**Description** **COOLER SUPERVISOR** **QUALIFICATIONS:** + Describe necessary knowledge and skills, and type and amount of formal schooling. + Work experience normally acquired to attain + Minimum High School diploma or GED equivalent + Minimum 1-2 years background experience in packing house (beef preferred) to learn about the various products that are produced + Knowledge of products and their specifications is essential. + Communication skills + Ability to motivate workers + Bilingual important, but not mandatory as long as translators are in line area. **RESPONSIBILITIES:** + Insure the quality and yields of products on the line. + Supervise all hourly employees on the line. + Responsible for the safety and motivation of all employees supervised. + Insure that all products leaving the line area meet required specifications. + Prepare pre-operational paperwork and insure the line is clean and sanitized before the day’s operations begin. + Insure area is properly staffed to meet production needs. + Prepare employee paperwork for all employees on the line + Job performance is measured by the General Foreman: Fabrication on such criteria as the overall productivity of the area and how well supervisor manages hourly employees. + Understand and adhere to all union regulations in regard to hourly employees. + Attend and give input at daily supervisor meetings within the fabrication area. + Run line meetings once a month for hourly employees on line. + Responsible for administering follow-up training on all personnel on line. + Directly responsible for discipline procedures with hourly employees on the line. These may range from verbal warnings to terminations. **EOE, INCLUDING DISABILITY/VETS**