Cobb - Utility 1

Tyson•Monticello, KY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Utility 1 position at Cobb’s Kentucky Hatchery in Monticello, Kentucky, covers Processing, Sanitation, and Egg Room duties as needed. Work is scheduled 4–5 days per week, on first- or second-shift hours depending on the assignment; schedules may change based on production needs. The posting lists a starting pay of $17.00 per hour, plus shift differential for evenings, nights, and weekends. Benefits are available on the first day of full-time employment. Duties include processing chicks, assisting with egg shipments and inventory, washing and sanitizing hatchery equipment and work areas, and performing other assigned tasks such as janitorial work and monitoring setters and incubators. The job is performed in a biosecure hatchery environment and requires compliance with company biosecurity, animal welfare, and safety policies. Employees must be able to meet the stated physical demands with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

At least 12 months of consecutive work history with one employer and no employment gaps greater than 6 months in the past 36 months; qualifying gaps may be extended to 18 months for layoffs or child or elder care.
Applicants who have been full-time students consecutively for the past 36 months are exempt from the stated previous-work-history requirement.
Rehires must meet a minimum waiting period of 180 days; no more than three prior periods of employment at Cobb/Tyson Foods are permitted.
Must reside in the United States to be considered for an interview.
Must be willing to shower and change clothing and footwear before entering the biosecure facility, avoid avian species, and sign and abide by company biosecurity and animal welfare guidelines.
Must use safe lifting techniques and regularly lift and stack chick boxes weighing up to 12 pounds, push or pull box stacks up to 125 pounds, and push or pull wheeled dollies weighing approximately 700–1,300 pounds.
Must be able to obtain scissor lift certification.
Must be able to stand for most of the shift, walk, handle or feel objects and controls, reach, balance, stoop, and talk or hear; required vision abilities include close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, and adjusting focus.
Must have good communication skills to convey information, opinions, and concerns to supervisors.
Must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Must follow safety requirements, including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and Personal Protective Equipment procedures.

Nice To Haves

Previous agricultural or production experience is preferred.
Priority consideration is provided to internal applicants first.

Responsibilities

Grade approximately 60,000 chicks and operate a robot to vaccinate and beak-trim approximately 2,000 chicks per hour according to customer orders.
Perform toe trimming, dubbing, and head dotting on chicks for identification when required.
Stack and move approximately 600 boxes of processed chicks.
Assist the Shipping Clerk with preparing international and domestic egg shipments, including transferring, stacking, and labeling egg cases.
Move farm buggies of eggs to and from trucks and within the Egg Room; assist with egg sets and inventory; keep eggs separated by flock and line type.
Wash and sanitize setter buggies, farm buggies, egg flats, chick boxes, hatchery rooms, equipment, and other designated areas using pressure washers, hoses, washers, and cleaning products.
Dump cull eggs and move empty farm and setter buggies and hatcher trays as required.
Set eggs in setters, inspect chicks in hatchers, and read setters, hatchers, temperatures, turn-failures, and incubator humidity at specified intervals.
Pull stacks of chick boxes for the Pull Crew and maintain clean, organized work areas.
Perform other assigned duties, including janitorial cleaning, laundering towels and clothes, maintaining boot washes and hand sanitizer, operating the box washer, and euthanizing weak or ill chicks according to company policy.
Follow applicable safety policies and procedures, identify and mitigate safety risks, and comply with biosecurity and animal welfare requirements.