Poult Scheduler

Life-Science Innovations; Willmar (MN); On-site; USD 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company match

PTO + personal days

Holiday pay

Life insurance

Job summary

Willmar Poultry Farms, affiliated with Life-Science Innovations, is seeking a full-time Poult Scheduler in Willmar, MN. The role coordinates poult placements from hatchery to farms, manages schedules, and communicates with growers, hatchery, and transport teams to meet production needs.

Ideal candidates have a High School diploma and experience in poultry production, hatchery operations, and transportation logistics, with proficiency in Excel and M-Tech (Amino).

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in poultry production or live operations preferred.
• Experience in day-to-day hatchery operations preferred.
• Understanding of transportation logistics and scheduling.
• Familiarity with Excel and M-Tech (Amino).
• Knowledge of biosecurity and animal welfare protocols.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate poult placements from hatchery to farms to meet production needs.
• Maintain poult placement schedules and update growers on changes.
• Adjust orders based on hatch numbers and poults available.
• Serve as primary contact for growers on placements and concerns.
• Communicate placement details: dates, poultry counts, services, delivery times.
• Provide updated schedules when hatch results require changes.
• Balance LH/HH ratios weekly per plant requests.
• Coordinate with hatchery, transportation, and management on status updates.
• Identify scheduling risks and develop mitigation plans.
• In HPAI times, coordinate regulatory activities and zones information.

Skills

Poultry production

Logistics planning

Scheduling

Communication

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Excel

M-Tech (Amino)

Job description

Willmar Poultry Farms is seeking a full-time Poult Scheduler. An Affiliate of Life-Science Innovations, Willmar Poultry Farms is a commercial grow out company who grows turkeys for various customers, with farms located in the central MN areas.

Summary of Core Responsibilities

The Poult Scheduler is responsible for coordinating and managing poult placements from hatchery to farms, ensuring the efficient and timely placement of poults while maintaining strong communication with growers, hatchery personnel, transportation teams, and internal operations. This role plays a critical part in aligning poult supply with production needs, managing placement schedules, developing transportation plans, and responding to changing operational conditions, including disease-related regulatory requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate between hatchery operations and growers to efficiently place all poults produced through Headstart Hatching.


• Manage and maintain poult placement schedules, communicating proactively with growers regarding schedule changes, delays, or operational issues.


• Adjust daily poult placement orders based on actual hatch numbers and available poults.


• Serve as the primary point of contact for growers regarding poult placements and related concerns.


• Communicate placement details to growers, including:


• Placement dates


• Number of poults


• Requested services


• Preferred delivery dates and times


• Provide updated placement schedules to growers when hatch results require placements to be advanced or delayed.


• Updating the long-range poult plan based on actual placements and known delays.


• Using the poult planning tool.


• Balance Light Hen (LH)/ Heavy Hen (HH) ratios for each week based on plant requests.


• Once projections are made based on candling, communicate a firmer placement schedule with the farms.


• Placement date, number of birds, services requested and preferred delivery day/time.


• Send this information to hatchery.


• Balance orders with actual hatch numbers each service day and provide updates on placement dates to farms that need to pull up or push back a day.


• In HPAI times, coordinating MPQs, BCAPs and all the other regulatory stuff. Knowing when control zones will drop, etc.


• Build and maintain positive working relationships with growers.


• Gather feedback from growers regarding poult quality and performance.


• Collect mortality, weight, and flock performance data when available to support operational analysis and decision-making.


• Address grower concerns and facilitate communication between growers and internal stakeholders.


• Communicate daily with hatchery personnel, growers, transportation providers, and management regarding placement status and operational updates.


• Ensure all stakeholders have accurate and timely information regarding hatch numbers, delivery schedules, and placement plans.


• Identify scheduling conflicts or risks and develop solutions to minimize operational disruptions.

Ideal Candidate Summary

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred


• Previous experience in poultry production, live operations, agricultural scheduling, logistics, transportation coordination, or production planning preferred.


• Previous experience in day-to-day hatchery operations is required.


• Understanding of transportation logistics.


• Familiarity with Excel and M-Tech (Amino).


• Knowledge of biosecurity and animal welfare protocols and industry regulations.


• Knowledge of turkey egg and poult handling procedures.


• Knowledge of poultry production practices and hatchery operations. Strong organizational and scheduling skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.


• Detail oriented, strong multitasking skills and ability to organize dynamic schedules.


• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.


• Must be able to solve problems in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation and Benefits Eligible

We are proud to offer a generous benefit package in addition to competitive compensation. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance options, aHealth Savings Account with companymatch, 401K plan with company match up to 4% of your compensation, PTO accrual, two personal days per year, holiday pay, and company paid life insurance.

Starting wage: $26.74-$33.42