Cobb - Sweetwater Brooding Lead PR04L

Tyson•Rose, OK

8d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for assisting with supervising, supporting, and training Brooder House Worker Team Members engaged in attending to and caring for birds in brooding. The role requires maintaining an attendance point level of no more than 4 points. Respirator certification is required and maintained by testing on an annual basis. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Must have at least 12 months of consecutive work history with one employer and no additional job gaps in employment greater than 6 months in the past 36 months. If applicant has been laid off or providing child or elder care, the employment gap will be increased to 18 months.
Previous work history will not apply to applicants who have been full-time students consecutively for the last 36 months.
Rehire criteria is a minimum waiting period of 180 days.
Rehire Rule of no more than 3 times worked at Cobb/Tyson Foods.
Must maintain an attendance point level of no more than 4 points.
Respirator certification is required and maintained by testing on an annual basis.
Must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Must use safe lifting techniques.
Must regularly lift and/or move, up to 35 pounds to move items such as partitions, boxes of chicks, etc.
May be required to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds such as feed, shavings, etc.
Regularly required to stand and walk majority of shift on multiple surfaces; sit; use hands to handle or feel objects and controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; climbing/ladder usage; talk or hear; stoop/bend up to 500 times per day; drive a vehicle within the farm complex.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.
Must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid any avian species (chickens, ducks, birds, etc.).
Must be willing to sign and abide by the Company Bio-security and Company Animal Welfare Guidelines.
No jewelry may be worn on the job site except for medical ID jewelry and body piercings covered by appropriate clothing.

Nice To Haves

Previous agricultural or production experience will be considered preferred.
Respirator certification is preferred and maintained by testing on an annual basis.

Responsibilities

Adjusts controls as directed to regulate temperature in the chicken houses.
Examines birds for signs of illness and treats them according to the Animal Welfare Guidelines.
Supervises and assists with feeding and watering birds according to schedules; walking floors daily, picking up mortality; recording information such as bird weight, medications, feed intake and mortality.
Supervises and assists with cleaning and disinfecting waterers and pens and performing routine housekeeping duties; repairing pens and equipment (feeders, waterers, lights, fans, etc.).
Supervises and participates in hatch on specified days.
Assists or supervises activities on days R&D crew are on the facility.
Assists or supervises chick placements and live hauls.
Assists or supervises activities at the University of Arkansas Processing Plant.
Drives on-farm vehicle and drives company vehicle to transport eggs and chicks between farm and hatchery.
Drives truck and trailer with birds from the farm to the UofA processing facility.
Must be able to pass a company vehicle DOT driver vehicle certification and drive/learn to drive with a trailer.
Must be able to learn basic computer programs such as Outlook, Cobb Data Collection Programs, Alchemy Training Program, Excel & Workday.
Inspects birds to determine quality and progress by weighing birds weekly.
Sanitation of break room, boot rooms, equipment, and vehicles.
Properly euthanizes selected or weak/ill birds in accordance with company policy.