Ranch Hand

Foster Farms Job OpportunityAt Foster Farms, our mission is to create great food and serve great moments. Our vision is to be the best and most trusted food company, empowering and nourishing the lives of those we serve. We measure our success by how well we protect and care for our team, our consumers, our animals, and our environment.Pay Rate: $17.22 per hour. Additional $1.00 per hour for hours worked between 7:00pm and 11:59pm. Additional $2.00 per hour for hours worked between 12:00am-4:59am.Essential Job Functions:Several times weekly, have contact with the feed mill dispatchers, feed mill drivers, and maintenance repair personnel, personnel from other ranches and field supervision.Supervise and direct the essential functions of production on the assigned ranch, such as set-up/clean-up, brooding, vaccination crews, maintenance repair, feed delivery and relief personnel.Direct the grow out of fryers through the setup of the ranch, brooding, temperatures, ventilation, mortality, vaccinations, medications, so that conditions are maintained to meet the highest possible level of quality.Maintain the ranch facilities, to include appearance, arranging with the maintenance department, needed materials and service calls.Follow and enforce strict sanitation procedures being constantly aware of the bird's health; report any abnormalities to the Field Supervisor.React responsibly to emergencies that could adversely affect the chickens, day or night.Manage and control all ranch production costs, to include all labor, fuel, supply, utility, medication, and ranch maintenance costs.Maintain accurate and complete records pertaining to all ranch activities, i.e., feed, mortality, fuel, production, and energy consumption.Provide proper training and delegation of duties to all ranch personnel. Adhere to and enforce company safety, animal welfare and disease prevention guidelines.Perform other duties as assigned.Qualifications:Must have minimum of one year of chicken-raising experience and have completed the Chicken Grow Out Training Program.Must be self-motivated and able to work independently with a minimum of supervision.Must possess supervisory and leadership skills.Must have good mathematical and organizational skills.Must have good written and verbal communication skills (Basic English).Must be able to move and lift 25 pounds.Preferably, will have a mechanical aptitude.Must be willing and able to live on company-provided housing and respond as necessary to alarms and adverse conditions affecting the chickens.Must be able to work as scheduled/needed to include overtime, evenings, holidays and weekends.Must be able to follow and enforce company standards, guidelines and policies on anyone working on his/her ranch complex.Must have the ability to work at other ranches/complexes as needed.Must have desire and ability to maintain a clean and presentable ranch and dwelling.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.