ABATTOIR AND BUTCHERY SUPERINTENDENT – Triangle Ltd 161 views

Hippo Valley Estates Ltd and Triangle Ltd are situated in the South-Eastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe and together form a large agricultural concern. The company’s operations mainly comprise of sugarcane farming and milling, sugar production, ethanol production, game, and livestock farming. The following exciting opportunity has arisen at Triangle Ltd. Thus, suitably qualified and interested people are invited to apply.

Job Title

Abattoir and Butchery Superintendent

Job Level CL

Operation /Location

Triangle Limited Reports to: Senior Cattle Manager

Purpose of Role

To supervise the day-to-day operations of the Estate abattoirs and butcheries to achieve hygienic slaughter, quality customer service, sales, and profit objectives under the direction of the Senior Cattle Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervises the day-to-day operations of the butcheries and abattoirs to achieve customer service, sales, and profit objectives.
• Monitors and reviews ways to improve butchery and abattoir standards and systems.
• Ensures that orders are processed and dispatched professionally and timeously.
• Controls inventory to ensure proper product levels, and that quality and freshness are always maintained.
• Ensures functionality of machinery and equipment, including cold storage facilities, and promptly attends to or reports breakdowns.
• Prepares budgets, production work plans, block test analysis, daily sales reconciliation and weekly reports for the butcheries and abattoirs.
• Develops controls to manage the budget, overtime and leave balances.
• Monitors compliance to SHE and sanitation standards by Butchery and Abattoir staff.
• Provides reports on livestock slaughter and sales. Identifies training & development needs of subordinate staff.

DOHeM THIGSS

Qualifications and Experience

• A diploma in Meat Science and Processing or related qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years of retail-related meat and/or food service in a high-volume food service operation.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Good customer service and effective leadership skills.
• Effective stakeholder engagement