 hours ago


Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Sunrise Farms Full time
Job Title: Live Haul Operations Manager

Sunrise Farms is a leading poultry industry company with a strong focus on quality and customer satisfaction. We are seeking an experienced Live Haul Operations Manager to join our team in Alberta.

Job Summary:

The Live Haul Operations Manager is responsible for the efficient and effective daily and long-term catching, loading, and transporting operations for Sunrise Farms in Alberta. This role involves directing or working with all personnel, equipment operators, vendors, and producers to ensure the timely and safe arrival of poultry to our processing plants.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage all catching/loading operations personnel through planning, scheduling, and support.
  • Create and communicate weekly catching schedules for required parties.
  • Ensure humane handling of poultry to meet all industry, customer, and regulatory requirements.
  • Control/reduce or eliminate all costs pertaining to labor, equipment, mortality, break downs, etc.
  • Maintain excellent producer relations.
  • Hires, trains, encourages, and disciplines all Alberta catching operations personnel.
  • Follows all safety, transportation, humane handling, industry, government policies, and protocols.
  • Organizes multiple daily, weekly, and monthly projects and activities.
  • Assigns catching and daily work schedules to live operations personnel.
  • Deals with vendors/personnel to proactively maintain and repair all live operations equipment.
  • Ensures safety and training for catching personnel.
  • Analyzes catch and haul records to ensure proper controls are being utilized.
  • Investigates and reports all significant safety, humane handling, employment violations.
  • Maintains proper human resource/payroll records.
  • Conducts positive communication with farm growers on all issues.
  • Maintain communication with sub-contractors, oversee, and direct sub-contractors' staff.
  • Responsibilities assigned by Director Live Operations.
  • Participate in the Sunrise Farms Animal Care Committee – ensuring completion of provincial requirements.
  • Work with Fleet/Safety Manager(s) to resolve issues and ensure effective operations.
Performance Measurements:
  • All scheduled farm start times met for catcher and loaders.
  • Ensure catching and loading of trailers at one hour per load or less (when trucks on time).
  • Organize sufficient catching personnel to meet performance measurements for each farm.
  • No damage to barns, equipment, and farm property.
  • Zero tolerance for inhumane handling of birds – pinched wings, necks, heads in mods, inappropriate handling of birds by catchers, etc.
  • All on-farm personnel trained and signed off for safety, catching, and humane handling.
  • No complaints from producers regarding Sunrise operations on farm property.
  • Effective and timely communication with all personnel to complete daily tasks and planning.
  • Daily reporting of any/all issues pertaining to Director Live Operations.
  • Weekly catching/crewing schedules completed and delivered one week in advance.
  • Timely completion of all producer/barn credits.
  • Meet all Humane audits by organizing and maintaining all required forms & documents.
Requirements:
  • Five years progressive management experience.
  • Knowledge working with poultry/live animals.
  • Strong leadership, ability to lead people and get results.
  • Proven communication skills.
  • Good problem-solving skills.
  • Safety track record.
  • Class 3 or willingness to obtain Class 3 license required.
  • Be available for off-hour scheduling and emergency issues: usually Sunday – Thursday.
  • Must be prepared to travel to farms as required throughout Alberta.
  • First aid/safety and all required animal/humane handling/transportation courses.
  • Performs other related duties as required.

Sunrise Farms is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other identifying characteristic, are encouraged to apply.


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