Quality Assurance Technician- Bowdon Hatchery

Quality Assurance Technician
- Bowdon Hatchery

Quality Assurance & Food Safety Carrollton,Georgia

Hatchery Quality Assurance

Job Description:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Computer literacy —utilize Excel spreadsheets, key data into online SharePoint and M-tech system
• Organizational skills —keep accurate documentation of quality assurance checks performed
• Time management —able to perform all tasks required weekly within a timely manner
• Bacterial plating several locations around hatchery—including but not limited to: hatchers, setters, hallways, egg room, Embrex machine, etc.
• Determine embryonic age through residue breakouts of a percentage of parent flocks hatched per week
• Accurately calibrate temperature of setters, hatchers, hallways and egg rooms
• Weight eggs for moisture loss at set/transfer/hatch
• Check embryonic temperatures prior to transfer, inside of incubators
• Temperature check chicks daily prior to hatch
• Chick quality assessments per flock
• Weekly egg quality checks
• Back-up to Chick Room Lead position, responsible for vaccine mixing, hatch percentages by parent flock and daily chick book-out
• FOLLOW ALL ANIMAL WELFARE RULES AND REGULATIONS
• Other Duties as assigned by management

EXPERIENCE:

Entry-level; no experience required with degree. A minimum of 2 years related experience preferred to substitute for degree.