Hatchery Cleaning & Janitorial Worker

Headstart Hatching is seeking a diligent and dependable individual to join our team.

The Cleaning & Janitorial position is responsible for maintaining a clean, sanitary, and biosecurity hatchery environment through routine cleaning, disinfecting, laundry services, and waste removal. This role helps support animal health, employee safety, and hatchery operations by ensuring all work areas, equipment, and employee garments are cleaned and maintained according to company sanitation and biosecurity standards.

• Clean and sanitize hatchery common areas, offices, breakrooms, restrooms, hallways, and other designated areas.
• Sweep, mop, vacuum, and maintain floors throughout the facility.
• Empty trash and recycling containers and properly dispose of waste materials.
• Clean windows, doors, walls, and other facility surfaces as assigned.
• Perform daily laundry duties, including washing, drying, folding, and organizing employee smocks, aprons, towels, and other assigned garments.
• Maintain an organized inventory of clean smocks, aprons, and other protective clothing.
• Ensure laundry and cleaning supplies are stocked and readily available.
• Clean and disinfect laundry equipment, cleaning equipment, and designated work areas.
• Properly wear and maintain required personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Follow established procedures for handling, storing, and disposing of cleaning chemicals.
• Assist with special cleaning projects and deep‑cleaning assignments as needed.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment at all times.
• Comply with all company policies, safety requirements, and animal welfare standards.
• Follow all hatchery biosecurity, sanitation, and disinfecting protocols to prevent contamination and the spread of disease.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to cleanliness.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
• Ability to follow strict biosecurity and sanitation procedures.

• Previous janitorial, custodial, housekeeping, or industrial cleaning experience.
• Experience working in an agricultural, poultry, hatchery, food production, or manufacturing environment.
• Bilingual English and Spanish.

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Frequent bending, lifting, reaching, pushing, and pulling.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work around cleaning chemicals and disinfectants while wearing appropriate PPE.
• Ability to perform repetitive cleaning and laundry tasks throughout the workday.

Core business hours:
Monday – Friday 3:00 pm
-11 pm.

Willingness to work flexible hours and holidays and weekends as needed.

Hatcheries have a range of working conditions depending on the department. Majority of the positions have a room temperature of mid to high 70s. Fluff is a natural byproduct of hatching birds, which can be spread throughout the facility. Cleaning is very important to maintain a safe environment for the poults, so some washing with hot water may be required which may raise humidity in certain cases.

Deviations of these conditions is dependent on department and the need for eggs or poults.

We are proud to offer a generous benefit package in addition to competitive compensation. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance options, a Health Savings Account with company match, 401K plan with company match up to 4% of your compensation, PTO accrual, two personal days per year, holiday pay, company paid short‑term disability, and company paid life insurance.

Pay Rate: $18.48 per hour. This is a full‑time job.