Poultry Selection Trainee

Job Details:

Schedule: Monday through Thursday, including holidays. 

Hours: Monday through Thursday, 5:00 am to 3:00 pm

Join the Cobb Family and Grow With Us!

At Cobb, we’re passionate about helping our team members thrive—both professionally and personally. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family in every stage of life. The best part- you’re eligible for benefits on day 1 of full-time hire!

Starting Wage:  $19.50

What’s in it for you?

Our competitive benefits include:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Free Telehealth Services
• Free Mental Health Services
• Well-Being Support Programs
• 401K & Stock Options
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Free Education starting your first day on 175 -degree programs
• Citizenship Assistance
• Discounts on thousands of programs and services through Beneplace 
• Additionally, we offer incentives such as Cobb Rewards, New Hire Referral and Referral Bonuses, Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays, Overtime Eligibility, and Earned Time Off.

These are just a few of the ways we invest in YOU. Ready to take the next step? Apply today and become part of the Cobb family!

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.

Requirements: Must have at least 6 months of consecutive work history with one employer and no additional job gaps in employment greater than 6 months in the past 36 months. If applicant has been laid off or providing child or elder care, the employment gap will be increased to 18 months. Previous work history will not apply to applicants who have been full time students consecutively for the last 36 months.

Rehire criteria is a minimum waiting period of 180 days.

Rehire Rule of no more than 3 times worked at Cobb/Tyson Foods.

Company: Cobb

Summary:

• This position engages in the training of the process of selection of birds at a designated age based on conformation, physical attributes, and other heritable traits.  This position also assists in the process of monitoring and coordinating the activities of Selection crew team members.  Other duties may be assigned.
• Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Engages in the selection of approximately 1500-2500 pedigree birds daily at designated age based on conformation, physical attributes, and other heritable traits. (40%)
• Trains on recording information on a touch screen tablet such as genealogy, bird weight, mortality, defects and disposition; trains on manually recording information such as bird weight, bird kept, number of birds selected, and bird sent to dissect.  (30%)
• Trains on monitoring bird handling, bird transfer, bird welfare, and properly identifying the coop birds are assigned to; trains on monitoring selection numbers and percentages by line and sex.  (10%)
• Washes/sanitizes coops daily via commercial pressure washer on wet/slick floors, maintains clean foot pans in assigned boot room, weekly sanitation of break room and all equipment used during selection process.  (10%)
• Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice, such as:  assists with identifying gender, catching, scanning wing band number, and audit market birds for wing bands; assists in set-up for selection by loading empty coops into house, placing catch frames in pens for easier bird access, hanging lights for better visual, set-up of scales and scanner, making coop labels, placing coops in pens and running needed cords; properly euthanizes weak, ill and injured birds in accordance with company policy.  (10%) 

 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 are 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: 

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. 

Physical:  Must use safe lifting techniques.  Must regularly lift and/or move, using two team members, up to 50 pounds to move items such as bird coops; tools, such as angle iron dolly; may be required to occasionally lift and/or move stacks of bird coops.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand the majority of the shift on multiple floor surfaces (concrete floor, shavings, etc.); walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls;  reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop/bend repeatedly; talk and hear; drive a vehicle within the farm complex.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include: close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.

Tools and Equipment:

Environment:  Required to work on wet, slippery surfaces and also in hot, dry, dusty, wet and cold environments.

Personal Protective Equipment Required:  Safety goggles and/or glasses, face shield, chemical gloves, waterproof apron, and rubber boots are required.  Ear plugs will be used as needed.

Chemicals commonly used:  Synergize, Virocid, Lysol, Bleach, Clorox Wipes, etc.

Safety:  Team member is expected to follow all applicable safety policies and procedures. These include but are not limited to Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, LOTO and Personal Protective Equipment. Team member is expected to identify, address and mitigate safety related risks




Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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