Tyson Foods

Poultry Farm Worker - Full Time - Cleveland, GA

Posted on: 21 Mar 2021

Cleveland, GA

Job Description

Starting Wage: $13.60

Pay Increase at 6 months: $15.30

Plus, additional shift differential for evenings, nights and weekends.

Competitive benefits, including:

* Health, dental and vision insurance
* Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
* Short- and long-term disability insurance
* Critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity insurance
* 401(k)
* Stock purchase plan
* Educational Assistance Program (including GED assistance, Citizenship assistance, ESL and tuition reimbursement)
* Referral incentives
* Paid vacation

Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, including holidays

Hours: Beginning at 4:00 a.m. until job is complete. Typically these positions genally average 40 hours a week.

Work schedule is subject to change based upon production needs.

Position Summary:

* This position is responsible for vaccination, blood pull, movement and movement of all Cobb products serviced by the Cobb Grandparent operation

Essential Duties and Responsibilties

* Vaccinate GP Chickens (50%)
* Move pullets (40%)
* Operate a high pressure and regular water hose, maintains foot pans and hand sanitizers, Clean and Disinfect Cobb vehicles, maintain a clean an organized work area. (6%)
* Move spike males(4%)

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 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 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

* Physical: Must use safe lifting techniques. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and may be required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds at times. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear; and drive a vehicle to and from the job sites. Specific visionabilities required by the job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth percepion; and the ability to adjust focus.
* Tools and Equipment: Vaccination Needles
* Environment: Required to work on wet, slippery surfaces and also in hot, dry, dusty, wet and cold environments.
* Personal Protective Equipment Required: Safety glasses, Safety goggles, face shield, chemical gloves, waterproof apron, and rubber boots are required when handling chemicals. Ear plugs and ear muffs will be used as needed.
* Chemical Commonly Used: Phenolic based disinfectants.
* Safety: Team Member is expected to follow all applicable safety policies and procedures. These include but are not limited to Hazard Communication, Respitory Protection, Lock out Tag out, and Personal Protective equipment. Team Member is expected to identify, address, and mitigate safety related risks.
* Qualified applicants must have at least 6 months of work experience with one employer over the past 3 years with no gaps in employment of over 6 months. (Exceptions are made for layoffs, attending school, or the birth of a child)
* Candidates must reside within the current recruitment area to include the following counties: White, Hall, Lumpkin, Habersham and Banks
* Candidates with agricultural or production experience will be considered preferred

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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Tyson Foods

Springdale, AR

Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully-cooked meats; and raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products.

It also supplies poultry breeding stock; sells allied products, such as hides and meats; and manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats. The company offers its products primarily under the Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, ibp, State Fair, Gallo Salame, and Golden Island brands.

It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company has a collaboration with IdentiGEN Ltd. Tyson Foods, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.