Hatchery Laborer

Pilgrim's; Canton (GA); Hybrid; USD 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage (

Paid Time Off: Sick leave, vacation,

401(k) company match after year 1

Career Development opportunities

Job summary

Pilgrim’s is hiring a Hatchery – Embrex Laborer to support daily hatchery operations. The role involves washing floats, moving hatcher trays, and assisting with egg handling from set to transfer, all while maintaining clean, safe work areas.

Workers face wet, humid conditions during sanitation and spend up to two hours per shift in incubators at 99 degrees Fahrenheit, with required PPE to ensure safety. The company emphasizes drug and background checks post-offer and a pathway for career growth.

Responsibilities

• Wash floats and transport hatcher trays.
• Sanitize separator and hatcher using foaming sodium hypochlorite and high pressure hose.
• Set eggs by lifting 10 lb trays into incubators and placing them into stacked buggies.
• Transfer eggs by pushing buggies to vaccination table and load chicks onto conveyor.

Job description

Hatchery – Embrex Laborer

Job Duties/Physical Requirements/Dexterity:

Hatchery Laborers are required to wash floats, transport hatcher trays, sanitize separator, sanitize hatcher, set eggs, transfer eggs, and load chicks onto conveyor. Washing floats (buggy) is accomplished by removing hatcher trays from the float, over-turning the float to remove debris and rinsing with high pressure hose. The separator is sanitized using a foaming system with sodium hypochlorite and then rinsed with a high pressure hose. Sanitizing the hatcher requires removing fans from the inside of the hatcher, sweeping the floor to remove excess debris, then foaming with sodium hypochlorite and rinsing with a high pressure hose. Setting requires team members to place eggs into the incubators by lifting 10 pound egg trays and placing them into stacked buggies, the eggs are placed from floor level to shoulder level. When transferring eggs, buggies on casters loaded with eggs are pushed to the vaccination table, each individual tray is placed on the table, and then placed back onto the buggy which is then rolled to the hatcher. The team member loads chicks onto the belt by removing chick trays from buggy and placing tray onto conveyor.

Physical Requirements:

Continuous standing, walking, bending, and reaching

Dexterity:

Some jobs require pinch grip, back extension/flexion, and/or should extension/flexion.

Equipment/Tools/PPE

Hearing protection is required in posted areas, slip resistant shoes are required in all areas, steel toe shoes are required during set and transfer, and cotton gloves are optional to be used as needed by team member .

On the job training:

1-2 weeks

Working Conditions:

Conditions are wet and humid during sanitation process. The team members spend approximately 2 hours per shift in the incubators which are 99 degrees Fahrenheit and are exposed to dusty conditions when chicks are in production.

Why Work for Pilgrim’s?

• Schedule: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 5am to 3pm (Day shift) 5am to 3pm
• Hourly Pay Rate: $19.29
• Benefits : Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment
• Paid Time Off: Sick leave, vacation, company observed holidays or, any other statutorily required paid leave.
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule.
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs:

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us:

Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim’s operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.

Our mission:

To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are:

Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity