Hatchery Worker
Employer: Hoover's Hatchery NM LLC
Location: Portales, NM
Workers needed: 7
Pay: $15.96/hour
Season: Jan 9, 2027 – Sep 22, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
SOC 45-2093 accounts for 100% of the work performed. Employees work in a chicken hatchery production facility where chicken eggs are incubated, chicks are hatched, and customer chick orders are prepared and shipped. The work begins with receiving eggs at the hatchery and farms, loading and unloading eggs and chicks at the hatchery, farms, and shipping locations, and placing eggs on trays for movement into incubators. From there, employees load trays into incubators, transfer eggs from incubators to hatchers, and handle chicks as they emerge. They examine feathers and colors of chicks to segregate chicks according to sex, load chicks into the separator, and package chicks to fill customer orders before shipment. Employees also assist across all areas of the hatchery and farms by performing toe, wing, and beak clipping, vaccinating chicks, dumping product waste, and cleaning and sanitizing the facility and equipment. They support movement between work locations by driving vans to farms and shipping locations and by loading and unloading eggs and chicks during these transfers, while also performing all other duties as assigned. 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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