Job Overview

Rossdown Natural Foods is seeking a hands-on Poultry Supervisor to support daily operations in our evisceration and live end areas. Reporting to the Senior Supervisor, you will help coordinate employees, maintain production flow, and ensure animal welfare, food safety, quality, and workplace safety standards are met.

This role combines operational support with team leadership and requires someone who is organized, decisive, and comfortable addressing issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

- Ensure employees are punctual, ready for work, and positioned at their assigned stations at the start of each shift.
- Monitor employee performance, attendance, and conduct; address concerns within your authority and escalate issues to the Senior Supervisor.
- Support the training and onboarding of new employees.
- Promote a positive and respectful workplace by listening to employee concerns and following up appropriately.
- Communicate with Maintenance, Quality Assurance, and other departments to support safe and efficient operations.
- Gather and document flock information at the beginning of each shift.
- Conduct initial live bird checks and walkthroughs of the evisceration and live end areas.
- Assist with setting up the evisceration room and checking equipment readiness before production.
- Monitor live bird welfare and promptly address or escalate concerns.
- Maintain accurate production and quality records, including red zone and live end reports.
- Conduct routine quality assurance checks and support compliance with Modernized Poultry Inspection Program (MPIP) requirements.
- Assist with lot changes and monitor reprocessing areas.
- Monitor production flow, provide real-time support to operators, and adjust staffing assignments as needed.
- Identify equipment or process issues and coordinate with Maintenance to resolve them.
- Record production start and end times and monitor employee deployment.




- Ensure work areas remain clean during and after production by coordinating with operators and cleaning staff.
- Reinforce workplace safety, food safety, and operating procedures throughout the shift.

Qualifications

- Previous supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Robust leadership and interpersonal skills, with clear verbal and written communication.
- Experience supporting employee safety and ensuring staff follow workplace safety expectations.
- Strong organizational, planning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to make timely decisions, work independently, and respond to changing production needs.
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, production yields, and labour costs.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with other software programs is an asset.
- Experience with continuous improvement initiatives is an asset.
- Previous supervisory experience in a manufacturing setting.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with clear verbal and written communication.
- Experience supporting employee safety and ensuring staff follow workplace safety expectations.
- Strong organizational, planning, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to make timely decisions, work independently, and respond to changing production needs.
- Understanding of manufacturing processes, production yields, and labour costs.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with other software programs is an asset.
- Experience with continuous improvement initiatives is an asset.

What You Bring

- A decisive, action-oriented approach.
- A strong focus on process flow and continuous improvement.
- An uncompromising commitment to team member safety.
- The ability to lead respectfully, support employees, and maintain accountability.

Pay: $60,000.00-$70,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Work Location: In person

📌 Poultry Supervisor (Abbotsford)
🏢 Rossdown Natural Foods
📍 Abbotsford