Poultry Caretaker

Tyson Foods; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme membership

Life insurance

Group income protection scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Tyson Foods in the United Kingdom is seeking a poultry farm operative to maintain the health and welfare of a large flock, ensure clean water, feed and a safe environment, and collect high-quality hatching eggs daily.

You will work a 6 days on, 2 days off shift starting around 7.00am and finishing around 3.30pm, with occasional overtime. The role includes benefits such as pension, life insurance, private medical insurance and an employee assistance programme.

Qualifications

• No Poultry experience required but positive learn­ing attitude is essential.
• Ability to work as part of a team and support a culture of teamwork.
• Willingness to work efficiently using your own initiative and be flexible.

Responsibilities

• Proactively maintain poultry to a high standard with ready access to fresh water and a balanced diet.
• Ensure stock have appropriate environment and shelter.
• Preventive care to avoid pain, injury or disease and rapid diagnosis and treatment when needed.
• Provide stock with sufficient space and proper facilities; ensure humane treatment.
• Maintain hygiene and bio-security rules including protective clothing and boot dipping.
• Accurate recording of egg collections, house temperature, and mortality.
• Weigh food accurately and keep farm clean and tidy.
• Follow Farm Health and Safety rules and procedures.
• Adhere to nest box usage to minimize floor eggs and train birds accordingly.
• Observe and comply with all visitor biosecurity measures.

Skills

Teamwork

Positive attitude

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Job Details:

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 to 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

Salary and benefits

• Salary: competitive based on market, professional experience and qualifications
• 24 days’ holiday, plus Bank Holidays and days at Christmas and New Year (pro rated).
• Pension scheme membership
• Life insurance
• Group income protection scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 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, and also showering between houses. 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.

Any applicants must have the right to work in the UK. This is not a sponsored role.

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.