Assistant Hatchery Manager

Foster Farms; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster Farms' Cedar Hatchery in California is seeking an Assistant Manager to oversee daily operations, help set annual goals and budgets, and drive hatchery performance with a focus on hatchability, chick quality, and cost control.

You will lead hatchery supervisors, coach teams, ensure safety programs, collaborate across departments, review performance data, and implement improvement initiatives to meet company standards and customer needs.

Qualifications

• BS in poultry science, engineering, or business; or equivalent work experience, preferably in the agricultural industry.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing and must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Balanced technical, mechanical, and human resource knowledge.
• Able to evaluate line employees, and exempt employees, fairly and objectively.
• Ability to interface on a daily basis with all support groups or departments.
• Must adhere to disease control policies.
• Clean DMV record.
• Must pass pallet jack training.
• Ability to operate automation equipment safely and efficiently

Responsibilities

• Develop hatchery goals and establish a yearly budget in collaboration with the hatchery manager.
• Develop monitoring programs to maximize hatchability and chick quality within budget.
• Gain technical expertise in hatchery management across production departments.
• Develop knowledge of chicken incubation and chick quality.
• Identify factors affecting hatchability and chick quality.
• Oversee daily operation and review productivity and hatchability.
• Evaluate daily performance through data and metrics.
• Lead improvement initiatives and set goals with management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Safety compliance

Time management

Education

BS in poultry science, engineering, or business

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Automation equipment

Pallet jack operation

Job description

Description

Assistant Manager- Cedar Hatchery (Shifts Varies)

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization; however, we operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Schedule: Monday-Friday and some weekends.

• In collaboration with the hatchery manager, works on developing hatchery goals and establishing a yearly budget.
• Works collaboratively with the hatchery manager on developing new, and/or modifying current hatchery monitoring programs to maximize hatchability and chick quality, while maintaining budgeted chick cost.
• Focuses on gaining technical expertise in hatchery management with a full understanding of each production department.
• Works with the hatchery manager on developing a sound knowledge of chicken incubation and chick quality.
• In collaboration with the hatchery manager, identify major factors (internal and external) that have a significant effect on hatchability and chick quality.
• Works with hatchery supervisors to ensure successful implementation of hatchery programs.
• Oversees daily operation, reviews daily productivity, and evaluates hatchability and chick quality.
• Reviews, evaluates, and interprets daily hatchery performance of each hatchery department through regular analysis of performance data and metrics.
• Identifies improvement initiatives and works with the hatchery manager to define clear goals as well as with supervisors to successfully execute.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and training of hatchery supervisors, and provides performance feedback to them.
• Ensures that safety programs are fully followed and documented.
• Drives cross-functional team collaboration; communicates with other Company departments and meets the deadlines for specific reports.
• Seeks constructive feedback from the grow-out division to ensure full customer satisfaction with chick quality as well as chick delivery.
• Ensures that all Company policies, procedures, and standards comply with relevant legal requirements; works with hatchery manager to enforce Company policies, procedures, and Company values.

Qualifications

• BS in poultry science, engineering, or business; or equivalent work experience, preferably in the agricultural industry.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing and must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Balanced technical, mechanical, and human resource knowledge.
• Able to evaluate line employees, and exempt employees, fairly and objectively.
• Ability to interface on a daily basis with all support groups or departments.
• Must adhere to disease control policies.
• Clean DMV record.
• Must pass pallet jack training.
• Ability to operate automation equipment safely and efficiently

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