Hatchery Supervisor

Imagine a Career as a Hatchery Supervisor 

See yourself maximizing least cost poult production, which meets and/or exceeds customer specifications by planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling all activities at assigned hatchery. 

Primary Functions 

• Plan and direct work within assigned hatchery on a regular scheduled basis, within parameters set forth by corporate and division policies.
• Manage all machines within assigned hatchery to achieve optimum hatching performance.
• Manage the environmental conditions of hatching equipment; seeing that all details necessary for maximizing performance are carried out on a consistent basis.
• Know, understand, and enforce all sanitation and isolation procedures as set forth by Hatchery/Breeder Division policy.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Communicate effectively: foster and maintain a good relationship between assigned hatchery and growers
• Timely follow through: schedule and order hatching supplies in a timely manner
• Drives change: be creative and innovative by generating new ideas and procedures for updating hatchery
• Increase skill sets: minimize trucking costs by consistently finding the least cost method of delivering poults
• Inspire employees: maintain your assigned hatchery and working areas in a neat and orderly condition as well as encourage employees to follow
• Time management: maintain accurate egg records, set records, machine maintenance records, hatching environment records, time cards and attendance calendars all within set schedules

Training 

Your initial training will include Continual Improvement Process training which will provide a common language and understanding of our commitment to meeting agreed-upon customer expectations 100% of the time.  You will also receive New Hire Orientation which will provide an introduction to:  

• Policies and procedures
• IT support
• Safety
• Communication best practices
• Benefits
• Performance reviews
• Compensation
• Accounting reporting
• Brief business unit overviews

The company also provides continued professional training opportunities that support critical thinking and decision making, communication, interpersonal, customer service and technical skills.  Courses range from Excel Advanced, Business Writing and Grammar, Dale Carnegie Leadership Training, Meat Science Training, DiSC Behavioral Styles, Presentations that Deliver, Maximizing Your Writing, Leading Purposeful and Engaging Meetings, and more.  

See yourself at Jennie-O Turkey Store 

Working together as a passionate and innovative team is an essential piece in our operations, on every level, and contributes to an enjoyable work environment.  

Based in Willmar, Minnesota, Jennie-O Turkey Store is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corporations. Close to 7000 Team members contribute to the success of Jennie-O Turkey Store from accountants to engineers, food scientists to farm managers. We are built on traditions of brand strength, quality, innovation, and value, while taking advantage of new trends in technology.

Our company provides over 125 years of combined leadership in the industry and produces over 1500 products which are distributed throughout the United States and 26 other countries. We also proficiently manage all segments of our supply chain from the consumers’ eating experience back to the egg.  

We believe in equal opportunity employment; for this reason alone we understand and appreciate diversity throughout our entire company. We offer exciting opportunities for growth to talented, capable people who share our belief that attitude, hard work, individual initiative, workplace safety and teamwork are of the utmost importance.  

So….if you crave a challenge, become a part of the empowering atmosphere that has made us a company of leaders.