Site Supervisor at RCL Foods

Job Description    
RCL Foods Chicken, is looking for suitably experienced and qualified individuals to join the Western Cape Agriculture teams in Worcester  and Malmesbury in the Laying and Rearing to manage the operations, resources and manpower of a site thereby ensuring the optimal number of the right quality birds at the right time and at the lowest cost.

Minimum Requirements    

Minimum

• Grade 12
• Tertiary Qualification in Agriculture

Preferred

• Driver license
• 5 years experience in the Laying / Rearing environment of which 2-3 years in a supervisory position

Duties & Responsibilities    

Feed Management

• Management of feed through accurate and timeous, allocation of feed; bin stocks and orders
• Ensure feed procedure executed correctly
• Planning feed stock and ensure enough feed at all times
• Receive delivered feed and verify feed codes
• Take Feed samples upon receipt of delivery
• Check and report feed quality if below standard
• Ensure feeder systems fully maintained through physical inspection of systems on a weekly basis

Ventilation Management

• Daily planning and adjustment to ventilation system as per requirement as per BOP

Water Management

• Ensure water system is fully maintained and operational at all times as per BOP and hygiene program
• Plan water line heights and water flow on a daily basis
• Measure water intake and record and report on variances

Light Management

• Ensure prescribed light program implemented through physical inspections
• Order stock to replace and maintain lighting standards
• Ensure security and gate house lights switched of during the day

Temperature Management

• Plan daily set-points as per procedure
• Monitor and maintain Ikaya probes

Grading

• Planning and calculation of cutt-offs on a daily basis
• Counting birds at every grading
• Calculate birds per square metre and camp size

Vaccination

• Ensure vaccinations are done as per BOP and approved vaccination program
• Plan activities according to vaccination program; ensure stock availability
• Monitor vaccine reactions and report inconsistencies and draw blood samples as per procedure

Drag Swabs

• Ensure Drag Swabs program followed correctly
• Ground Maintenance
• Planning of continuous ground maintenance and fence monitoring of site

Litter

• Produce adequate support to optimal litter conditions through ventilation; water and temperature management
• Ensure correct number of shavings is delivered per house and leveled correctly
• Ensure bedding quality is in spec
• Ensure Litter Beetle program implemented

Meetings

• Conduct planning and feedback meeting with team on weekly basis
• Conduct daily meeting to plan activities for the day

Samples & Monitoring

• Ensure samples are taken as per Hygiene program
• Ensure correct methodology is applied for all samples taken through physical inspection
• Conduct farm PMs if required; report on findings
• Auditing house cards weekly
• Recording mortality numbers and reporting daily mortalities per house

Gatehouse

• Maintain Gatehouse to BOP requirements at all times wrt hygiene; bio-security and cleanliness

Bio-security Management

• Implement and Maintain bio-security measures
• Conduct biweekly audits and report on findings
• Plan bio-security related stock and order timeously
• Ensure MSDS availability for all chemicals as per SHEQ requirement
• Ensure rodent control is implemented as per BOP
• Conduct rodent control inspection on biweekly basis

PPE Management

• Ensure PPE is supplied as per BOP and H&S requirements
• Issuing and stock control as per BOP
• Monthly PPE recon signed off and audited

Health and Safety

• Ensure IOD's are dealt with within shift; report ro Risk and PM
• Update SHERQ files with any changes
• Ensure all H&S appointments are updated; certification valid
• Ensure all training are done and signed off
• Ensure monthly H&S meetings are done and attended

Standby Generator

• Ensure standby generator in good working order at all times
• Inspect generator room and logbook on weekly basis
• Immediate report of generator failure
• Ensure diesel available when required

Placement management

• Ensure and monitor farm readiness for placement as per BOP
• Plan open site maintenanace requirements as per procedure
• Planning of all pre-placement activities
• Counting of chicks at deliveries; signing off of IDNs

Catching management

• Plan catching activities with team as per program. Catching activities includes litter removal; pre-washing; washing; disinfection; bedding placement; maintenance; preparation
• Pre- and post inspections to be done with each contractor; sheets signed off
• Inspecting bird activity and handling

Nest Box management

• Report on shaving needs and ensure timeous receipt thereof
• Calculate birds per nest and ensure adherence
• Ensure nest boxes to the standards of the company

Egg management

• Ensure egg collection processes to the standards of the company and collections and egg room management as per procedures.
• The Egg management will consist of collections, grading, fumigation; hygiene protocols; egg weighing ; temperature management; record keeping and Hatchery collection
• Daily planning and adjustment of set-points on eggrooms as per requirement.
• Record temperature on daily basis
• Eggroom Temperature calibration control
• Monitoring and maintenance of the Ikaya probes

Team Management

• Plan teams leave on an annual basis and monitor leave balances on a monthly basis
• Plan monthly shift roster and implement
• Ensure adherence to company code of conduct; policies and procedures
• Apply discipline as per company procedures; frequent training to be done with team
• Ensure all required training executed and reported on.
• Training will include Matrix training; On-the-job; Job observations; New entry training

Labour Broker Management

• Request placements on prescribed documents; submitted to FM for approval process
• Monitor all issues immediately and report to FM
• Ensure poor performers are not re-cycled to other farms/operations; report them
• Weekly signing off on Labour Broker time sheets and escalate to FM
• Ensure employees complies to company min requirements (education and health)
• Report placements to FM when reaching 3 months placement
• Manage casuals performance and report poor performers to FM

Notice Boards

• Update Notice boards and discuss news notices with teams
• Provide news to Production Clerk

Maintenance

• Manage breakdowns reported through physical inspections and verification of facts to control cost
• Manage daily maintenance activities through interaction with Maintenance team

Closing Date: 20th, April 2022