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Job Details
Job Title: Live Haul Manager
Department: Live Operations
Reports To: Live Operations Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Work Arrangement: On-site
Shift / Schedule: Primarily 1st shift, with flexible availability required based on the harvest schedule, operational needs, and schedule changes.
Travel Requirements: Local travel between farms, transportation partners, and Farmer Focus facilities as needed.
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Overview / Purpose and Scope
The Live Haul Manager is responsible for coordinating the safe, timely, and efficient movement of birds from growers to Farmer Focus processing operations. This role serves as the primary liaison between third-party haulers, growers, and Farmer Focus, ensuring harvest schedules, communication, scale house operations, and transportation activities are aligned with production needs, animal welfare expectations, safety standards, and business priorities.
Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the key liaison between third-party haulers, growers, Farmer Focus Live Operations, plant operations, and other internal partners to support timely and effective live haul execution.

• Create, update, and maintain the weekly harvest schedule, adjusting as needed for flock readiness, processing needs, grower coordination, transportation availability, weather, and operational changes.

• Communicate schedule changes, delays, issues, and other operational updates in a timely and professional manner to growers, haulers, scale house team members, Live Operations, and plant stakeholders.

• Manage daily scale house operations and directly supervise the scale house team of three employees, including scheduling, coaching, performance expectations, training, and accountability.

• Monitor live haul execution to support safe, efficient, and compliant transportation of birds while minimizing disruptions to growers, haulers, and processing operations.

• Maintain responsibility for company owned equipment such as baskets and other items related to the Live haul process.

• Partner with third-party haulers to address route execution, timing, equipment concerns, communication gaps, and service-level expectations.

• Support compliance with company policies, animal welfare expectations, safety requirements, transportation standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Identify and escalate operational risks, schedule conflicts, grower concerns, equipment issues, or transportation challenges, and help drive timely resolution.

• Maintain accurate records, reports, and communication related to harvest scheduling, scale house activity, live haul performance, and operational changes.

• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, communication, respect, and continuous improvement across live haul and scale house activities.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Compensation
Compensation: $80,000 - $90,000 annually
Additional Compensation: Not applicable.
The posted compensation range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum amount Farmer Focus in good faith expects to pay at the time of posting, based on factors such as internal equity, relevant experience, market data, and the budgeted amount available for the position.
Benefits: Farmer Focus offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support team members' health, financial well-being, and professional growth. Available offerings may include weekly payroll, paid time off and sick leave, semi-subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, education reimbursement opportunities, employee assistance programs (EAP), and internal learning, development, and career growth programs.
All benefits, programs, and offerings are subject to eligibility requirements, plan terms, and company policies, and may be changed, amended, or discontinued by Farmer Focus at any time.
Qualifications

• Experience in fleet haul management, transportation coordination, live haul, logistics, agriculture, or a closely related operational environment required.

• Prior leadership or supervisory experience required, including the ability to coach, schedule, train, and hold team members accountable.

• Understanding of poultry operations, live production, animal welfare expectations, or agricultural supply chain operations preferred.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate effectively with growers, third-party haulers, internal operations teams, and plant stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain schedules, manage changing priorities, solve problems quickly, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records, reports, and operational communication.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and ability to learn scheduling, reporting, scale house, or transportation-related systems.

• Valid driver's license and ability to travel locally as needed.

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodation.

New team members must be able to pass a drug, alcohol and background screening post-offer and prior to the start of their employment. Must be authorized to work in the United States. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work.
Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel
This role is primarily performed on-site in an office, scale house, transportation, farm, and processing support environment. The Live Haul Manager must be able to work a flexible schedule based on the harvest schedule and operational needs, including early mornings, schedule changes, extended hours, and occasional weekend or holiday support as needed. Local travel to farms, grower locations, hauler locations, and Farmer Focus facilities may be required. The role may require time in outdoor, farm, live haul, and production-adjacent environments where weather conditions, vehicle traffic, noise, biosecurity expectations, PPE requirements, and changing operational priorities may be present.
This position does not have an application deadline. Farmer Focus will recruit until the role is filled.
Recruiter and Agency Disclaimer
Unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted by staffing agencies, recruiters, or search firms to any Farmer Focus employee without a current written agreement and an active, role-specific request from the Recruiting team will be considered the property of Farmer Focus. Farmer Focus will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume or candidate profile.
All external recruiters and agency partners supporting Farmer Focus searches must comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including compensation transparency requirements and restrictions on seeking salary history where applicable.
About Farmer Focus
Farmer Focus exists to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is grounded in servant leadership and guided by our CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. Our top priorities are people, safety, and quality. At Farmer Focus, our vision is to disrupt the status quo by creating bold opportunities for people who demand more and deserve better.
EOE, including disability/vets