Wash Bay Attendant

Job Description Summary:
Aviagen Turkeys Inc. is seeking a dependable and safety-focused Wash Bay Attendant to perform cleaning, sanitation, and equipment preparation activities in support of biosecurity and production operations. This position plays an important role in helping protect animal health, prevent cross-contamination, and maintain a clean work environment.

The Wash Bay Attendant is responsible for cleaning and sanitizing equipment, machinery, parts, tools, and assigned areas using approved procedures, chemicals, and company biosecurity standards. The ideal candidate will be dependable, detail-oriented, able to work independently, and comfortable working in a fast-paced agricultural production environment.

Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform daily wash bay sanitation and equipment cleaning activities.
• Clean, wash, disinfect, and sanitize equipment, machinery, parts, tools, and assigned areas according to company procedures and biosecurity requirements.
• Help prevent cross-contamination by following established cleaning, sanitation, chemical use, and equipment handling procedures.
• Tear down machinery and equipment at the beginning of the cleanup shift to allow for proper cleaning and sanitation.
• Reassemble and help set up equipment before production begins.
• Maintain control of parts removed during cleaning, including gaskets, fittings, guards, and other removable components.
• Identify broken, worn, damaged, or missing parts and report concerns to management.
• Replace approved parts as needed or as directed.
• Mix, prepare, and use cleaning solutions, disinfectants, and other chemicals according to label instructions, company procedures, and safety requirements.
• Use chemicals safely and correctly, including proper concentration, storage, labeling, and required personal protective equipment.
• Maintain assigned areas in a clean, organized, and biosecure condition.
• Assist with setup in assigned departments or on other production lines as needed.
• Follow all company safety, sanitation, biosecurity, animal health, PPE, and food safety requirements.
• Communicate equipment, sanitation, safety, or biosecurity concerns to the Sanitation Manager, supervisors, or area leaders.
• Work cooperatively with supervisors, coworkers, production employees, and management.
• Work in other departments or areas as business needs require.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Sanitation Manager, supervisors, area leaders, or other members of management.

Job Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and stay self-motivated with limited supervision.
• Ability to follow directions, procedures, and biosecurity requirements.
• Ability to understand and follow sanitation and chemical handling instructions.
• Basic understanding of equipment tear down, cleaning, and setup preferred.
• Basic understanding of cleaning chemicals, disinfectants, and safe chemical use strongly preferred.
• Previous agricultural, poultry, sanitation, wash bay, equipment cleaning, or production experience preferred but not required.
• Previous experience handling, tracking, or replacing equipment parts preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to recognize when equipment or areas have not been properly cleaned.
• Dependable attendance, sound judgment, and strong work ethic required.
• Ability to work cooperatively and respectfully with others.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, holidays, extended shifts, and varying schedules as needed.

Physical and Work Environment Requirements

• Must be able to work in a wet, humid, and physically active agricultural production environment.
• Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach, twist, push, pull, and lift as required by the job.
• Must be able to work around machinery, equipment, poultry production areas, cleaning chemicals, and disinfectants.
• Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment, which may include gloves, boots, eye protection, hearing protection, face protection, and other PPE as required.
• Must be able to follow biosecurity procedures, including company requirements related to personal hygiene, equipment movement, and restricted items.

Benefits

Aviagen provides a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the healthcare and financial well-being of our employees. Aviagen offers medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, Employee Assistance Program, Teladoc, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability coverage, subject to the terms and conditions of plan documents. Additionally, employees may be eligible for company-observed paid holidays and Paid Time Off at a rate of 14 days per year, prorated based on hire date.