Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree or 2 years of hatchery experience.

Required Skills & Abilities:

• Must have proficient computer application skills, including Word and Excel.
• Bilingual a plus.
• Must be self-motivated with the ability to perform tasks accurately and efficiently.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively lead staff and work with management.
• Ability to work well in a group.
• Leadership qualities.
• Desire to excel in your position.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fast-paced, indoor environment.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand and walk for long periods on hard surfaces.
• Ability to lift, stoop, kneel, and walk for prolonged periods of time.

Hansen Agri-Placement is representing a worldwide industry-leading multi-species animal breeding organization to hire a Co-Hatchery Manager for one of our hatcheries located in NE. This Co-Manager will assist the Hatchery Manager in all aspects of hatchery operations, personnel, and processes to ensure efficient production while meeting all regulatory standards.

Responsibilities:

• Supervise and assign tasks to staff.
• Communicate and coordinate product flow among the Location Manager, the Flock Manager, and customers.
• Oversee and ensure all operations are documented and performed in the Mtech ERP system.
• Implement and develop an animal welfare-oriented workforce with a focus on quality to our customers.
• Handles communications of all emergency breakdown situations and works in conjunction with management to minimize downtime and effects on production systems and customers.
• Oversee on-call weekend checks and assignment of responsibilities for the facility. Schedules appropriate staff for this function.
• Coordinate communication with management regarding needed capital investments and schedules of such investments.
• Manages oversight of incubation processes for the hatchery.
• Oversee Maintenance Staff and maintains facility in excellent working order.
• Maintains inventories of products needed for the production of day-old chicks as directed by the manager.
• Manages oversight of incubation processes for the hatchery, including familiarizing and learning the operation of all single and multi-stage setters and hatchers, ventilation systems, and all other systems in the facility as directed by the Hatchery Manager.
• Assist management in quality control, evaluations of 14-day breakouts, moisture loss of eggs set, and all parameters important in contributing to the viability of day-old chicks produced.
• Develop a firm knowledge of poultry diseases and administration and inventory of vaccines for use in day-old chicks.
• Assists in the implementation of a world-class C&D program and biosecurity protocols for the hatchery.
• Assist with hiring, training, evaluation, and disciplining hatchery staff.
• Assist in on-call weekend checks of the facility as needed.
• Implement and assist in the development of S.O.P.’s for the hatchery.
• Stay up to date on all Safety, Biosecurity, and Animal Welfare programs.

Additional Duties:

Cover for team members during vacations, absences, etc., which may require occasional tasks outside the scope of your job.

Perform other job duties as assigned.