Poultry Eggroom Hatchery Supervisor

Job Advert Summary

An opportunity has become available within the Arbor Acres Grand Parent operations for a Eggroom Supervisor at the Hatchery Department. We are looking for an individual with strong leadership skills combined with a deep, practical knowledge and understanding of breeders.

The candidate we are pursuing is someone with:

• Demonstrable, advanced knowledge and skills within the Hatchery environment
• The ability to extract maximum performance from Hatchery equipment
• A History of achieving consistent Hatching results
• The ability to build relationships together with a coaching, training, mentoring mindset where appropriate

For the suitable candidate, Arbor Acres offers an unbeatable working environment, opportunity for development, and a competitive remuneration package. If you thrive in a great culture business, love a team dynamic and believe you can add value to our business, we would love to hear from you.

Minimum Requirements

• A Matric Qualification
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a management role
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint & Word). – IT skills are essential alongside the capability to analyze operational reports, monitoring compliance with policies and procedures.
• A good understanding of modern farming methods, a commitment to animal welfare and an interest in, and understanding of, the ways in which farming impacts the environment.
• A strong interest and understanding of the Agricultural & Farming sector.
• Have an excellent understanding of fertile egg management.
• Proficiency in English is essential in this position.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels in the business
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• An ability to cope under pressure
• Must be able to work weekends and public holidays when required.
• Valid Driver’s license & own transportation.
• Strong analytical skills relating to breeder technical aspects.
• Knowledge of the Petersime management programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintenance of Egg stock and related movement.
• Preparing set and hatch reports.
• Setter and Hatcher planning.
• Check and confirm setting of eggs.
• Confirm turning angels on eggs in setters.
• Temperature and turning checks.
• 10 day candling.
• Breakouts verifications.
• Egg core temperatures management.
• Updating Fertility reports.
• Updating of graphs.
• Updating Daily and Month end stock sheets.
• Cleaning and disinfecting of responsible department.
• Sampling of areas as per SOP’s.
• Submitting hygiene samples.
• Filling and adminstration of related paperwork.
• Weekly staff planning.
• See that all relevant documentation i.e., leave notes and timesheets are completed before submitting to payroll or HR.
• Attending to department staff queries.
• Distributing payslips.
• Staff reports are completed.