The Role
Perform hatchery service duties including grading chicks, assembling transport boxes, labeling orders, transferring eggs, checking equipment and supplies, and maintaining chick welfare, hygiene, safety, PPE, accident reporting, and biosecurity standards. The role requires physical handling, repetitive standing work, teamwork, reliability, basic math, communication, and basic Microsoft Office skills in a fast-paced environment.
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Job Description Summary:
Aviagen is looking for candidates to fill roles on our Hatchery Service Team. We offer good pay and excellent benefits.Job Description:
- Check & Grade Chicks to the Quality Standard
- Should be self-motivated able to perform duties unsupervised and possess a positive attitude. Able to perform under stress and have good decision-making skills, take initiative, and strive for continuous improvement.
- Build Boxes for chick transport and complete labels to distinguish orders
- Manual Handling when transferring eggs to other trolleys and other parts of the hatchery
- Ensure all equipment being used is in good working order and sufficient stocks of consumable material are available to achieve requirements.
- Be confident that standards of chick & egg welfare are met at all times in the handling of chicks/eggs during the various treatments
- Ensure you follow appropriate cleaning ad hygiene standards according to agreed company protocols.
- Ensure you follow safe working practices and wear appropriate PPE at all times.
- Ensure all accident and near miss reporting procedures are followed.
- Ensure high standards of biosecurity are maintained at all times.
Job Qualifications:
- Ability to handle moderate to physical work- pushing and pulling Trolleys up to 50 Lbs
- Basic Math Skills
- Must be able to complete repetitive work and stand for extended periods of time
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and work under pressure
- Proven reliability in work attendance and willingness to give best effort
- Ability to Work with a team
- Good Communication Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of simple Microsoft programs such as Excel & Word
Skills Required
- Ability to perform moderate physical work, including pushing and pulling trolleys up to 50 pounds
- Basic math skills
- Ability to perform repetitive work and stand for extended periods
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure
- Reliable work attendance and willingness to give best effort
- Ability to work with a team
- Good communication skills
- Knowledge of basic Microsoft Excel and Word programs
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The Company
What We Do
Aviagen is a global poultry breeding company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. It operates pedigree breeding programs in the United States and United Kingdom, supply bases across six continents, and operations across the UK, Europe, Turkey, Latin America, India, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. The company supplies high-quality breeding stock and serves customers in 100 countries through more than 8,000 professionals.
