Cobb - Hatchery Worker (3rd shift)

Tyson Foods, Inc.•Lafayette, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for various tasks within the hatchery, including preparing chick boxes, handling chicks, managing trays, and maintaining the work area. The role requires physical stamina and adherence to biosecurity, animal welfare, and safety protocols. The work environment can involve wet, slippery, hot, dry, dusty, wet, and cold conditions. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required.

Requirements

Must have no disciplinary actions within the last 6 months.
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 stack chick boxes (wheeled dolly) weighing up to 12 pounds.
Will regularly be required to push or pull stacks of boxes up to 125 pounds.
Will regularly be required to pull/push 700 to 1300 pounds (wheeled dolly).
Regularly required to stand majority of shift (concrete floor); walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision; distance 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 Biosecurity and Company Animal Welfare Guidelines.
Follow all applicable safety policies and procedures. These include but are not limited to Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, LOTO and Personal Protective Equipment.
Identify, address and mitigate safety related risks.

Nice To Haves

Applicants must have a point level

Responsibilities

Pads up to 1500 empty chick boxes weighing approximately 2 pounds.
Lift box of 100 chicks weighing approximately 15 pounds and stacks into stacks of 10, 1500 times.
Pushes 10 stacked boxes with birds averaging 15 pounds per box into a row approximately 150 times.
Push/pull hatcher baskets on casters full of chicks into Pull Room weighing approximately 500 – 1000 pounds.
Places up to 150,000 chicks weighing approximately 40 grams onto belt. Must take hatcher baskets off stacks of 15 high. Each baskets weighing approximately 35 pounds. This does require overhead lifting.
Putting empty trays (48 inches x 16.8 inches) weighing approximately 6.25 pounds into tray wash machine.
Take clean, empty trays out of tray washer and restack into stacks of 15 high approximately 1300 times.
Read temperatures and turn failures in setters and read temperature and humidity in incubators every three hours.
Wash and foam pull and traywash rooms using a high pressure hose and regular water hose.
Pulls loaded setter buggies on casters weighing approximately 700-1300 pounds.
Operates box washer.
Maintains a clean and organized work area.
Properly euthanize weak/ill birds in accordance with company policy.