Hatchery Worker

H-2A seasonal job with Hoover's Hatchery Co. LLC in Rudd, Iowa. Pay: $19.52/hr. Work period: 2027-01-09 to 2027-09-22. Positions: 7. About 40 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

At this chicken hatchery production facility, employees work with poultry, specifically chickens, throughout the full cycle from egg receipt to chick shipment, incubating chicken eggs, hatching the chicks, and preparing customer chick orders for delivery. For SOC 45-2093, 100% of the work involves examining feathers and colors of chicks to segregate chicks according to sex while also assisting in all areas of the hatchery and farms. The work includes toe, wing, and beak clipping; vaccinating; loading chicks into the separator; receiving, loading, and unloading eggs and chicks at the hatchery, farms, and shipping locations; driving to farms and shipping locations using vans; placing eggs on trays; loading trays into incubators; transferring eggs from incubators to hatchers; dumping product waste; filling customer orders; cleaning and sanitizing the facility and equipment; and performing all other duties as assigned. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Returning workers will be paid the current H2A rate or their last year's wage rate, whichever is higher. If the current rate is lower than a returning worker's last year's rate, the worker will receive at least their last year's rate.

Work period: 2027-01-09 to 2027-09-22. Positions: 7.

Requirements: Job requires extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements, and a 75 lb lifting requirement. Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.