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Pilgrim's Careers - Broiler Service Technician

Pilgrim's Pride Corp.

  • Athens, GA
  • 30 days ago

    Highlights

    GENERAL SUMMARY: Responsible for monitoring bird mortality, feed conversion, sizing, and scheduling. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION: Current driver's license and good driving record.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAthens, GA
    IndustryManufacturing - Other
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded2009

    Description

    Broiler Service Technician

    GENERAL SUMMARY:

    Responsible for monitoring bird mortality, feed conversion, sizing, and scheduling. Works with contract growers by monitoring house conditions and providing recommendations on issues that can improve bird performance and reduce cost for the company and grower

    ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Acts as a liaison between company and growers.
    • Monitors husbandry practices by growers and makes recommendations to growers.
    • Tracks, records, and analyzes bird mortality rates.
    • Maintains feed tank inventories and orders feed when necessary.
    • May schedule and train other employees.

    EDUCATION:

    Typically requires a Bachelors degree in a poultry science or related field.

    EXPERIENCE:

    Typically requires greater than 2 up to 5 years of DIRECTLY RELATED experience. Experience may be considered in lieu of educational requirement.

    CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATION: Current driver's license and good driving record.

    EOE/Vet/Disabled

    About Company

    Pilgrim's is the second-largest chicken producer in the world, with operations in the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Our corporate headquarters is in Greeley, Colorado. We employ approximately 38,000 people and have the capacity to process more than 36 million birds per week for a total of more than 9.5 billion pounds of live chicken annually.Pilgrim's products are sold to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company's primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and in the Northern and Central regions of Mexico. We currently operate in 12 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Mexico. These states include Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 75.5% of our outstanding common stock. Click here for more information on the JBS family of proteins.

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