Cobb – Brooding House Worker – R0351227-4330

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Job Details:

Location: Bates Mountain Farm, Summers, AR

Schedule: Rotating 4 days on 2 days off, including weekends and
holidays.

Hours: 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. or until finished

Work schedule is subject to change based upon production needs.

Applicants must reside in the United States to be considered for an
interview.

Priority consideration will be provided to internal applicants first.

Applicants with previous agricultural or production experience will be
considered preferred.

Applicant must have at least six consecutive months of work experience
with the same employer and no additional gaps in employment greater than
six months within the last 36 months. If applicant was laid-off,
providing eldercare or childcare, the six month gap will be increased to
18 months. Previous work history criteria will not apply to applicants
who have been full time students consecutively for the last 36 months.

Starting wage – $16.00/hour plus additional shift differential for
evenings, nights and weekends

Competitive benefits, including:

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance at Day 1 of hire

Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

Short and Long Term Disability

Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity Insurance

401(k)

Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition-free programs at high-quality schools, including college
degrees, certificates, high school completion, English language learning
courses, and more.

New hire Referral Incentives and Sign-On Bonus

Paid Vacations

Paid Holidays

Overtime eligibility

Earned time off

Company: Cobb

Position Summary:

– Attend to and care for birds in brooding houses; inspect birds to
determine quality and progress by performing the below duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

– Feeds and waters birds according to schedules; walks floors daily to
inspect water lines, pick up and dispose of mortality, and examine
birds for signs of a weak or sick bird that needs to be euthanized
in accordance with company policy (50%)

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– Applies insecticides, and rodenticides inside houses (10%)

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– Records feed and mortality daily, cleans and disinfects equipment,
collects weekly lab samples, administers or assists in administering
vaccines to birds. (10%)

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– Assists in sorting pullets (10%)

Other duties, responsibilities, and activities:

– Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be
assigned at any time with or without notice, such as inspects birds
to determine quality and progress by weighing birds weekly by hand;
set up of brooding house materials; perform basic maintenance;
maintain house conditions to ensure optimal bird health; communicate
issues in a timely manner to management; maintain a bio-secure
environment at all times; operate a weed eater/blower; maintenance
and sanitation of Comfort Station Breakroom, equipment, and vehicles
(20%)

Biosecurity/Animal Welfare:

– The jobsite is a bio-secure environment which requires showering,
changing clothing and footwear before entering the facility.
Appropriate clothing and footwear is 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 not own and to avoid contact with 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 nd 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 up to 50 pounds to move items such as bags of shavings,
feed buckets, bags of mortality, tools, etc. While performing the
duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and
walk majority of shift on multiple floor surfaces (concrete floor,
shavings); sit; use hands to handle or feel objects and controls;
reach with hands and arms; balance; climbing/ladder usage; talk or
hear; stoop/bend up to 300 times per day; 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.

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– Tools and Equipment:

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– Environment: Required to work on wet, slippery surfaces and also
work in hot, dry, extreme dusty, dark, wet, icy, snowy and cold
environments. Required to work in extreme hot conditions for two –
three weeks at placement of baby chicks.

Personal Protective Equipment Required: Safety goggles an