Farm Maintenance Engineer Position

This position includes monitoring,
enhancing, fixing, and replacing all things that are electrical and mechanical.
This position may also include aiding in the operation of, and maintaining the
feed mill that produces feed for our two million hens and our pellet mill
operation that produces fertilizer from our hens’ manure. Job duties may
include but are not limited to:

• Maintain and repair automated
  equipment in chicken barns such as egg conveyor belts, egg collection systems,
  manure belts, and feed and water lines.
  
• Ensuring operation of feed and
  water lines in the layer hen barn, ensuring hens have proper water and feed
  levels
  
• Perform
  and document preventative maintenance on this equipment
  
• Operation and maintenance of our onsite feed mill or
  fertilizer mill
  
• Operation and maintenance of corn dryer tanks that dry
  the corn that we grow
  
• Operation of heavy machinery, assisting with the
  movement of equipment around the farm
  
• Maintain a clean environment in all areas
  
• Supervising
  and coordinating the personnel who perform daily work in the barns; including
  removing daily mortality from the barn, collecting mislaid eggs, ensuring
  proper function and cleanliness of egg collection and manure belt systems
  
• Checking
  proper feed and water levels and operation of feed and water automated
  system.  Recognition when levels are not
  adequate for the animals and ability to troubleshoot the automatic feed and
  water systems, including basic computer skills
  
• Ensure
  cleanliness of the house, the ability to recognize and maintain a clean and
  healthy environment for the birds.
  
• Recognize
  when the environment is appropriate for the hens and ability to operate and
  troubleshoot environmental control computers including basic computer skills
  
• Ensure the
  flock is healthy and continuously looking for and properly attending to sick or injured
  birds, as well as mortality.
  
• Examine birds
  to find illness or injury and may be responsible for treating minor injuries
  and ailments as well as contacting the company veterinarian and/or manager for
  treatment for birds with serious illnesses or injuries, aid in the treatment of
  birds as necessary.
  
• Supervising
  and coordinating work crews that perform movement of birds from one barn to
  another
  
• Aid and
  administer vaccinations and medications to birds.
  

• Intermediate English (60%)
  
• Mexican, U.S. or Canadian Citizenship
  
• Valid Passport
  
• Bachelors degree