Chicken Delivery Helper- Hatchery #10

Perdue Foods is part of Perdue Farms, a family-owned company heading into its second century of growth and innovation. With a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins, we create products for consumers and for retail and foodservice customers around the globe, while changing the way animals are raised for food.

Summary

The purpose of this position is to assist the chick delivery driver with the proper loading, unloading, and transportation of chicks from the hatchery to their destination.

This position is a piece rate position and is paid $0.0234 per mile completed and $0.0982 per box completed with average earnings ranging from $15.00 to $20.00 per hour, guaranteed minimum wage laws apply. Annual bonus (variable depending on performance) as well as overtime may be available. 

In addition to wages, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vison, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short-term and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.

 

Principal and Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist the driver in the loading of chicks onto the Smithway chick transport vehicle.
• Assist with the off-loading of fully loaded pallets from the Smithway, and the reloading of emptied pallets.
• Remove stacked chick boxes from pallets approx 7 feet high and gently empty the chicks onto the ground.
• Restack empty chick boxes onto pallets and prepare them for return to the hatchery.
• Adhere to all bio-security and safety requirements. 
• Remove bio-security garments and dispose of all refuse at the farm.
• Other duties as assigned by Hatchery management.

Minimum Education

A High School Diploma or GED equivalent is preferred but not required.

Experience Preferred

Reading and writing skills preferred.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

• Work environment includes, but not limited to, moving in an upright position, and working on a dry, concrete, sawdust and plastic grating surfaces with up to 4 hours in a single interval. 
• Must be able to lift, control and carry up to 50 lbs. at distances of up to 200 feet. 
• Exposure to temperature ranges of  28 degrees to 100 degrees Fahrenheit with both ambient and 100% humidity. 
• Exposure to airborne chick down, vaccine, disinfectants, and other chemicals used in hatchery & breeder management. 
• Bending, twisting, lifting, reaching, sitting and grasping varies in repetitions, distances, degrees, angles, weights, height, intervals of time, objects grasped and body positions depending upon the task being performed. 
• Normal exposure to chemical listed in plant MSDS.

 

 

Perdue Farms, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.