HATCHERY DRIVER

***RESUME REQUIRED***

Pilgrim’s wants YOU to join our Team as an HATCHERY DRIVER! This position starts at 29.10/hour plus $1/hour shift differential and offers a $4/hour perfect attendance bonus that is paid out weekly..

Benefits include:

• Paid holidays (after 60 days of employment) and paid vacation (after 1 year of service)
• Paid sick time
• Benefits at 60 days of employment – including health, dental, vision, life, and much more
• 401K contributions on day 1 of employment
• 5:00AM-3:30PM MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY 
• Quality Pilgrim’s poultry products at great savings
• Onsite cafeteria
• Advancement opportunities
• Better Futures Program – 2 Year Community College tuition assistance for you or your dependents!

At Pilgrim’s, Safety Is A Condition, which means the safety of our team members comes first - always.

POSITION SUMMARY:  The Hatchery Chick Driver is responsible for loading and delivering chicks from the hatchery to the broiler facilities as well as occasionally loading and transporting eggs from the breeder facilities to the hatchery.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Drives truck to pick up chicks in a safe and economical manner assuring that the chicks are handled in a manner to chilling or overheating.. 
2. Loads and unloads truck according to division guidelines as well as supervise the placing of chicks in barn..
3. Groups chicks by breed, breeder flocks and breeder flock age so that best possible uniformity results..
4. Conducts pre-trip/post-trip inspection in accordance with division guidelines and D.O.T. requirements.
5. Maintain accurate chick delivery records to ensure quality standards are met.
6. Does other related Hatchery work as assigned.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS and BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Observe & enforce all company personnel, quality, safety, and food safety policies.
• Maintains a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you work effectively and cooperatively with customers, clients, coworkers, and leadership teams.
• Participates in process improvement and problem solving utilizing continuous improvement and rational thinking methodologies such as Six Sigma
• Recognizes and acts on incidents and safety risks.  Consistently practices, and enforces safe work habits and drives those habits throughout the organization
• To perform this job successfully, applicant must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

•   Working knowledge of driving and traffic rules.
•   Working skill to drive a truck safely and with a conscious effort to transport fragile loads.
•   Ability to lift egg cases weighing up to 60 pounds
•   Class A license required
•   Minimum of one year driving experience with a manual transmission
•   Good driving record.

ABOUT PILGRIM’S:

As one of the world’s largest poultry producers, Pilgrim’s has provided wholesome, quality products to customers and consumers for more than seven decades.  We have over 58,000 team members that take pride in providing more than 133 million daily servings of protein to retailers, restaurants, foodservice providers and consumers around the world.

EOE, including disability/vets