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Tyson Foods

Processes and sells chicken, beef and pork

Cobb – Feed Conversion Worker

Equipment MaintenanceUpdated on Nov 12
Part-timeDeer Lodge, TN, USA$17.35 - $17.45 /hr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Must be able to read and write and perform simple math.
  • Must have good oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills for data entry and individual feed and bird weight data.
  • Must have at least 12 months of consecutive work history with one employer and no additional employment gaps greater than six months in the past 36 months. For applicants laid off or providing child or elder care, the allowable gap is 18 months. This work-history requirement does not apply to applicants who have been full-time students consecutively for the last 36 months.
  • Must be willing to sign an agreement to avoid contact with avian species, including chickens, ducks, and birds.
  • Must be willing to sign and follow the company’s biosecurity and animal welfare guidelines.
  • Must be able to meet the physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodation, including regularly lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and sometimes up to 50 pounds, and pushing or pulling dollies weighing up to 500 pounds.
  • Must be willing to work on wet and slippery surfaces and in hot, dry, dusty, wet, and cold environments.
  • Must use safe lifting techniques and follow applicable safety policies and procedures, including Hazard Communication, Respiratory Protection, Lockout/Tagout, and Personal Protective Equipment requirements.
  • Must use required personal protective equipment, including safety goggles or glasses, a face shield, chemical and cutting gloves, a waterproof apron, and rubber boots; ear plugs and NIOSH-approved N95 particulate respirators may be used as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Collect data and perform house checklists in brood feed conversion houses, including scanning chickens into and out of cages; recording and adding feed to feeders as needed; collecting data using a computer, tablet, pen, or paper; checking bird heart rate and blood oxygen with a pulse oximeter according to accepted protocols; disposing of dead birds as instructed; feeding birds on schedule; cleaning and disinfecting houses, equipment, waterers, feeders, and cages; performing routine housekeeping; segregating birds by line; moving birds into and out of cages according to schedule; examining birds for signs of illness and reporting problems to a lead, supervisor, or manager; monitoring temperature and humidity controls; recording bird weight, feed weight, added feed, and mortality; and repairing, aligning, or constructing cages, pens, feeders, water lines, lights, vents, and other equipment.
  • Assist Lixi team members with daily breast-quality data collection in brood and feed conversion houses and the dissection laboratory by scanning bands, presenting birds for data collection, catching birds in brood, assisting with cleanup and needed equipment, and returning birds to their respective cages.
  • Set up a house weekly by ensuring biosecurity, staging and placing shavings in cages with a shovel, placing feed in barrels and feeders, checking and bleeding water lines, and ensuring the house is operational.
  • Maintain housekeeping standards in work areas; inspect and weigh birds weekly to assess quality and progress; sanitize storage areas, breakrooms, boot rooms, equipment, and vehicles; clean incinerators; scan, band, and move birds; maintain grounds and organize breeder tags; euthanize selected or weak or ill birds according to company policy; collect swab samples; wash, disinfect, and haul coops; and maintain foot baths, hand sanitizer, and hydro-foamers, along with sweeping, mopping, and other general cleaning.

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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