Hatchery Laborer

Pilgrim; Canton (GA); On-site; USD 2,617,000 - 2,893,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vision, Medical, Dental after 60 days

Paid Time Off and Holidays

401(k) company match after first year

Career development programs

Schedule: 5am–3pm, Sun, Tue, Wed, Fri

Job summary

Pilgrim’s is seeking a Hatchery Laborer to perform duties including washing floats, transporting trays, sanitizing hatchers and separators, setting eggs, transferring eggs, and loading chicks onto the conveyor. The job requires continuous standing, walking, bending, and reaching; lifting 10-pound trays; and working in wet, humid conditions.

Training lasts 1–2 weeks, with pre-employment checks. Pay is $19.29/hour with benefits after 60 days.

Qualifications

• Ability to stand, walk, bend and reach for long periods.
• Must be able to lift 10-pound egg trays.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment checks including drug/alcohol/background.

Responsibilities

• Wash floats and remove debris from hatcher trays.
• Transport hatcher trays and buggies between areas.
• Sanitize separators and hatchers using foaming system with sodium hypochlorite.
• Set eggs into incubators by lifting and placing trays.
• Transfer eggs between tables and buggies.
• Load chicks onto the conveyor belt for processing.

Skills

Dexterity

Stamina

Manual handling

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)
• 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

Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.