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Job Details:

Priority consideration will be provided to internal applicants first. Applicants with previous agricultural or production experience will be considered preferred. 

Applicants must reside in the United States to be considered for an interview.

Starting wage - $16.50/hour

Plus, additional shift differential for evenings, nights and weekends

Competitive benefits, including:

*Health, Dental and Vision Insurance at Day 1 of hire

*Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

*Short and Long Term Disability

*Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity Insurance

*401(k)

*Stock Purchase Plan

*Tuition-free programs at high-quality schools, including college degrees, certificates,

high school completion, English language learning courses, and more.

*New hire Referral Incentives and Sign-On Bonus

*Paid Vacations

*Paid Holidays

* Over time eligibility

* Earned time off

Company: Cobb

Job Title: Growout House Worker                                                                        Job Group:  08

FLSA Status: Nonexempt                                                                                    Position reports to:  Sr Supv Farm

Disc vs Non Disc: N                                                  

Location: Eastville Farm, Eastville, VA

Schedule:  Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,  including alternating weekends and holidays

Hours: 6:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Typically these positions generally average 40 hours a week. 

Work schedule is subject to change based upon production needs.

Pay: Starting pay - $16.50/hour

Position Summary:

• Attend to and care for birds in growout houses; inspect birds to determine quality and progress by performing the below duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Feeds and waters birds according to schedules; walks floors daily to inspect water lines, pick up and dispose of mortality, and examine birds for signs of a week or sick bird (20%)
• Transfer birds from trailer to growout house from outside Team Member to inside Team Member and place in appropriate pens (10%)
• Calculate pen size based on bird numbers to be received and adjust to provide adequate feeder, water, and space for birds; place pen partitions according to calculations; manage floor by turning/adding shavings and checking ventilation (15%)
• Sorting birds by breast size (fleshing); assist farm crew with killvac; collecting weekly samples for corporate lab of cleft pallet swabs, feed, and shavings samples (15%)
• Weigh the birds and record weights in uniformity (15%)
• inspects birds to determine quality and progress by weighing birds weekly; maintenance and sanitation of breakroom, boot rooms, equipment, and vehicles; vaccinate and isolate birds to affect disease control program; administer medications to birds as needed, such as vitamins, etc; properly euthanize weak/ill birds in accordance with company policy (10%)
• Performs simple math [addition, subtraction, multiplication and division] as part of recording information according to instructions and Cobb standards ie: bird weight, medications, feed intake, and mortality (15%)

Biosecurity/Animal Welfare Requirements:

• The jobsite is a biosecure environment which requires showering, changing clothing and footwear before entering the facility.  Appropriate clothing and footwear is provided by the Company.  No jewelry may be worn on the jobsite except for medical ID jewelry and body piercings covered by appropriate clothing. 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. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical:  Must use safe lifting techniques.  Must regularly lift and/or move, up to 50 pounds items such as bags of shavings, occasionally up to 75 pounds when moving/handling coops of birds, feed buckets, bags of mortality, etc; tools, such as pallet jack, may be required to occasionally