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Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Artificial Insemination Person

Biology & BiotechConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRose, OK, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Must have at least 12 months of consecutive work history with one employer and no employment gaps greater than 6 months in the past 36 months; the gap allowance increases to 18 months for applicants who were laid off or provided child or elder care. Applicants who were full-time students consecutively for the past 36 months are exempt from this work-history requirement.
  • Must reside in the United States to be considered for an interview.
  • Must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid contact with avian species and to sign and follow the company Biosecurity and Animal Welfare Guidelines.
  • Must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, including regularly standing for most of the shift, walking up to 2 miles, using hands and arms, climbing or using ladders, bending or stooping up to 1,000 times per day, and using pipettes with wrist movements up to 2,000 times per day.
  • Must occasionally lift or move items weighing up to 80 pounds with another team member.
  • Must work on wet, slippery surfaces and in hot, dry, dusty, wet, and cold conditions.
  • Must wear required personal protective equipment, including safety goggles or glasses, chemical gloves, and company-issued footwear; ear plugs and NIOSH-approved N95 particulate respirators are used as needed.
  • Must follow safety policies and procedures, including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Lockout/Tagout, and Personal Protective Equipment requirements, and identify, address, and mitigate safety risks.

Responsibilities

  • Collect semen from male birds without contamination and without causing injury; visually inspect semen and record quality scores.
  • Inseminate hens by rotating between inverting the hens’ oviducts and placing semen into the oviduct; inspect hens for evidence of production and follow correct semen-placement and hen-handling methods.
  • Weigh male birds, record their weights, and adjust their feed.
  • Assist management, management support, and leads in evaluating semen with a microscope, densimeter, and other equipment; replace males with unacceptable semen quality.
  • As assigned, wash and disinfect vehicles; set up and clean artificial insemination equipment; sanitize the artificial insemination breakroom; trim beaks or vents; and humanely euthanize selected or weak or ill birds in accordance with company policy.
  • Shower and change clothing and footwear before entering the biosecure facility; use company-provided clothing and footwear and comply with the site’s jewelry restrictions.
  • Drive a vehicle within the farm complex.

Desired Qualifications

  • Previous agricultural or production experience is preferred.

About the Company

Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Tyson Foods processes chicken, beef and pork and sells fresh meat and packaged foods to grocery stores, restaurants and other food businesses in the US and abroad. Its grocery brands include Tyson chicken, Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage, Hillshire Farm smoked sausage and lunch meat, Ball Park hot dogs and Wright bacon. The company runs separate chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods businesses, processing animals in its own plants into raw cuts and cooked, ready-to-heat products. It earns money selling those products by the pound to retailers and foodservice buyers and under its own consumer brands. Tyson Foods was founded in 1935 and is based in Springdale, Arkansas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Springdale, AR
Founded
1935

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