Poultry Caretaker

Tyson Foods; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyson Foods is seeking a production team member at Wretton Farm, responsible for maintaining the health and welfare of poultry, ensuring high-quality egg production. No prior poultry experience is needed, but candidates should demonstrate teamwork, initiative, and adaptability. Competitive salary of £33,000 annually along with comprehensive benefits including holiday, medical insurance, and pension scheme.

Benefits

32 days’ holiday, including Bank Holidays

Pension scheme membership

Life insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Employee assistance programme

Responsibilities

• Maintain poultry to a high standard through feeding, watering, and ensuring a clean environment.
• Collect high quality hatching eggs daily.
• Ensure compliance with bio-security rules.
• Maintain accurate record keeping of house temperature, mortality, and egg collections.
• Adhere to Farm Health and Safety rules and procedures.

Skills

Teamwork

Adaptability

Proactivity

Initiative

Positive Learning Approach

Job description

Job Details:

• This role is a member of the production team at Wretton Farm. There are 4 people in the team working on a shift pattern of six days on and two days off. The role works closely with the Team Lead and reports to the Facility Manager.

  About the Job

  The production team is responsible for ensuring the premium breeding stock are well maintained, ensuring a good standard of high quality eggs for hatching purposes. You will be responsible for managing the health and welfare of a large number of birds in your care. You will ensure that they are fed, watered and in a clean and healthy environment. You will be responsible for the collection of high quality hatching eggs on a daily basis.

  Tasks and 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 vigor.
  • Ensuring that stock has an appropriate environment including good ventilation 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.
  • To strictly adhere to all bio-security rules.
  • To ensure that floor eggs are kept to a minimum by training birds to use the nest boxes as per manager instruction.
  • To collect and record egg collections neatly and accurately.
  • To ensure food is weighed accurately.
  • Maintain house hygiene, dusting, light fitment cleaning, sweeping up, friable litter and clean bootdips.
  • To ensure nest boxes are kept clean and in good working order.
  • Maintain accurate record keeping - house temperature, mortality, egg collections.
  • Keep the farm clean and tidy.
  • Adhere to all Farm Health and Safety rules and procedures.

  Any other reasonable requests by the Farm Manager

  About you

  • You do not necessarily need to have any Poultry experience for this role. We require our team to have the following skills:
    • Being able to demonstrate a positive approach to learning
    • Being able to work as part of a team by helping each other out and supporting the culture of teamwork
    • Being able to work efficiently using your own initiative
    • Being flexible and adaptable
    • Being innovative and proactive in your approach to work

  Salary and benefits

  • Annual Salary: £33,000
  • 32 days’ holiday, including Bank Holidays
  • Pension scheme membership
  • Life insurance
  • Group income protection scheme
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Rewards Platform
  • Employee assistance programme

  Working hours

  The farm operates on a 6 days on, 2 days off shift pattern on a rolling basis .

  Starting time is around 7.00am and finishing time is around 3.30, although you may occasionally be asked to stay

  Additional Information

  We have strict biosecurity that all visitors to the farm must follow – this includes showering into the facility

  Farm clothing is provided on the farm and is laundered in house.

  You cannot take any items on the farm such as Mobile Phones or Jewellery, but you will be able to leave the farm during your break time (you will need to shower back on).

  Candidates cannot hold any avian species at home.

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Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

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.