Cobb- Pedigree Traps House Worker

Tyson Foods•Spavinaw, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides daily care for pedigree hens and roosters and inspects eggs to ensure their quality, fitness, and lineage for incubation. The position includes feeding, watering, and weighing birds; maintaining clean and disinfected housing and equipment; recording bird and egg information; collecting eggs from floor-level trap nests and releasing hens; and encouraging hens to use nests. Additional duties may include inspecting poultry for disease, removing weak, ill, or dead birds, monitoring feed, water, lighting, and ventilation systems, cleaning breakrooms and vehicles, and euthanizing weak or ill birds in accordance with company policy. Duties may change or be assigned at any time. This is a first-shift position with a rotating schedule of four days on and four days off, including holidays, generally from 6:10 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. The schedule may change based on production needs. The starting pay is $18.45 per hour, with additional shift differential for evenings, nights, and weekends. The jobsite is biosecure. Employees must shower and change clothing and footwear before entering; appropriate clothing and footwear are provided. Employees may not wear jewelry except medical ID jewelry and covered body piercings. Candidates must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid contact with avian species and to follow company biosecurity and animal welfare guidelines. The role requires working on wet and slippery surfaces and in hot, dry, dusty, wet, and cold environments. Required protective equipment includes safety goggles and/or glasses, a face shield, chemical gloves, a waterproof apron, and farm-issued footwear; earplugs are used as needed. Commonly used chemicals include disinfectants such as Synergize, Virocid, Lysol, bleach, and Clorox Wipes. Team members are expected to follow safety policies and procedures, including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and Personal Protective Equipment requirements, and to identify and address safety risks.

Requirements

At least six months of consecutive work history with one employer and no employment gaps greater than six months during the past 36 months. The gap allowance is extended to 18 months for applicants who were laid off or providing child or elder care.
Applicants who have been full-time students consecutively for the last 36 months are exempt from the previous-work-history requirement.
Must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Must use safe lifting techniques and regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Must regularly stoop or bend to floor level to collect eggs and regularly stand for most of the shift on multiple floor surfaces.
Must be willing to shower and change clothing and footwear before entering the biosecure facility.
Must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid avian species and to sign and abide by company biosecurity and animal welfare guidelines.
Must follow applicable safety policies and procedures, including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, LOTO, and Personal Protective Equipment requirements.
Applicants must reside in the United States to be considered for an interview.
Rehire applicants must meet a minimum waiting period of 180 days and may have worked at Cobb/Tyson Foods no more than three times.

Nice To Haves

Previous agricultural or production experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Feed, water, and weigh birds according to standards.
Clean and disinfect waterers, change nest pads, dust houses, maintain cleanliness in the feed room, and perform other housekeeping duties.
Record information as instructed, including egg numbers and hen numbers on eggs, bird weights, medications, feed and water intake, and mortality.
Collect eggs from floor-level trap nests, release hens from nests, and record the number of eggs laid by each hen.
Monitor for floor and nest eggs and train hens to use nests to reduce eggs laid outside nests.
Inspect poultry for disease and remove weak, ill, or dead poultry from the flock as needed.
Monitor feed, water, lighting, and ventilation systems as assigned.
Sanitize breakrooms and vehicles as assigned.
Euthanize weak or ill birds in accordance with company policy as assigned.
Follow applicable safety policies and procedures and identify, address, and mitigate safety-related risks.