Beef Modernization Supervisor

Beef Modernization Supervisor Responsibilities

• Drive food safety across the harvest floor.
• Ensure that Beef Modernization functions run efficiently while maintaining a safe workplace and food safety on the harvest floor.
• Lead, supervise, and manage Beef Modernization personnel, ensuring continuing professional development, training, and overall employee well‑being at all processing facilities.
• Provide strong leadership and management skills in a high‑paced environment.
• Provide subject‑matter expertise for plant‑related programs and activities as they pertain to food safety/microbiology, regulations, and quality systems.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance for quality‑related functions at the identified facility.
• Understand basic bovine anatomy, physiology, and pathology.
• Determine the appropriate actions to ensure removal and disposal of unwholesome and unfit carcasses, parts, or viscera so they cannot be used as human food.
• Have an excellent understanding of when a carcass or part(s) display conditions/disease processes or have systemic involvement requiring USDA‑FSIS Public Health Veterinarian disposition.
• Oversee continuous training and correlations with Beef Modernization personnel; periodically measure and quantify understanding and comprehension of training.
• Provide strategic leadership, guidance, and risk management for local food safety and quality programs and systems, including HACCP, Preventative Controls, USDA Process Verified Program, and customer or 3rd‑party audit‑driven requirements and policies.
• Have a strong understanding of plant HACCP, pre‑requisite quality programs, and all quality/food‑safety related programs required to meet regulatory and/or customer requirements.
• Provide technical support to Plant Management and onsite plant functions.
• Track microbiological trends, sanitation program performance, and communicate results to plant team members and corporate quality assurance.
• Have comprehensive knowledge of statistical process controls and drive continuous improvement within Quality Programs.
• Support Continuous Improvement with standardized work, science‑based problem solving, and utilizing real‑time tools to predict quality attributes.
• Create and write quality‑control programs to be implemented plant‑wide and company‑wide.
• Prepare, implement, and monitor standard operating procedures for each production area involving Beef Modernization personnel in the plant.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• B.S. in Animal Science, Meat Science, Food Science, or a related science discipline preferred.
• College experience beneficial for developing writing skills and animal science knowledge.
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in the USDA or quality control area.
• HACCP certification preferred.
• Knowledge, background, and expertise in meat‑processing operations is critical.
• Areas of knowledge must include HACCP, specification adherence to incoming raw materials, brine‑mixing procedures, trimming, chilling, styling & packaging specifications, packaging modified‑atmosphere characteristics, final box/package configuration, and shelf‑life.
• Supervisory skills; good interpersonal relations; able to handle conflict.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Team player with leadership skills.
• Experience in leading groups of QA employees, including setting individual and team objectives, managing performance, and building a team approach to problem solving.
• Outstanding communication skills to lead, engage, and motivate individuals and/or teams.
• Strong proficiency with personal computer software, including word processing, spreadsheets, and multiple applications.
• Detail‑oriented with strong analytical skills.
• Highly organized.
• Spanish/English bilingual desired but not required.

EOE, including disability/vets