Quality Assurance Technician- Bowdon Hatchery

JBS Foods; Carrollton (GA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

JBS Foods seeks a Hatchery Quality Assurance professional to support QA checks, data recording, and egg/chick quality monitoring at our Carrollton hatchery.

Responsibilities include temperature calibration, embryo age determination, weekly egg quality checks, calendar-based duties, and vaccine-related backup tasks in a fast-paced environment. Entry-level with degree acceptable.

Qualifications

• Entry-level position; no experience required with degree.
• 2 years related experience preferred to substitute for degree.

Responsibilities

• Use Excel to input data and maintain records across QA checks.
• Calibrate temperatures of setters, hatchers, hallways and egg rooms; monitor egg room conditions.
• Candle eggs for fertility and perform weekly egg quality checks.
• Weigh eggs for moisture loss at set/transfer/hatch; record results.
• Determine embryonic age through residue breakouts of parent flocks hatched weekly.
• Back-up Chick Room Lead duties including vaccine mixing and daily chick book-out.
• Follow all animal welfare rules and regulations.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Documentation

Time management

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SharePoint

M-Tech system

Job description

Description

Hatchery Quality Assurance Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Computer literacy—utilize Excel spreadsheets, key data into online SharePoint and M-tech system
• Organizational skills—keep accurate documentation of quality assurance checks performed
• Time management—able to perform all tasks required weekly within a timely manner
• Bacterial plating several locations around hatchery—including but not limited to: hatchers, setters, hallways, egg room, Embrex machine, etc.
• Determine embryonic age through residue breakouts of a percentage of parent flocks hatched per week
• Accurately calibrate temperature of setters, hatchers, hallways and egg rooms
• Weight eggs for moisture loss at set/transfer/hatch
• Check embryonic temperatures prior to transfer, inside of incubators
• Temperature check chicks daily prior to hatch
• Chick quality assessments per flock
• Weekly egg quality checks
• Candle eggs for fertility
• Back-up to Chick Room Lead position, responsible for vaccine mixing, hatch percentages by parent flock and daily chick book-out
• FOLLOW ALL ANIMAL WELFARE RULES AND REGULATIONS
• Other Duties as assigned by management

EXPERIENCE: Entry-level; no experience required with degree. A minimum of 2 years related experience preferred to substitute for degree.

EOE, including disability/vets