Hatchery Manager

Turosi Pty Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Turosi Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Hatchery Manager to lead a commercial hatchery in Victoria, Australia. You will drive Jamesway multi-stage incubation operations, optimise performance and ensure high hatchability, chick quality and biosecurity across a 30+ person team.

You will manage incubation, hatch operations, vaccination programs and dispatch while collaborating with breeders, veterinary, maintenance and QA teams to improve overall hatchery performance.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience within a commercial poultry hatchery.
• Hands-on experience with Jamesway multi-stage incubation systems.
• Strong knowledge of incubation, hatchability and chick quality.
• Ability to analyse hatchery performance and improve KPIs.
• Knowledge of biosecurity, hygiene and animal welfare requirements.
• Experience leading and developing operational teams and supervisors.
• Hands-on, solutions-focused approach in a high-throughput hatchery.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily hatchery production to achieve chick numbers, quality and delivery requirements.
• Lead daily hatchery operations to achieve chick quality, production and delivery requirements.
• Manage and optimise Jamesway multi-stage setters and hatchers.
• Drive improvements in hatchability, chick quality, contamination and processing efficiency.
• Monitor critical incubation parameters including temperature, humidity, CO2 and airflow.
• Use hatchery data and KPIs to identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead labour planning and development of supervisors and the hatchery team.
• Maintain strong biosecurity, animal welfare, hygiene and food safety standards.
• Partner with breeder farms, veterinary, technical, maintenance, quality and supply chain teams.

Skills

Leadership experience

Jamesway incubation

Incubation/hatchability

KPIs analysis

Biosecurity/hygiene

Team development

Vaccination programs

Tools

Jamesway systems

Job description

Turosi Pty Ltd is a privately owned Company with facilities in Victoria and QLD providing a full range of raw and cooked food solutions across a range of proteins to the retail and food service sectors. We are one of the largest poultry processors in Australia, supplying major brands across QSR/FCD, General Trade & Retail markets.

With a business that is vertically integrated, from breeding to processing to manufacturing, Turosi has over 1400 passionate employees in a business that is going through a significant growth phase.

Commercial hatchery leadership | Jamesway multi-stage experience essential

We are seeking an experienced Hatchery Manager to take ownership of the operational, technical and people performance of our commercial hatchery.

This is a specialist leadership opportunity for someone who understands hatcheries from the inside out – particularly the technical disciplines required to achieve consistent hatchability, chick quality and performance from Jamesway multi-stage incubation systems.

Processing up to approximately 1.3 million eggs per week, this is a significant operation requiring a leader who can optimise an established hatchery, build capability within the team and drive greater consistency and performance.

Looking ahead, there is also an opportunity to contribute your technical expertise to the future evolution of our hatchery operations and technology.

About the role

Reporting to the GM Agriculture, you will lead a team of approximately 30+ employees and take responsibility for the end-to-end hatchery operation across incubation, hatch operations, chick processing, vaccination, dispatch, maintenance coordination and biosecurity.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead daily hatchery production to achieve chick numbers, quality and delivery requirements.
• Lead daily hatchery operations to achieve chick quality, production and delivery requirements.
• Manage and optimiseJamesway multi-stage setters and hatchers.
• Drive improvements in hatchability, chick quality, contamination and processing efficiency.
• Monitor critical incubation parameters including temperature, humidity, CO₂ and airflow.
• Use hatchery data and KPIs to identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead labour planning, productivity and development of supervisors and the broader hatchery team.
• Maintain strong biosecurity, animal welfare, hygiene and food safety standards.
• Partner with breeder farms, veterinary, technical, maintenance, quality and supply chain teams to improve overall hatchery performance.

About you

This is a specialist hatchery appointment combining deep technical knowledge with strong operational leadership.

• Proven leadership experience within a commercial poultry hatchery.
• Hands-on experience with Jamesway multi-stage incubation systems.
• Strong technical knowledge of incubation, hatchability and chick quality.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse hatchery performance and improve KPIs.
• Strong knowledge of biosecurity, hygiene and animal welfare requirements.
• Experience leading and developing operational teams and supervisors.
• A hands-on, solutions-focused approach to working in a high-throughput hatchery environment.
• Experience with vaccination programs, hatchery upgrades, commissioning or new hatchery technology will be highly regarded.

What we offer

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a critical poultry operation, with the autonomy to influence performance and implement meaningful improvements.

For an experienced hatchery professional who understands Jamesway technology, it offers the opportunity to apply your expertise to today’s operation while potentially helping shape the future direction of the hatchery.