Hatchery Process Lead

Principal Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor operations of egg setters and hatchers, ensuring consistent proper temperature and humidity levels are maintained.
• Conduct and records machine checks every three hours.
• Identify and resolve common equipment malfunctions in a timely manner.
• Cover receipt of nightly effluent shipments verifying accuracy of shipping documentation.
• Arrange flocks within effluent room to facilitate identification and movement at required set times.
• Reload effluent trough with filled buggies.
• Ensure effluent room is cleaned and disinfected weekly and/or as required.
• Prepare set sheet ensuring proper effluent rotation based on effluent pack dates.
• Cover setting of effluent buggies nightly, transferring from farm buggies to setter racks.
• Prepare hatchery for daily processing.
• Cover and perform padding of chick boxes nightly, ensures trash is emptied, starts boiler, loads box de-stacker, moves empty effluent buggies from tray washroom to hatch halls.
• Cover and perform coordination and salmonella intervention, pouring formaldehyde in hatchers at designated intervals following transfer.
• Oversee and perform hatchery disinfection, ensuring all set and hatch halls are fogged nightly.
• Operate try wash machine, washing chick boxes weekly or as required.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Factors

• Exposed to temperatures ranging from 60 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit and humidities up to 100%.
• Exposed to chemicals, drups and vaccines to be covered in MSDS training and hazardous communications.
• Use personal protective equipment as required.
• Able to lift 4 lbs. to a height of 6 feet, to push 75 lbs. a distance of 75 feet and lift 20 - 25 lbs. to a height of 3 feet.
• Must be able to work in a wet, damp, dusty (chick down) environment.

Pay

This position has a base rate of $23-25 per hour, with opportunities for pay premiums, shift differentials and overtime where applicable. Annual bonus available (variable depending on performance).

Benefits

In addition to hourly wages, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short-term and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.

Schedule

Monday - Friday 5:55am-2:30pm