Service Crew – Chicken Breeder Dept. (Day Shift)

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, we 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

Pay Rate: 18.00 per hour

(Additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked between 7:00pm and 11:59pm. Additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked between 12:00am-4:59am)

• Help with vaccination of individual chickens – up to 11,000 birds per day. Pick up and hang on vaccination apparatus (approximately chest high) up to 5,500 birds (4 lbs each) using proper lifting techniques.
• Move birds. Catch/pick up and carry (up to 20 feet) as many as 3,000-4.5 lb birds each day using proper lifting techniques.
• Set up ranch prior to bird placements – routine heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.)
• Gather eggs – which include:
• Step into and out of gathering pit numerous times each day (steep stairs.)
• Gather onto flats up to 13,600 eggs daily from conveyor belts.
• Sorting eggs for: Size, Clean or dirty, Miss-shaped, Chex or cracks.
• Clean eggs as needed.
• Stacking flats. Lift and carry up to 50 lbs. (4 flats of eggs)
• Clean workrooms – sweeping with a broom, bending down to hold dustpan.
• Empty trash – lift up to 50 lbs.
• Walk floors and slats with ability to bend down & pick up eggs and dead birds.
• Walk houses 4-5 times daily requires 1.5 to 5 miles of walking each day.
• Help maintain and clean ranch grounds.
• Clean waterers – lifting 40 lbs. to dump water, scrubbing up to 160 drinkers/day.
• Clean lights – climb ladder 12’ to reach lights mounted in ceiling.
• Transfer to other farms – reliable transportation
• Clean up ranch between flocks – routine heavy lifting (up to 50 lbs.), operate high-pressure washer.
• Additional tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift & carry 50 pounds
• Ability to walk 1.5 – 5 miles per day
• Able to step into & out of gathering pit numerous times each day (steep stairs)
• Able to bend over & pick up eggs from floor
• Able to pick up & hang at chest height up to 5,500 birds (4 lbs each) daily
• Able to catch/pick up & carry (up to 20 ft) up to 3,000 birds (4.5 lb) each day.
• Must be able to climb a 12 foot ladder
• Must have reliable transportation

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.

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