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Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization, however operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Par Rate $19.50 per hour

Purpose of Position: To ensure that the hatchery is producing a high quality chick by monitoring the entire hatchery process. This is too be done by evaluating the egg pack, checking temperatures, monitoring fertility, scrutinizing the sanitation process, and other tasks that pertain to hatchery production.

Decision Making Responsibilities: The Quality Control Rep. is to inform Maintenance, Leads, Supervisor, and the Manager of their findings. They should offer their suggestions and only implement them upon approval by appropriate personnel.

Working Relationships:

• Internally: There will be frequent contact with all hatchery employees, Supervisor, Manager, Fryer Production Manager, Company Lab employees, and Breeder operation employees to ensure a quality hatch.
• Externally: Some minimal contact with lab equipment vendors or hatchery equipment vendors.

Job Duties:

• Accurately calls and records the hatch residue from each hatcher.
• Responsible for the plating and plating results of each hatchery’s sanitation program. Also enters this information into the computer.
• Does Moisture Loss twice per week.
• Does Percentage chicks out twice a week.
• Random chick box counts and eggshell removal.
• Sets FME and monitors their fertility.
• Enters all data electronically as requested by supervisor.
• Mark all trays and machines with appropriate information for later sampling.
• Weekly animal welfare audits.
• Candling once per week.
• Egg pack evaluations 3 times per week.
• All other duties as requested by supervisor.

We offer our TEAM Members the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement (70% tuition, 70% books, and 70% parking).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.

Qualifications

• Must be able to make unbiased decision regarding results of each hatchery.
• Able to communicate in English. (Bilingual English/Spanish very helpful)
• Able to communicate with internal and external areas of company.
• Ability to work with no supervision and be self motivated.
• Ability to work in wet, dusty, and smelly environment.
• Must adhere to disease control policies.
• Must complete and pass pallet jack training course.
• Must be able to work a minimum of 8 hours standing with appropriate breaks on any shift.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 30 lbs repetitively above shoulders and from below ankles.
• Must be able to operate a computer system for data entry.
• Must be timely with reports and make efficient use of time.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new Team Members.