Rose Acre Farms Career Opportunities
Within the last 5 years, what role did the following play in your job:
Management of 100 employees or greater in a production facility
Within the last 5 years, what role did the following play in your job:
Management of business unit budget including expenditure control and inventory management of all operation supplies and parts.
Within the last 5 years, what role did the following play in your job:
Driving culture change by creating a team-driven environment and high employee engagement
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Opportunity Snapshot

This is your opportunity to take ownership of our Southern Georgia Plant Manager role (internally referred to as Complex Manager) and make a strong and visible impact on egg production operations, plant personnel, quality, safety and more. You’ll be responsible for the entire facility including 10+ hen houses, 1.5 to 1.7 million birds, and more than 100 employees. If you’re a strong plant manager and leader looking for a place where you can demonstrate your talent and shine, this is it. You’ll be able to make the plant your own, increase production, further develop the staff, identify process improvements and turn it into a top site. Prove yourself a star and this could be the first step in your career with Rose Acre Farms. Quick question for you - click here

Rose Acre Farms Inc. and its affiliated and subsidiary corporations Rose Acre Farms International, Inc., Marshall Egg Products, Inc. Johnson County Egg Farm LLC, and NEPCO Egg of Georgia LLC (collectively referred to as RAF) is the second largest producer of eggs in the U.S. We operate in six states and ship eggs to well-known retailers throughout the country. Rose Acre Farms is a family owned business with roots in the rich farmland of Jackson County, Indiana. The family association with eggs and general farming dates back over 125 years and spans five generations.?

?Pictured: Rose Acre Farms is a leader in providing both cage-free free roaming and standard fresh eggs for consumers who desire either type of egg.

The Requirements

To be a strong fit for this opportunity, you will need:
  • A bachelor’s or associate’s degree with a focus in Poultry Science (preferred), Agribusiness, Animal Science or a related field; or the equivalent Agribusiness management experience.
  • Previous experience managing production operations and knowledge regarding manufacturing and employment regulations, policies, practices, and procedures.
  • Experience managing a business unit budget. Quick question for you - click here
  • The ability to work in an agricultural environment, indoors, outdoors, office, warehouse, processing, and farm production areas each varying in temperature, odor and other environment specific atmospheres.
  • Experience in the poultry industry preferred.
  • Integrity, a strong work ethic, and commitment to humanely producing a high quality product.
  • Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills.  
  • Must maintain high level of work ethics and professionalism at all times.
  • The ability to maintain a non-smoking workplace in all areas of the property at all times.
  • The ability to travel on occasion for meetings and other tasks such as reviewing machinery or visiting other farms.
  • Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Pictured: White Shell Eggs, available in 6, 8, 12 & 18-Paks.

The Role

Reporting to the Regional Complex Manager, you will be responsible for the overall operations within our Madison, Georgia facility and its surrounding environment. On a daily basis it will be your responsibility to ensure production is flowing well and operations are running smoothly, interact with the staff, handle any issues – you'll be involved in every aspect of the business. A few functions, however, such as trucking and dispatch, will be handled by corporate.

You’ll have five to seven direct reports, who will do the hands-on management, including a Production Manager, Processing Manager, Cooler Manager, and Maintenance Manager, each with a team under them. While you will be responsible for evaluations, corrective actions, advancement recommendations and other employee relations duties, you will also have a Regional HR Manager who will support you.

More specifically, you will be responsible for:
  • Planning, organizing, and regulating the production and maintenance operations of the complex to guarantee effective return on capital.
  • Quality control, layer production, shell egg processing and or breaking / further egg processing.
  • Feed mill operations.
  • Ensuring compliance with customer, RAF, Industry, State, and Federal policies, programs, and regulations.
  • Effectively communicating with all department heads to ensure coordination of purchasing, production, and shipping.
  • Effectively managing a budget and maintaining expenditure control.
  • Ensuring accurate inventory of all operation supplies and parts.
  • Implementing strategies and actions for the accomplishment of plant production goals.
  • Utilizing human resources, facilities, equipment, materials and assets to ensure minimal errors and prevent inefficiencies.
  • Implementing plans and striving to meet business objectives and production goals for the complex, while maintaining quality product standards.
  • Having a high safety standard and maintaining a safe work environment.
Employee/staffing responsibilities include:
  • Efficiently utilizing human resource talent to enhance operations in every department, while also optimizing staffing.
  • Maintaining adequate staffing at all times.
  • Overseeing and reviewing all employee evaluations, raises, and promotion considerations.
  • Ensuring employee complaints are immediately handled accordingly to RAF, State, and Federal policies.
  • Training, selecting, and motivating plant supervisory and administrative staff.
?Pictured: The Rose Acre farm in this photo contains over 3,000,000 hens. This farm produces enough eggs to feed over ONE MILLION people a 2 egg breakfast....EVERY DAY.

Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities. ?

Why Rose Acre Farms

Professional development -- as already noted, you will be responsible for all the day-to-day operations of your complex and will oversee every function. Ours is a unique business and whether you come directly from the industry, or from another production environment, you’ll have plenty to learn and experts, such as the Regional Complex Manager, helping you get up to speed.

Make a strong and visible impact -- this complex will provide plenty of opportunities for you to shine and your successes will be noticed. We’ll look to you to improve and enhance training, and bring a sense of community to your staff, building involvement and morale. You'll identify and implement process improvements, and facilitate positive change. This is a role you can take ownership of and make your own.

Career advancement opportunities -- if you're looking for a home where you can thrive and be happy for years to come, you've found it. You could find that you really enjoy the Georgia complex and want to stay at the helm well into the future. However, if you demonstrate your talent and wish to further advance your career, at Rose Acre Farms we're dedicated to providing opportunities for our proven performers. In fact, much of our leadership have worked their way up through the ranks. For example, our COO started working as a mechanic in the shop; our VP, Production began in the chicken houses; and our VP, Human Resources started as a truck driver, just to name a few. From this role you could take on a Complex Manager role at a larger site, pursue a Regional Complex Manager position or take another path.
 
A commitment to animal welfare -- RAF is fully committed to providing our animals with a safe and healthy environment, free from abuse and dedicated to humane practices in all aspects. We uphold the strictest animal welfare-structured environment and are legally and morally obligated to report any incidents of abuse, neglect or breach of bio-security for the health and welfare of our animals.

Sustainable agriculture -- Rose Acre Farms believes that in order to have continued success in the agriculture industry, it is our responsibility to be able to provide consumers with a safe and quality product that is sustainable for many years to come based on animal health and well-being, worker safety, scientific study, and affordability. Increased environmental and ethical awareness is also crucial to maintaining a successful and sustainable business that provides a safe and nutritious food source from farm to table.

Environmentally conscious -- at Rose Acre Farms, we're acutely aware of the need to reuse, reduce and recycle and are dedicated to limiting our impact on the environment. A sampling of our environmental initiatives includes:
  • Buying grain from local farmers to reduce our carbon footprint
  • Using energy saving lighting
  • Treating egg wash water and reusing it for cropland watering
  • Selling manure from our hens to local farmers as a natural fertilizer
  • Planting 23 acres of trees on the parameter of our properties to help keep the air fresh and clean
  • Grinding the shells from eggs that don't meet Grade A standards for use as a liming agent on local agriculture fields
Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive salary and bonus incentive, we off a comprehensive benefits package. 

Pictured: We continue to learn from the past, evaluate the present, and look forward to the future in order to improve our sustainability in the agriculture industry.

Keys to Success

While we've experienced great success for many years, we are enjoying a transition of sorts. Last year a new COO took the helm, bringing about some positive changes, adding more accountability, seeking greater employee involvement and more. While change is often good, it's also difficult at times for those who have been doing things one way for an extended period. To be successful, you'll need to be a strong change manager, fine-tuning the processes, gaining employee buy-in and ultimately improving operations. We'll look to you to ensure all employees are well trained and to build a better sense of community and culture. Quick question for you - click here
  
To be an exceptional Complex Manager, you won't be overly authoritative, but will have the leadership skills and business finesse to build a strong and committed team. You'll be involved and visible, not spending all of your time in your office, but being out on the floor getting to know the employees and fully learning the business. You'll have some great department managers under you, and should also dedicate time to further develop their skills, giving them room to excel in their roles and motivate their employees. In other words, we're not just looking for a manager, we're looking for a leader. 

?Pictured: GOLDEN-PREMIUM -- Omega-3, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Lutein & Choline enriched eggs.

About Us

As far back as the 1930s, the Rust family began egg production with the largest hen house in Jackson County during that period. The population surge of the 1940s and 1950s initiated a need for farm commodities in major metropolitan areas. Beginning in the 1950s, construction had begun on the first modern chicken houses in Seymour. Egg sales were made throughout the local area and regular trips were made to the Indianapolis Farmers Market from the main farms in southern Indiana. As consumer needs changed during the 1980s and 1990s, so did the variety of egg products offered by Rose Acres. As we moved to the close of the century, Rose Acres had established plants in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. In addition, two plants in Illinois followed shortly into the twenty first century. From a small handful of employees in the 1950s to over 1820 employees today, Rose Acres continues to remain on the cutting edge of this ever changing industry. Remaining the largest family owned egg plant in the United States, continued innovation and market demand promise a bright future for our employees and customers.

Our Chickens and Production

Caged layer production places the hens in wire pens with feed and water being provided to each cage. The birds are housed with several hens in each pen, with plenty of space for comfortable movement and constant access to fresh food and fresh water. The pens are arranged in rows where water is supplied by individual waterers.

The feed trough is also located outside the cages to insure the hens are fed a balanced diet with just the right combination of nutrients to keep them healthy and productive. Housed in cages, birds seldom require medicine and are never fed hormones or steroids. The cages are designed so the eggs will roll out of the cage to a holding area by means of a slanted wire floor. Special computer controlled ventilation produces a steady 10mph breeze for lots of fresh country air over the hens at all times, which fluffs the feathers and carries away body heat.

At Rose Acre Farms we keep a very close watch on all of the needs of our chickens such as light intensity and natural nutrition. The lighting within a chicken house is monitored to ensure that a calm and relaxed atmosphere is always provided. Natural feed intake is recorded on a daily basis so that we may ensure that the proper concentration of vitamins and nutrients are provided at all times to the hens and that the chickens are never for want of any nutrient.

Just for fun...did you know?
  • An average hen lays 300 to 325 eggs a year. A hen starts laying eggs at 19 weeks of age.
  • To produce one egg, it takes a hen 24-26 hours, and to do so, she requires 5 oz. of food and 10 oz. of water. Thirty minutes later she starts all over again.
  • As a hen grows older she produces larger eggs.
  • About 240 million laying hens produce some 50 billion eggs each year in the United States. That's roughly one hen for every man, women and child in the country.
Pictured: A modern automatic Rose Acre hen house. The hens are kept in safe environmentally controlled pens for maximum hen and egg safety. Most eggs sold in the United States are from hens kept in pens such as this.?

Opportunity Snapshot

This is your opportunity to take ownership of our Southern Georgia Plant Manager role (internally referred to as Complex Manager) and make a strong and visible impact on egg production operations, plant personnel, quality, safety and more. You’ll be responsible for the entire facility including 10+ hen houses, 1.5 to 1.7 million birds, and more than 100 employees. If you’re a strong plant manager and leader looking for a place where you can demonstrate your talent and shine, this is it. You’ll be able to make the plant your own, increase production, further develop the staff, identify process improvements and turn it into a top site. Prove yourself a star and this could be the first step in your career with Rose Acre Farms. Quick question for you - click here

Rose Acre Farms Inc. and its affiliated and subsidiary corporations Rose Acre Farms International, Inc., Marshall Egg Products, Inc. Johnson County Egg Farm LLC, and NEPCO Egg of Georgia LLC (collectively referred to as RAF) is the second largest producer of eggs in the U.S. We operate in six states and ship eggs to well-known retailers throughout the country. Rose Acre Farms is a family owned business with roots in the rich farmland of Jackson County, Indiana. The family association with eggs and general farming dates back over 125 years and spans five generations.?

?Pictured: Rose Acre Farms is a leader in providing both cage-free free roaming and standard fresh eggs for consumers who desire either type of egg.

The Requirements

To be a strong fit for this opportunity, you will need:
  • A bachelor’s or associate’s degree with a focus in Poultry Science (preferred), Agribusiness, Animal Science or a related field; or the equivalent Agribusiness management experience.
  • Previous experience managing production operations and knowledge regarding manufacturing and employment regulations, policies, practices, and procedures.
  • Experience managing a business unit budget. Quick question for you - click here
  • The ability to work in an agricultural environment, indoors, outdoors, office, warehouse, processing, and farm production areas each varying in temperature, odor and other environment specific atmospheres.
  • Experience in the poultry industry preferred.
  • Integrity, a strong work ethic, and commitment to humanely producing a high quality product.
  • Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills.  
  • Must maintain high level of work ethics and professionalism at all times.
  • The ability to maintain a non-smoking workplace in all areas of the property at all times.
  • The ability to travel on occasion for meetings and other tasks such as reviewing machinery or visiting other farms.
  • Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Pictured: White Shell Eggs, available in 6, 8, 12 & 18-Paks.

The Role

Reporting to the Regional Complex Manager, you will be responsible for the overall operations within our Madison, Georgia facility and its surrounding environment. On a daily basis it will be your responsibility to ensure production is flowing well and operations are running smoothly, interact with the staff, handle any issues – you'll be involved in every aspect of the business. A few functions, however, such as trucking and dispatch, will be handled by corporate.

You’ll have five to seven direct reports, who will do the hands-on management, including a Production Manager, Processing Manager, Cooler Manager, and Maintenance Manager, each with a team under them. While you will be responsible for evaluations, corrective actions, advancement recommendations and other employee relations duties, you will also have a Regional HR Manager who will support you.

More specifically, you will be responsible for:
  • Planning, organizing, and regulating the production and maintenance operations of the complex to guarantee effective return on capital.
  • Quality control, layer production, shell egg processing and or breaking / further egg processing.
  • Feed mill operations.
  • Ensuring compliance with customer, RAF, Industry, State, and Federal policies, programs, and regulations.
  • Effectively communicating with all department heads to ensure coordination of purchasing, production, and shipping.
  • Effectively managing a budget and maintaining expenditure control.
  • Ensuring accurate inventory of all operation supplies and parts.
  • Implementing strategies and actions for the accomplishment of plant production goals.
  • Utilizing human resources, facilities, equipment, materials and assets to ensure minimal errors and prevent inefficiencies.
  • Implementing plans and striving to meet business objectives and production goals for the complex, while maintaining quality product standards.
  • Having a high safety standard and maintaining a safe work environment.
Employee/staffing responsibilities include:
  • Efficiently utilizing human resource talent to enhance operations in every department, while also optimizing staffing.
  • Maintaining adequate staffing at all times.
  • Overseeing and reviewing all employee evaluations, raises, and promotion considerations.
  • Ensuring employee complaints are immediately handled accordingly to RAF, State, and Federal policies.
  • Training, selecting, and motivating plant supervisory and administrative staff.
?Pictured: The Rose Acre farm in this photo contains over 3,000,000 hens. This farm produces enough eggs to feed over ONE MILLION people a 2 egg breakfast....EVERY DAY.

Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities. ?

Why Rose Acre Farms

Professional development -- as already noted, you will be responsible for all the day-to-day operations of your complex and will oversee every function. Ours is a unique business and whether you come directly from the industry, or from another production environment, you’ll have plenty to learn and experts, such as the Regional Complex Manager, helping you get up to speed.

Make a strong and visible impact -- this complex will provide plenty of opportunities for you to shine and your successes will be noticed. We’ll look to you to improve and enhance training, and bring a sense of community to your staff, building involvement and morale. You'll identify and implement process improvements, and facilitate positive change. This is a role you can take ownership of and make your own.

Career advancement opportunities -- if you're looking for a home where you can thrive and be happy for years to come, you've found it. You could find that you really enjoy the Georgia complex and want to stay at the helm well into the future. However, if you demonstrate your talent and wish to further advance your career, at Rose Acre Farms we're dedicated to providing opportunities for our proven performers. In fact, much of our leadership have worked their way up through the ranks. For example, our COO started working as a mechanic in the shop; our VP, Production began in the chicken houses; and our VP, Human Resources started as a truck driver, just to name a few. From this role you could take on a Complex Manager role at a larger site, pursue a Regional Complex Manager position or take another path.
 
A commitment to animal welfare -- RAF is fully committed to providing our animals with a safe and healthy environment, free from abuse and dedicated to humane practices in all aspects. We uphold the strictest animal welfare-structured environment and are legally and morally obligated to report any incidents of abuse, neglect or breach of bio-security for the health and welfare of our animals.

Sustainable agriculture -- Rose Acre Farms believes that in order to have continued success in the agriculture industry, it is our responsibility to be able to provide consumers with a safe and quality product that is sustainable for many years to come based on animal health and well-being, worker safety, scientific study, and affordability. Increased environmental and ethical awareness is also crucial to maintaining a successful and sustainable business that provides a safe and nutritious food source from farm to table.

Environmentally conscious -- at Rose Acre Farms, we're acutely aware of the need to reuse, reduce and recycle and are dedicated to limiting our impact on the environment. A sampling of our environmental initiatives includes:
  • Buying grain from local farmers to reduce our carbon footprint
  • Using energy saving lighting
  • Treating egg wash water and reusing it for cropland watering
  • Selling manure from our hens to local farmers as a natural fertilizer
  • Planting 23 acres of trees on the parameter of our properties to help keep the air fresh and clean
  • Grinding the shells from eggs that don't meet Grade A standards for use as a liming agent on local agriculture fields
Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive salary and bonus incentive, we off a comprehensive benefits package. 

Pictured: We continue to learn from the past, evaluate the present, and look forward to the future in order to improve our sustainability in the agriculture industry.

Keys to Success

While we've experienced great success for many years, we are enjoying a transition of sorts. Last year a new COO took the helm, bringing about some positive changes, adding more accountability, seeking greater employee involvement and more. While change is often good, it's also difficult at times for those who have been doing things one way for an extended period. To be successful, you'll need to be a strong change manager, fine-tuning the processes, gaining employee buy-in and ultimately improving operations. We'll look to you to ensure all employees are well trained and to build a better sense of community and culture. Quick question for you - click here
  
To be an exceptional Complex Manager, you won't be overly authoritative, but will have the leadership skills and business finesse to build a strong and committed team. You'll be involved and visible, not spending all of your time in your office, but being out on the floor getting to know the employees and fully learning the business. You'll have some great department managers under you, and should also dedicate time to further develop their skills, giving them room to excel in their roles and motivate their employees. In other words, we're not just looking for a manager, we're looking for a leader. 

?Pictured: GOLDEN-PREMIUM -- Omega-3, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Lutein & Choline enriched eggs.

About Us

As far back as the 1930s, the Rust family began egg production with the largest hen house in Jackson County during that period. The population surge of the 1940s and 1950s initiated a need for farm commodities in major metropolitan areas. Beginning in the 1950s, construction had begun on the first modern chicken houses in Seymour. Egg sales were made throughout the local area and regular trips were made to the Indianapolis Farmers Market from the main farms in southern Indiana. As consumer needs changed during the 1980s and 1990s, so did the variety of egg products offered by Rose Acres. As we moved to the close of the century, Rose Acres had established plants in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. In addition, two plants in Illinois followed shortly into the twenty first century. From a small handful of employees in the 1950s to over 1820 employees today, Rose Acres continues to remain on the cutting edge of this ever changing industry. Remaining the largest family owned egg plant in the United States, continued innovation and market demand promise a bright future for our employees and customers.

Our Chickens and Production

Caged layer production places the hens in wire pens with feed and water being provided to each cage. The birds are housed with several hens in each pen, with plenty of space for comfortable movement and constant access to fresh food and fresh water. The pens are arranged in rows where water is supplied by individual waterers.

The feed trough is also located outside the cages to insure the hens are fed a balanced diet with just the right combination of nutrients to keep them healthy and productive. Housed in cages, birds seldom require medicine and are never fed hormones or steroids. The cages are designed so the eggs will roll out of the cage to a holding area by means of a slanted wire floor. Special computer controlled ventilation produces a steady 10mph breeze for lots of fresh country air over the hens at all times, which fluffs the feathers and carries away body heat.

At Rose Acre Farms we keep a very close watch on all of the needs of our chickens such as light intensity and natural nutrition. The lighting within a chicken house is monitored to ensure that a calm and relaxed atmosphere is always provided. Natural feed intake is recorded on a daily basis so that we may ensure that the proper concentration of vitamins and nutrients are provided at all times to the hens and that the chickens are never for want of any nutrient.

Just for fun...did you know?
  • An average hen lays 300 to 325 eggs a year. A hen starts laying eggs at 19 weeks of age.
  • To produce one egg, it takes a hen 24-26 hours, and to do so, she requires 5 oz. of food and 10 oz. of water. Thirty minutes later she starts all over again.
  • As a hen grows older she produces larger eggs.
  • About 240 million laying hens produce some 50 billion eggs each year in the United States. That's roughly one hen for every man, women and child in the country.
Pictured: A modern automatic Rose Acre hen house. The hens are kept in safe environmentally controlled pens for maximum hen and egg safety. Most eggs sold in the United States are from hens kept in pens such as this.?
Rose Acre Farms is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.
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