Cobb - Hatchery Worker (3rd shift)

Join the Cobb Family and grow with us! At Cobb, we’re passionate about helping our team members thrive—both professionally and personally. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family in every stage of life, with eligibility starting on day one of full-time hire.

Pay

Starting pay: $18.00 per hour plus additional shift differential for evenings, nights, and weekends.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Free Telehealth Services
• Free Mental Health Services
• Well-Being Support Programs
• 401K & Stock Options
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Free Education starting your first day on 175-degree programs
• Citizenship Assistance
• Discounts on thousands of programs and services through Beneplace
• Cobb Rewards
• New Hire Referral and Referral Bonuses
• Paid Vacations
• Paid Holidays
• Overtime Eligibility
• Earned Time Off

Schedule

Sunday-Wednesday (with every seventh Saturday from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM). Shift begins at 5:10 PM until the job is complete. This position averages 40-45 hours per week, including working holidays. Responsibilities may require an adjusted work schedule.

About the Role

Pulls chicks and places them for processing; properly disposes of substandard chicks; operates high-pressure washer to clean trays, dollies, hatchery, and uses a high-pressure hose to sanitize trays, dollies, hatchery, and equipment. Other duties may be assigned.

Responsibilities

• Pads up to 1,500 empty chick boxes weighing approximately 2 pounds (15%).
• Lifts boxes of 100 chicks weighing approximately 15 pounds and stacks them into stacks of 10, 1,500 times (15%).
• Pushes 10 stacked boxes with birds averaging 15 pounds per box into a row approximately 150 times (15%).
• Pushes/pulls hatcher baskets on casters full of chicks into the Pull Room, weighing approximately 500–1,000 pounds (15%).
• Places up to 150,000 chicks weighing approximately 40 grams onto a belt. Must take hatcher baskets off stacks of 15 high, each basket weighing approximately 35 pounds (overhead lifting required) (15%).
• Puts empty trays (48 inches x 16.8 inches) weighing approximately 6.25 pounds into the tray wash machine (15%).
• Takes clean, empty trays out of the tray washer and restacks them into stacks of 15 high approximately 1,300 times (15%).
• Other duties may include:
  • Reading temperatures and reporting failures in setters, and reading temperature and humidity in incubators every three hours.
  • Washing and foaming pull and tray wash rooms using a high-pressure hose and regular water hose.
  • Pulling loaded setter buggies on casters weighing approximately 700–1,300 pounds.
  • Operating box washer.
  • Maintaining a clean and organized work area.
  • Properly euthanizing weak/ill birds in accordance with company policy (10%).

Requirements

• Must have at least 12 months of consecutive work history with one employer and no employment gaps greater than 6 months in the past 36 months (extended to 18 months for layoffs or child/elder care).
• Previous work history does not apply to applicants who have been full-time students consecutively for the last 36 months.
• Rehire criteria: minimum waiting period of 180 days and no more than 3 prior employments at Cobb/Tyson Foods.
• Applicants must reside in the United States to be considered for an interview.
• Priority consideration for internal applicants and those with previous agricultural or production experience.
• Must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Biosecurity/Animal Welfare Requirements:
  • Must shower and change clothing/footwear before entering the facility (provided by the company).
  • No jewelry may be worn except for medical ID jewelry, and body piercings must be covered by appropriate clothing.
  • Must sign an agreement to avoid contact with avian species (e.g., chickens, ducks, birds).
  • Must sign and abide by the Company Biosecurity and Animal Welfare Guidelines.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Must use safe lifting techniques.
• Regularly lifts and stacks chick boxes (wheeled dolly) weighing up to 12 pounds.
• Regularly pushes or pulls stacks of boxes up to 125 pounds.
• Regularly pulls/pushes 700 to 1,300 pounds (wheeled dolly).
• Stands for the majority of the shift on a concrete floor; walks; uses hands to handle objects, tools, or controls; reaches with hands and arms; balances; stoops; talks or hears.
• Requires close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Works on wet, slippery surfaces and in hot, dry, dusty, wet, and cold environments.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Required:
  • Safety glasses, goggles, face shield.
  • Chemical gloves, waterproof apron, and rubber boots.
  • Ear plugs as needed.
  • NIOSH-approved N95 particulate respirators as needed.
• Chemicals Commonly Used: Hand sanitizer, disinfectants, foamers, formaldehyde.
• Must follow all applicable safety policies and procedures, including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, LOTO, and PPE.
• Expected to identify, address, and mitigate safety-related risks.

Relocation assistance is not eligible for this role.