Position Summary: Provides physical security for the buildings and grounds, while providing a safe and secure environment for employees and visitors. Work involves the responsibility for patrolling facilities for protecting life and property against fire, damage, theft, trespass and vandalism.
Key Duties, Skills & Abilities:
- Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons to maintain security of premises.
- Perform scheduled and random checks of designated areas throughout the facility to check for any security breaches.
- Enforce biosecurity by ensuring authorized vehicles enter the truck wash station or have tires sprayed at guard house.
- Check water levels and temperatures in chicken houses. Maintain a high-low average log.
- Assist the maintenance staff in securing areas during emergency situations.
- Prepare daily reports of activities and irregularities including property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.
- Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
- Warn persons of rule infractions or violations and apprehend or evict violators from premises.
- Prevent passage of prohibited vehicles into restricted areas.
- Maintain logs of all traffic.
- Maintain a professional and effective relationship with the local police, sheriff and fire departments.
- Aid employees and visitors in a courteous and professional manner.
- Helps drive all of BFF’s Environment Management Systems (EMS) in an impactful manner to include: monitoring/reducing operationally-related negative effects on the environment as well as pollution prevention.
Education, Experience
- High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
- Prefer experience in Law Enforcement, Security or Military.
- Ability to accept direction and responsibility.
- Capable of making decisions under potentially tense conditions; must be able to use initiative and independent judgment within established guidelines.
- Exceptional customer service and communication skills.
- Ability to deal with all levels of personnel and the public in a professional and effective manner.
- Ability to work varying shifts, weekends and holidays as needed.
- Capable of reporting to work daily and being on-time to perform the duties of the position.
- Maintain neat and professional appearance.
- As a condition of employment, employee must successfully complete a background investigation and a post-offer/pre-employment drug/alcohol test.
Language Skills Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure – using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Reasoning Ability Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Ability to resolve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Computer Skills MS Windows Other Qualifications None Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; use hands and fingers to handle, grab or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop and kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to stand and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, and rarely exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Physical Requirement/Work Environment
- Must be able to adapt to office work environments which could include cold, heat. Individual will be exposed to high noise levels.
- Must possess 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. Work Environment: Must possess 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.
Animal Welfare Commitment:
Braswell Family Farms is fully committed to providing our animals with a safe and healthy environment, free from abuse and treated humanely in all respects. All employees are obligated by moral duty, Braswell Family Farms requirements (refer to Animal Welfare Policy), and legal obligation to uphold the strictest animal welfare-structured environment and are obligated to report any incidents of abuse, neglect or breach of bio-security for the health and welfare of our animals. Food Safety and Quality All employees play a crucial part in ensuring compliance with food safety regulations and maintaining the highest standards of food quality. You must always support food safety initiatives and contribute to a culture of food safety excellence.
Non-Smoking Work Environment:
- No smoking allowed in workplace, break areas, or on any company property.
- No smoking in company provided vehicles.
Equipment Required by Employee: NA Equal Opportunity Statement: Braswell Family Farms is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against anyone with regard to race, sex, national origin, color, religion, age or any disability, in compliance with Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended, or the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Disclaimer: Although this job description lists and identifies the primary duties of the listed position, it is not an exclusive list. As with all positions at Braswell Family Farms, the very nature and diversification of an egg production facility requires that all employees remain flexible to cover a wide variety of duties that may need covered. The Information contained in this job description is not only to inform you of the requirements of this position but will also be used to evaluate your work performance. This will include assisting in a determination of whether you will be entitled to certain bonuses and/or raises, and whether performance related disciplinary action would be taken against you.
Rotating 12 hour shifts. 3 days on, 3 days off. Includes weekends and holidays.