Assistant Ranch Foreperson - East 4

About the role

Foster Farms is dedicated to creating great food and providing memorable experiences. The company aims to be the best and most trusted food provider, ensuring the well-being of its team, customers, animals, and environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and oversee all ranch activities and functions of assigned fryers and fryer ranch.
• Direct the grow out of fryers through setup, brooding, temperatures, ventilation, mortality, vaccinations, and medications, maintaining conditions for optimal quality.
• Maintain ranch facilities, including appearance, coordination with maintenance, and managing materials and service calls.
• Follow and enforce strict sanitation procedures, monitoring bird health, and reporting any abnormalities to the Field Supervisor.
• React responsibly to emergencies affecting the chickens, both day and night.
• Manage and control ranch production costs, including labor, fuel, supplies, utilities, medications, and maintenance.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of all ranch activities, such as feed, mortality, fuel, production, and energy consumption.
• Provide proper training and delegate 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, along with good mathematical and organizational abilities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills (Basic English).
• Able to move and lift 25 pounds.
• Preference for mechanical aptitude.
• Able to live on company-provided housing and respond to alarms and adverse conditions.
• Willing to work flexible schedules, 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

• Chicken-raising experience
• Leadership and supervisory skills
• Mathematical and organizational abilities
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Physical stamina and mobility
• Sanitation and health monitoring
• Emergency response and management
• Cost control and record-keeping
• Safety and animal welfare adherence

Benefits

• Competitive pay rate: $16.50 per hour, with additional rates for shifts outside standard hours.
• Company-provided housing.
• Flexible scheduling, including evenings, holidays, and weekends.
• Opportunity to shape the future of the ready-to-eat business at a leading food company.
• Supporting Foster Farms' mission, vision, and values.
• Delivery of safe, high-quality food and memorable experiences for millions of families.

Pay

$16.50 per hour, with additional rates for shifts between 7:00pm and 11:59pm ($1.00 per hour), and between 12:00am-4:59am ($2.00 per hour).

Schedule

Flexible, including evenings, holidays, and weekends.

Foster Farms ACTION Guiding Principles

• Accountability: Deliver on commitments.
• Collaboration: Achieve more by working as a team.
• Truth-Seeking: Be open-minded and act with humility.
• Initiative: Be proactive and lead with a growth mindset.
• Ownership: Take responsibility for results.
• Nimble: Operate with speed and agility.

Why Join Foster Farms?

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape the future of the ready-to-eat business at a leading food company, directly supporting our mission, vision, and values. You will play a critical role in delivering safe, high-quality food and great moments for millions of families.