Hatchery Lead - 1st Shift - Eufaula Hatchery

Job Description

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Job Details:

**This location no longer accepts rehires**

Chick Floor Hatchery Lead is to monitor daily operations for chick processing, including grading, vaccination,and packing. This role involves monitoring a team, ensuring quality control, maintaining accurate records, and coordinating with hatchery management to fulfill orders and manage the chick flow. The position requires a leader who can ensure the team follows standard operating procedures and maintain high standards for biosecurity and animal welfare.

• Supervise staff: Assign tasks, train employees, and ensure they adhere to all hatchery protocols and safety measures.
• Manage chick processing: Oversee the process of grading chicks, mixing and administering vaccines, and packing them for shipment.
• Maintain quality and accuracy: Ensure the correct count, flock, and vaccination program is fulfilled for each order. Minimize errors in paperwork and processing.
• Coordinate logistics: Manage the "flow of work" and keep accurate inventory of chicks. Track flocks as they move through the hatchery process.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment: Ensure all areas, including equipment and the "chick room," are properly cleaned and sanitized to meet biosecurity standards.
• Handle equipment: Perform routine checks and basic maintenance on hatchery equipment.
• Reporting: Complete hatchery paperwork and prepare production reports.

• Physical demands: Ability to work in hot, wet, and dusty conditions, and have the stamina to handle physical tasks like pushing carts and lifting, as noted in some job descriptions.

• Qualifications

• Experience in hatchery operations or poultry production.
• Knowledge of hatchery equipment and chick processing.
• Leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to work weekends and holidays as required.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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