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Foster Farms · 7 hours ago

Hatchery Labor (Sanitation) - Ellenwood Hatchery (Day Shift)

Waterford, CA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$17.20/hr - $17.20/hr

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939, committed to providing high-quality poultry products. They are seeking a Hatchery Labor (Sanitation) team member responsible for receiving and preparing eggs, cleaning and disinfecting equipment, and ensuring efficient operations in the hatchery.

Food and Beverage

No H1B

Responsibilities

Must be able to work weekends

To receive, prepare, and sort eggs for the purpose of setting a higher quality egg pack to the incubators. Prepare supplies and load backhauls ensuring clean supplies and maximizing backhaul ratio. Maintain accurate inventories ensuring oldest eggs set first. Operate the Automatic Rack Transfer machine in a safe manner while maximizing efficiencies

Clean and disinfect buildings and equipment so that each will pass quality control bacterial level standards. Pull hatcher racks, load chicks onto the separator, grade chicks, operate hatcher basket stackers and palletize serviced chicks. Transfer eggs from incubators through In-Ovo injection equipment to hatchers while minimizing breakage and temperature shock to developing embryos

Prepare egg sets using Automatic Rack Transfer machine and SST pallets or from other types of supplies, by hand or with vacuum operated egg shifter. Prepare egg supplies—build clean SST pallets of flats to backhaul height. Load onto trucks with pallet jack. Receive eggs from Colorado, Arkansas, and outside purchase. Unload and ready these eggs for traying. Unload eggs using a mechanical or power jack

Responsible for using high pressure hose to clean and disinfect buildings and equipment (i.e., hatcher rooms, hatcher trays, hatcher racks, egg flats, hatching machines, set hall, and tray wash room)

Pull hatcher racks, load chicks onto the separator, and palletize serviced chicks. Rack pulling. Transport hatcher racks full of chicks to the service area. Ensure proper operation of spray vaccination machine. Grade chicks for quality

Transfer scheduled eggs from incubators through the In-Ovo injection equipment to the proper hatcher. Using power/garden hose and equipment-cleaning cart sanitize equipment and rooms after transfer. Responsible for removing broken and/or highly contaminated eggs from hatcher trays

Qualification

Lifting 60 lbsForklift licensingDisinfectant equipment operationBasic math skillsDisease control adherenceWorking in wet environmentWorking in dusty environmentBendingStooping