Hatchery Worker - Maintenance
Employer
266 E. Paletown Rd.
Quakertown, PA 18951
United States
Job description
We have a chicken hatchery production facility. We incubate chicken eggs, hatch the chicks, separate the chicks by gender, package customer chick orders, and ship chicks to customers. Employees will assist in maintenance duties throughout the hatchery to include machinery, fleet, and faciltiy. Employees will examine feathers and colors of chicks to segregate chicks according to sex. Employees will also assist in all areas of the hatchery and farms, including but not limited to: toe/wing/beak clipping, vaccinating, loading chicks into separator, receiving, loading, and unloading eggs and chicks in the hatchery, at farms, and at shipping locations, driving to farms and shipping locations using vans and/or loading and unloading eggs and chicks, placing eggs on trays, loading trays into incubators, transferring eggs from incubators to hatchers, dumping product waste, filling customer orders, cleaning and sanitizing the facility and equipment, and performing all other duties as assigned. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer's discretion. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.
Special Requirements
Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Must have a CDL drivers license or must be able to obtain within 30 days of hire. Job requires extensive sitting, walking, repetitive movements, and frequent stooping or bending over. Must be able to lift and carry 75lbs for 75yds. Require 3 months experience.