Poultry Caretaker

Cobb-Vantress, LLC; Eye; On-site; GBP 44,083,000 - 55,104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff Discount Platform

Christmas Bonuses

Attendance Bonus

Company Pension

Job summary

Cobb-Vantress, LLC, at Larkfield Farm in Eye, England, is seeking a temporary poultry caretaker for six months. The role involves maintaining premium breeding stock from day-old chicks to about 18 weeks, and working a 6 days on, 2 off shift.

Responsibilities include ensuring clean water and diet, suitable housing, disease prevention, hygiene, recording bird metrics, transferring birds, biosecurity, accurate weighing, and maintaining house cleanliness.

Qualifications

• Able to work efficiently on own initiative.
• Highly motivated with a can-do attitude.
• Flexible and adaptable to farm needs.
• Proactive and driven to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain poultry to high standards including water and diet.
• Provide appropriate housing, shelter, and resting areas.
• Prevent and treat illness; rapid diagnosis when needed.
• Ensure birds have space and company of their kind.
• Adhere to bio-security rules and hygiene requirements.
• Accurately weigh food and birds, record weights and mortality.
• Transfer birds between pens and manage pen movements.
• Keep farm clean and tidy; dusting and litter management.
• Observe safety rules and use protective clothing.
• Respond to reasonable requests from the Farm Manager.

Skills

Own initiative

Can-do attitude

Flexible

Proactive

Job description

Job Details:

THIS IS A TEMPORARY ROLE FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.

This role is at Larkfield Farm. Larkfield has a team on 5 caretakers and work on a shift pattern of 6 days on 2 off.

The key responsibility of this position is ensure that the premium breeding stock are well maintained during the rearing stages. (Day old chicks to approximately 18 weeks).

Responsibilities

• To proactively maintain poultry to a high standard through:
• Ensuring that stock has ready access to fresh water and a diet to maintain full health and vigour.
• Ensuring that stock has an appropriate environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area
• Ensuring that stock are free from pain, injury or disease by ensuring preventative measures or rapid diagnosis and treatment.
• Ensuring that stock is provided sufficient space, proper facilities and company of the own kind.
• Ensuring that conditions and treatment avoid mental suffering to the stock.
• To observe all hygiene rules, this includes personal hygiene, hand washing, boot dipping/changing and the wearing of all protective clothing.
• Recording information such as bird weight, feed intake and mortality.
• Transferring birds between pens
• To strictly adhere to all bio-security rules.
• To ensure food is weighed accurately.
• Maintain house hygiene, dusting, light fitment cleaning, sweeping up, friable litter and clean bootdips.
• Keep the farm clean and tidy.
• Adhere to all Farm Health and Safety rules and procedures.
• Any other reasonable requests by the Farm Manager

Skills and Experience Required

Any successful applicant will need the following skills:

• Being able to work efficiently on own initiative
• Highly motivated with a 'can do' attitude and a willingness and enthusiasm to take on new challenges
• Flexible and adaptable
• Proactive and driven approach

We offer a competitive rate of £13.87 per hour increasing after a successful probationary period.

Company Pension

• Staff Discount Platform
• Christmas Bonuses
• Attendance Bonus

Staff cannot hold and avian species at home.

THIS IS NOT A SPONSORED ROLE

"Company:Cobb."

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

6-2 Shift (United Kingdom)

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.