Hatchery Worker
Employer: Hoover's Hatchery NM LLC
Location: Portales, NM
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $15.96/hour
Season: Jan 9, 2027 – May 31, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
SOC 45-2093 represents 100% of the work performed in this chicken hatchery production facility, where employees incubate chicken eggs, hatch chicks, and handle the flow of chicks through separation, order preparation, and shipment to customers. The work centers on examining feathering and color characteristics to segregate chicks by sex, then supporting the hatchery and farm operations by performing toe, wing, and beak clipping, vaccinating chicks, and loading chicks into the separator. Employees receive, load, and unload eggs and chicks at the hatchery, farms, and shipping locations, including driving vans to farms and shipping locations and handling eggs and chicks during transport. They place eggs on trays, load trays into incubators, transfer eggs from incubators to hatchers, dump product waste, fill customer chick orders, clean and sanitize the facility and equipment, and perform all other duties as assigned to keep hatchery operations moving from incubation through shipment. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration), cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g. adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.
Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Job requires extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements, and a 75 lb lifting requirement. Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.
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