Pullet Service Crew Chicken Breeder

About the role

Foster Farms is dedicated to creating great food and enhancing moments through its mission and vision. The company measures success by safeguarding and caring for its team, consumers, animals, and environment, while ensuring operational excellence and value delivery.

Responsibilities

• Help with vaccination of individual chickens – up to 11,000 birds per day.
• Pick up and hang on vaccination apparatus (approximately chest high) up to 5,500 birds (4 lbs. each) using proper lifting techniques.
• Move birds.
• Catch/pick up and carry (up to 20 feet) as many as 3,000-4.5 lb birds each day using proper lifting techniques.
• Set up ranch prior to bird placements – routine heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.).
• Help maintain and clean ranch grounds.
• Clean waterers – lifting 40 lbs. to dump water, scrubbing up to 160 drinkers/day.
• Clean lights – climb ladder 12’ to reach lights mounted in ceiling.
• Transfer to other farms – reliable transportation.
• Clean up ranch between flocks – routine heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.), operate high-pressure washer.
• Additional tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Able to lift & carry 50 pounds.
• Able to walk 1.5 – 5 miles per day.
• Able to pick up & hang at chest height up to 5,500 birds (4 lbs. each) daily.
• Able to catch/pick up & carry (up to 20 ft) up to 3,000 birds (4.5 lbs.) each day.
• Able to climb a 12-foot ladder.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screening and background check.

Pay

The pay rate is $18.00 per hour, with an additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked between 7:00pm and 11:59pm, and an additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked between 12:00am-4:59am.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.