Assistant Ranch Foreperson Driveon- Fox 3 Ranch

Foster Farms; Merced (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Foster Farms in California is seeking a Ranch Supervisor to assist the Ranch Manager with overseeing fryers and all ranch activities. You will help set up the ranch, manage brooding, temperatures, ventilation, mortality, vaccinations, and medications to meet high quality standards.

You will maintain facilities, enforce sanitation, report abnormalities, and respond to emergencies. Responsibilities include cost control, record-keeping, staff training, and adherence to safety and animal welfare

Qualifications

• Must complete the Chicken Grow Out Training Program.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Must possess supervisory and leadership skills.
• Must have good mathematical and organizational skills.
• Must have basic English communication abilities.
• Must be able to move and lift 50 pounds.
• Must respond to alarms and maintain animal welfare guidelines.
• Must work on evenings, weekends and holidays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and assist Ranch Manager to oversee all ranch activities and fryers.
• Assist manager to direct grow out of fryers through setup of the ranch and brooding.
• Monitor temperatures, ventilation, mortality, vaccinations, and medications to maintain quality.
• Maintain ranch facilities and coordinate with maintenance for needed materials and service calls.
• Enforce strict sanitation procedures and report abnormalities to Manager or Field Supervisor.
• Respond to emergencies affecting the chickens day or night.
• Help manage and control all ranch production costs including labor, fuel, supplies, and maintenance.
• Maintain accurate records of feed, mortality, fuel, production, and energy consumption.
• Provide training and delegation of duties to ranch personnel; enforce safety guidelines.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Supervisory skills

People management

Mathematical skills

Organizational skills

Basic English

Lift 50 lbs

Mechanical aptitude

Education

Chicken Grow Out Training Program

Job description

Job Description

(Additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked between 7:00pm and 11:59pm. Additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked between 12:00am-4:59am)

• Contribute to and assist Ranch Manager to oversee all ranch activities and functions of assigned fryers and fryer ranch.
• Assist manager to direct the grow out of fryers through the setup of the ranch,
• brooding, temperatures, ventilation, mortality, vaccinations, medications, so
• that conditions are maintained to meet the highest possible level of quality.
• Maintain the ranch facilities, to include appearance, arranging with the
• maintenance department, needed materials and service calls. Follow and enforce strict sanitation procedures being constantly aware of the bird's health; report any abnormalities to the Manager or Field Supervisor.
• React responsibly to emergencies that could adversely affect the chickens, day or night.
• Assist Ranch Manager to manage and control all ranch production costs, to include. all labor, fuel, supply, utility, medication, and ranch maintenance costs.
• Maintain accurate and complete records pertaining to all ranch activities, i.e., feed, mortality, fuel, production, and energy consumption.
• Assist Ranch Manager to provide proper training and delegation of duties to all ranch personnel. Adhere to and enforce company safety, animal welfare and disease prevention guidelines.
• Additional Functions include, but limited to, perform other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Must have completed the Chicken Grow Out Training Program.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
• Must possess supervisory and leadership skills.
• Must have good mathematical and organizational skills.
• Must have good written and verbal communication skills (Basic English).
• Must be able to move and lift 50 pounds.
• Preferably, will have a mechanical aptitude.
• Must be willing and able to respond as necessary to alarms and adverse conditions affecting the chickens.
• Must be able to work as scheduled/needed to include overtime, evenings, holidays and weekends.
• Must be able to follow and enforce company standards, guidelines and policies on anyone working on his/her ranch complex.
• Must have the ability to work at other ranches/complexes as needed.

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