Scale Operator 1st Shift

Wayne Farms•Mississippi - Hazlehurst Plant, MS

About The Position

The Scale Operator is primarily responsible for weighing product boxes and ensuring accuracy of weights, labels, and codes. The role also weighs live-haul trailers, prints and enters weigh tickets, and moves trailers between the scales, holding shed, unloading area, and box-room bay using a yard truck or tractor. The operator monitors holding-shed fans and fogging systems in accordance with animal welfare guidelines and the comfort of birds being held, and keeps the scale office and surrounding areas clean and orderly. The position requires compliance with company policies, NCC Animal Welfare Guidelines, and applicable local, state, and federal requirements. The operator must use and maintain required personal protective equipment, work cooperatively with supervisors and coworkers, follow directions, and assist in other departments or with additional duties as needed. Double shifts may sometimes be required.

Requirements

Ability to work unsupervised and self-motivate.
Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, and extended shift hours.
Sound work ethic, honesty, and moral character.
Ability to stand for up to 8 hours.
Ability to lift up to 60 pounds and frequently lift 10–15 pounds.
Ability to frequently reach, bend, stoop, kneel, and crawl.
Ability to roll and push buggies weighing approximately 1,000 pounds.
Ability to work in heat, wet and dusty environments, and around raw, live animal odors.
Must wear personal protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.
Hatchery or related poultry industry experience.
Basic math functions and skills.

Responsibilities

Weigh loaded trailers and print weigh tickets.
Distribute live-haul trailers beneath the holding shed using a yard truck or tractor.
Bring loaded trailers to the unloading area for forklift unloading.
Bring empty trailers back to the scales and weigh them to establish a tare weight.
Enter tickets in a database.
Ensure trailers are “bucked” and “un-bucked” in a timely manner.
Keep stray birds up and deliver them to the dumper.
Monitor and operate holding-shed fans and the fogging system in accordance with animal welfare guidelines and the comfort of the birds.
Keep the scale office clean and orderly and help maintain clean and neat outside areas, including the scales and holding shed.
Move trailers to and from the bay for the box room.
Work cooperatively with supervisors and coworkers, follow directions, work in other departments as needed, and perform additional duties as assigned.
Follow departmental and company safety policies and programs, and wear required personal protective equipment.