A well-established animal feed manufacturing company in North Carolina is actively hiring an experienced and safety-focused Feed Mill Supervisor to oversee daily operations and lead a team of 8 to 30 hourly employees at its feed mill facility. This is a comprehensive supervisory role covering employee training and scheduling, ingredient ordering and inventory management, FSMA regulatory compliance, housekeeping audits, safety meetings, and daily production reporting — in a fast-paced, operationally demanding feed manufacturing environment across North Carolina’s agricultural heartland.
About This Role — Feed Mill Supervision in North Carolina
Industry: Animal feed and poultry feed manufacturing — a critical sector within North Carolina’s extensive agricultural and livestock industry
Supervisory Scope: Direct supervision of 8 to 30 hourly employees across feed mill production operations and related activities
Compliance Framework: FSMA regulations, company SOPs, state and federal food/feed safety laws, and all applicable local regulatory requirements
Leadership Competencies Required: Delegation, Conflict Management, Planning, Sizing-Up People, and Customer Focus
EEO Employer: Equal Opportunity Employer — all qualified applicants considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status
Why North Carolina — America’s Agricultural Feed Manufacturing Hub
Agricultural Importance: North Carolina is one of the USA’s leading states for poultry, swine, and livestock production — making feed mill supervision one of the state’s most essential and in-demand agricultural careers
Career Stability: Feed mill supervisor roles in North Carolina offer excellent long-term employment stability within the consistently essential animal agriculture and food production sector
Leadership Development: Supervising 8–30 employees with full responsibility for operations, safety, compliance, and production planning builds a strong, transferable leadership career foundation
Regulatory Experience: FSMA-compliant feed manufacturing experience in North Carolina builds highly valued credentials across the U.S. agricultural and food safety regulatory landscape
Position Overview
The Feed Mill Supervisor in North Carolina is primarily responsible for supervising employees and daily feed mill operations — including employee training, shift scheduling, feed manufacturing and shipment planning, ingredient and supply ordering, housekeeping audits, safety meeting facilitation, and compliance with all FSMA regulations and federal, state, and local laws. You will manage production sequences, clean-out procedures, and current inventory levels, review daily production reports, manage tank charts and batching summaries, and ensure the highest standards of safety and regulatory compliance are consistently maintained throughout every shift and every production cycle at the feed mill facility.
Why This Feed Mill Supervisor Role in North Carolina Stands Out: You lead a team of up to 30 hourly employees in a directly impactful, operationally essential agricultural role, manage full FSMA regulatory compliance in one of North Carolina’s most regulated and consequential food/feed production environments, build leadership competencies across delegation, conflict management, planning, and people development in a real-world manufacturing supervisory setting, oversee the complete production cycle from ingredient ordering and inventory management through to daily feed manufacturing and shipment scheduling, and earn career experience in North Carolina’s robust and growing animal feed and poultry production sector with genuine long-term job stability and advancement potential.
Key Responsibilities
Employee Supervision & Training
- Supervise and train employees — leading by example, providing clear direction, and fostering open communication while administering corrective and disciplinary actions consistently and fairly
- Provide, enforce, and document comprehensive safety training for all feed mill employees in compliance with company SOP requirements and federal safety regulations
- Direct supervision of 8 to 30 hourly feed mill employees across all assigned shifts and operational areas
- Develop and coach team members’ performance, building a capable, safety-conscious, and production-focused workforce at the feed mill facility
Production Scheduling & Operations Management
- Schedule all feed mill activities including feed manufacturing production runs and shipments — ensuring proper sequence, timely clean-out procedures, and adherence to current quality plans
- Schedule production activities to meet mill requirements, ensuring products are ordered in advance and current inventories are maintained at appropriate levels throughout all operations
- Oversee and actively manage ingredient and supply inventories — coordinating purchasing and ordering to prevent shortages that could disrupt feed manufacturing schedules
- Manage all daily reporting requirements including tank charts, production records, inventory summaries, and batching reports for operations management review
FSMA Compliance, Housekeeping & Safety
- Comply fully with all FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) regulations, company policies, and applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations governing feed manufacturing operations
- Perform regular housekeeping audits across all feed mill areas — ensuring facility cleanliness, organization, and compliance with sanitation and safety standards at all times
- Conduct scheduled safety meetings and group discussions to maintain compliance with all applicable safety regulations, laws, and industry standards across the entire team
- Complete all activities required by the daily feed mill checklist — ensuring all operational, safety, and compliance tasks are documented and completed every shift
Equipment Operation, Troubleshooting & Reporting
- Operate loaders, conveyors, tractors, track mobiles, and forklifts as required to support feed mill daily production and materials handling operations
- Diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical and equipment malfunctions — conducting root cause analysis for preventative maintenance to minimize unplanned production downtime
- Review daily production reports and analyze operational data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement in feed mill performance
- Support maintenance functions and coordinate with maintenance teams to ensure all feed mill equipment operates safely and within required performance parameters
Qualifications & Requirements
Minimum Education & Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent is the minimum educational requirement for this position
- Minimum 2 years of progressive feed manufacturing experience in a feed mill or animal feed production environment
Preferred Education & Experience
- Associate’s Degree in Poultry Science, Animal Science, Feed Science, Biology, or a related field from an accredited institution is strongly preferred
- 3+ years of progressive feed manufacturing experience and 1+ year of supervisory experience in a similar feed mill or agricultural manufacturing environment
- Experience in automated feed processing systems and related feed mill equipment operation is a distinct advantage
About This North Carolina Feed Mill Opportunity
North Carolina is home to one of the United States’ most active and economically significant agricultural industries — encompassing poultry, swine, cattle, and livestock production that collectively generate billions of dollars in annual economic output. At the heart of this agricultural ecosystem, feed mill operations are indispensable — and skilled, safety-conscious, FSMA-compliant Feed Mill Supervisors are among the most essential and consistently in-demand professionals in the state’s agricultural workforce.
This Feed Mill Supervisor role offers a genuinely stable, locally rooted, and professionally rewarding career opportunity in North Carolina’s agricultural manufacturing sector — with real supervisory responsibility, full FSMA regulatory engagement, and the daily satisfaction of leading a production team that keeps North Carolina’s livestock and poultry operations fed, healthy, and thriving.
This organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive full and fair consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Career Excellence: Build a stable, impactful, and respected feed mill leadership career in the heart of North Carolina’s agricultural community — where your operational expertise, safety leadership, and team supervision skills make a real and lasting difference every single day.
Who Should Apply?
- Feed Mill Supervisors & Team Leaders: With 2–3+ years of progressive feed manufacturing experience and proven supervisory or team leadership responsibility in a feed mill environment
- Poultry & Animal Science Graduates: With Associate’s or Bachelor’s degrees and hands-on feed production, scheduling, and FSMA compliance experience in North Carolina or the U.S. Southeast
- Agricultural Manufacturing Supervisors: With forklift and loader operation skills, strong inventory management ability, and knowledge of feed industry regulatory requirements
- Safety-Focused Production Leaders: With SOP compliance experience, PPE management, safety meeting facilitation, and the ability to lead teams safely in dusty, loud, physically demanding mill environments
- Automated Feed Processing Specialists: With experience in automated feed mill systems, equipment troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for preventative maintenance in agricultural production
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