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As a Hatchery Production Associate, you play a key role in creating the optimal environment where healthy, high-quality chicks begin their journey. This hands-on position supports a variety of essential hatchery activities that ensure proper incubation, hatching, and care, all while maintaining precise environmental conditions. Your work directly contributes to delivering a superior product to Perdue Farms growers and helps to uphold the high standards of quality, care, and excellence that define our operations.
Job Responsibility:
Correctly receive, set, and transfer approximately 991,440 eggs per week, ensuring minimum damage while maximizing hatchability
Thoroughly clean and sanitize entire hatchery, which may include 68 hatchers and setters, 37 evaporative coolers, 14 heaters and associated duct work, reducing to the greatest extent possible the presence of mold and bacteria
Properly and efficiently operate tray wash and/or separator machines, ensuring maximum throughput with minimum product damage
Safely transport and process approximately 250,000 chicks daily, ensuring accurate chick distribution and proper chick quality control
Perform all duties as requested by management in a timely and efficient manner, in accordance with hatchery and company standard operating procedures, while fostering team spirit and morale
Requirements:
High school or equivalent
Reading and writing skills
Ability to move in an upright position and work on wet, dry, and often slippery concrete floors for up to 4 hours in a single interval
Must be able to lift overhead and control 35 lbs to a height of approximately 84 inches
Must be able to work in exposure to temperatures from <32° to 101.25° with both ambient and 100% humidity
Must be able to work in extended exposure to temperatures from 99° to 101° with 82% humidity for periods up to 2 hours in a single interval
Must be able to work in exposure to noise ranges of <50db to >110db and light intensity range of <50-to-75–100-foot candles
Must be able to perform bending, twisting, and lifting, while grasping containers weighing up to 35 lbs, at intervals up to 10 times per minute, at maximum forward angles of 30-60°
Must be able to perform squatting, lifting and carrying weights of up to 35 lbs while walking distances of 10 – 20 feet
Must be able to work in exposure to chlorinated water <50ppm, caustic detergents, lubricating oils, poultry vaccines, and other chemicals as listed in hatchery MSDS
Must wear and/or use personal protective equipment/devices in accordance with SOPs and company directives
What we offer:
Medical/Rx
401(k) with employer match after 1 year
Critical illness insurance
Accident insurance
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Optional group life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability protection
Flexible spending accounts
Paid time off
Opportunities for pay premiums
Shift differentials
Overtime where applicable
Annual bonus available (variable depending on performance)