Butterball

Butterball, LLC, one of America’s most iconic brands, helps consumers celebrate Thanksgiving and every day in between. Located in the thriving Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area, our goal is to provide a diverse array of career opportunities and paths which include our farms, processing facilities and support offices. We are the largest producer of turkey products in the U.S., and we make a lot more than Thanksgiving turkeys. Our company’s measurable growth is in no small part due to our team members in North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri, who each have a seat at the table to contribute to our success

Job Summary

Guides the day-to-day activities for a team that ensure electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic servicing and efficient maintenance of production machinery and equipment, physical plant, utilities, and grounds. Ensures compliance with all regulations and company policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

Supervises the day-to-day activities of a team of entry level individual contributors. Provides guidance, coaching, and support to ensure successful completion of tasks. Participate in HR activities such as hiring, terminations, performance management, goal, setting team member development, scheduling, etc. Enforce systems policies, and procedures.

• Directs the maintenance and repair of processing equipment, mobile equipment buildings and grounds in a safe and efficient manner.
• Develops, schedules and controls a preventive maintenance program to maintain production machinery and equipment in proper working condition.
• Plans a continual work schedule to maintain all the company properly in a safe and healthy condition to achieve the best working conditions possible for all team members.
• Inspects jobs in process and at completion to ensure that standards of workmanship and safety are maintained.
• Ensures proper maintenance of facility machinery and building.
• Coordinates with Sanitation and Operations to ensure that the equipment is ready for production.
• Plans the work shift to allow time for activity in the Safety Accountability Process and the Maintenance Accountability Program.
• Recommends, plans, and implements equipment needs to improve production efficiency and/or achieve cost reduction.

Minimum Qualifications (Educations & Experience)

• High school diploma / GED
• 4+ years of relevant experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role
• 1+ year of leadership or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Butterball Core Competencies

Caring about people, valuing contributions, and empowering to succeed is the Butterball Way. We recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to Butterball and seek to create an environment where everyone can thrive. Everyone has a seat at the table and is expected to embody our core competencies:

• Safety First: We put safety first. The health, safety, and well-being of our people, products, and turkeys is everyone's responsibility and everyone's jobs.
• Integrity: We trust each other to do the right thing. We act with integrity and gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, respect, and authenticity.
• Stewardship: We take care of what matters. We are accountable to our commitments and take responsibility for the well-being of our teams, our quality, our customers, our business, our brand, and our communities. We are always answerable for our actions and those we lead.
• Enthusiastic Attitudes: We create a climate where everyone feels they belong and can be engaged, every day. Where our people are enthusiastic and motivated to do their best and work together to make great things happen.
• Continuous Improvement: We are committed to continuous improvement. We challenge ourselves and our company to constantly learn, develop, grow, improve, and innovate.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of practical use of Mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and hydraulic principals
• Understanding of the principal of machinery and the total process
• Good leadership skills with the ability to coach, support and motivate a team
• Ability to use math and physics to identify calculations needed in maintenance
• Effective technology skills
• Skilled at root cause analysis, investigating accidents, and troubleshooting
• Ability to research, evaluate, and interpret data
• Effective communication, organization, time-management, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• Skilled at resource management, delegation, and prioritizing deliverables

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level of the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection.
• Occasional travel may be required.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of what is required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not imply or establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Butterball, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of Butterball’s Drug/Alcohol Screening & Testing Policy. Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.