Hatchery Driver

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

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 & 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. Group 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.

What You’ll Need:

• 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.
• 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.

Why Work for Pilgrim’s?

• Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Rotating Wednesday and Saturdays
• Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment;
• Paid Time Off: Sick leave, vacation, company observed holidays or, any other statutorily required paid leave
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;
• Base hourly salary rate of $30.55
• Perfect attendance incentive of $3.00 extra per hour for perfect attendance
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs;
• Better Futures

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim’s operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe.

Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets

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