What are the responsibilities and job description for the HVNR - Hatchery Manager position at OK Foods Inc.?
Bachoco Group is a leading multiprotein producer and one of the top ten largest globally, with over 38,000 employees. We offer a wide range of products, including chicken, eggs, pork, beef, pet food, and more. Through Bachoco USA, we deliver high-quality chicken products to the U.S. market, serving retail, food service, and national accounts through our fully integrated operations, including farms, hatcheries, feed mills, and processing plants.
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Bachoco USA is seeking a Hatchery Manager to oversee our Heavener, OK facility.
Summary: The Hatchery Manager provides leadership, consultation, strategic operational plans, and direction to enable supervisors and hourly employees to collect eggs and hatch chicks. Performs administrative duties in preparing and maintaining records, reviewing production reports, and follows through on deviations from expected results.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; and three to five years related experience and/or training in a Hatchery.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Computer Skills: Must be able to operate a computer with Microsoft Windows-based programs. Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must receive Reasonable Suspicion training and certification. Must have a valid Driver's license and eligible for the company driver program.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
An Equal Opportunity Employer to include women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.
Join us and be part of our success!
Bachoco USA is seeking a Hatchery Manager to oversee our Heavener, OK facility.
Summary: The Hatchery Manager provides leadership, consultation, strategic operational plans, and direction to enable supervisors and hourly employees to collect eggs and hatch chicks. Performs administrative duties in preparing and maintaining records, reviewing production reports, and follows through on deviations from expected results.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Plans, develops, and implements policies and practices for operation of the Hatchery to ensure attainment of goals and profitable operation.
- Arranges with farmers to supply eggs or obtain eggs from outside source.
- Directs and coordinates hatchery activities such as hatching of eggs, sorting, vaccinating and shipping of chicks, and maintenance of facilities and equipment.
- Prepares hatching schedules for variety of chicks considering such factors as customer orders, market forecasts, and hatchery facilities and equipment.
- Prepares reports on hatchery activities such as chick production and sales reports required by regulatory bodies.
- Tracks driver logs and monitors time worked.
- Maintains driver related files for Post-trip inspection reports and driver logs. Reviews Post-trip inspection reports prior to filing. Purges data at set intervals.
- Assists drivers in completing vehicle accident/incident reports. Ensures reports are filed timely.
- Advises drivers regarding VARB determinations following a vehicle accident or incident.
- Manages the learning and training experience of subordinates and hourly employees to improve their skills and knowledge.
- Maintains close and effective working relationships with live production, accounting, vendors, contract producers, government agencies, and customers.
- Keeps upper management informed with timely and sufficient information.
- Performs other duties as required.
- This is a safety sensitive position.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; and three to five years related experience and/or training in a Hatchery.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Computer Skills: Must be able to operate a computer with Microsoft Windows-based programs. Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must receive Reasonable Suspicion training and certification. Must have a valid Driver's license and eligible for the company driver program.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
An Equal Opportunity Employer to include women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.
- Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies: Please note that Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries shall explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Bachoco USA.
