Poultry Care Technician - Barn Operations

Michael Food; Le Sueur (MN); On-site; USD 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Foods, Inc. in Le Sueur, Minnesota is seeking to fill a barn associate role. Join a team responsible for caring for birds, managing equipment, and maintaining safety and sanitation in a high-volume production setting.

You will assist with lighting, feed, water, and bio-security protocols while supporting daily production needs. The position offers hourly pay ranging from $19.38 to $23.46, with opportunities to contribute to a further-valued processing operation.

Qualifications

• None required.

Responsibilities

• Attends to birds (58,000 - 160,000+ in number) and equipment in barn.
• Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
• Maintains regular and consistent attendance by working on scheduled days as directed, in relation to production scheduling and or time volunteered for. This being in relation to attendance policy and or guidelines.
• Vaccinates and or sprays disinfectants on chickens or in layer houses.
• Lengthens and shortens ropes to adjust level of lights in relation to lighting schedule.
• Moves equipment between areas to insure needs of animals are met at all times.
• Removes mortality from barn cages on a daily basis by walking and riding barn bikes to view upper cage levels. This includes filling out daily reports to track mortality, feed consumption and water.
• Repairs all non-manure and nonelectrical equipment items. This will generally include buildings, fences, equipment, etc. Assistance is to be given to Manure Maintenance personnel with regard to maintenance issues as needed and or as directed.
• Catches loose birds and places them back in cages while observing bird density guidelines (UEP).
• Cleans animal, feed and or product droppings and waste items from floor.
• Stacks and moves crated egg samples taken from assigned sample areas.
• Follows all bio-security guidelines and bird health processes.
• Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that products quality is maintained. Report management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job description

Michael Foods, Inc. in Le Sueur, Minnesota is seeking to fill a barn associate role. Join a team responsible for caring for birds, managing equipment, and maintaining safety and sanitation in a high-volume production setting.

You will assist with lighting, feed, water, and bio-security protocols while supporting daily production needs. The position offers hourly pay ranging from $19.38 to $23.46, with opportunities to contribute to a further-valued processing operation.