Assistant Ranch Foreperson - East 4

About the role

Foster Farms is dedicated to creating great food and providing great moments. Our mission is to be the best and most trusted food company, ensuring the well-being of our team, consumers, animals, and the environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and oversee all ranch activities and functions of assigned fryers and fryer ranch.
• Direct the grow out of fryers through the setup of the ranch, brooding, temperatures, ventilation, mortality, vaccinations, medications, to maintain conditions meeting the highest possible quality.
• Maintain the ranch facilities, including appearance, arranging with the maintenance department, needed materials, and service calls.
• Follow and enforce strict sanitation procedures, being constantly aware of the birds' health, reporting any abnormalities to the Field Supervisor.
• React responsibly to emergencies affecting the chickens, day or night.
• Manage and control all ranch production costs, including labor, fuel, supplies, utilities, medications, and ranch maintenance costs.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of all ranch activities, such as feed, mortality, fuel, production, and energy consumption.
• Provide proper training and delegation of duties to all ranch personnel.
• Adhere to and enforce company safety, animal welfare, and disease prevention guidelines.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year of chicken-raising experience and completion of the Chicken Grow Out Training Program.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
• Supervisory and leadership skills.
• Good mathematical and organizational skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills (Basic English).
• Able to move and lift 25 pounds.
• Preference for mechanical aptitude.
• Willingness and ability to live on company-provided housing and respond to alarms and adverse conditions affecting the chickens.
• Able to work as scheduled, including overtime, evenings, holidays, and weekends.
• Able to follow and enforce company standards, guidelines, and policies.
• Able to work at other ranches/complexes as needed.
• Desire and ability to maintain a clean and presentable ranch and dwelling.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$16.50 per hour. Additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked between 7:00pm and 11:59pm. Additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked between 12:00am-4:59am.

Schedule

Not specified.