Construction Site Supervisor

Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3.6 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, the company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns three feed mills, manages 143,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. The company employees nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships.

The company is vertically integrated with a strong presence across the pork value chain - from farm to fork. Christensen Farms is the largest shareholder of Triumph Foods LLC, a producer-owned primary pork processing plant in St. Joseph, Missouri. In turn, Triumph Food members own 50 percent of Daily's Premium Meats, a specialty pork processor bacon and other premium pork products. Triumph Foods also holds a 50 percent partnership in Seaboard Triumph Foods, LLC of Sioux City, Iowa, a primary pork processing plant.

Position Overview:
Daily management of assigned projects. Ensure quality and cost standards set by company are met in a timely, efficient and ethical manner.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

Project Planning and Support:
• Participate with project scope, site assessments, site layout, and project details
• Participate in pre-construction planning
• Communicate progress, issues, and solutions to supervisor throughout project

Construction Project Management:
• Explain, execute and sign contracts with specified subcontractors
• Execute daily management of sub-contract excavators, concrete crews, framers, electricians, and equipment installers
• Responsible to have appropriate materials at project site in a timely fashion to meet project deadlines
• Receive and verify material shipment quantity and integrity
• Communicate and/or resolve shipping schedules/conflicts with vendors or operations manager

Administrative Responsibilities:
• Submit required project reports in a timely, accurate, and complete manner
• Complete purchase orders, inventory documents, and time sheets to specified detail daily and weekly
• Perform and complete final inspection documentation

General Expectations:
• High level of communication with production managers to achieve goals of both production and construction departments
• Maintain company equipment (skidloader, trailer, vehicle, power tools)
• Must possess or attain CDL Class A driver's license and health card or be willing to obtain with support from the company

Travel required based on project location up to 75% of the work week

Education, Training and Experience Requirements:
Previous construction related experience and/or education related to the construction field. Work requires extensive knowledge of business operations. Must have knowledge of general construction processes. Understanding of accounting systems, construction phases, materials, and vendors is also required.

Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and important information in a timely manner. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact, and diplomacy. Some analytical ability is required in order to gather and summarize data for reports, find solutions to various administrative problems, and prioritize work. Ensures ethical representation in all facets of Christensen Farms. Ability to apply independent judgment in major areas of accountability. Strict adherence to company confidentiality.

This position will require operating a company vehicle or regular mileage reimbursement. Any employment offer extended for this position will be is contingent upon the review of the candidate's motor vehicle record (MVR). The MVR will be reviewed to determine insurability based on CFF's insurance carrier and company policy.