Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, August 15 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Key Accountabilities
1. Monitoring of incubation and settings
• Ensuring eggs are received and stored according to standard operating procedures.
• Ensuring that the Egg-rooms temperature and humidity specifications are met.
• Checking of Egg Stock-book to ensure that the number of eggs received match number of eggs set, commercialized, and rejected.
• Circulating of weekly setting matrices report showing the status of eggs set in machines.

2. Maintenance of Hatchery Equipment
• Ensuring preventative maintenance program is adhered to for all the incubators, air handling units, generators, compressors, and vaccination machines.
• Conducting random checks to ensure maintenance schedule & Bio-Security standards are adhered to.
• Signing of all temperatures and humidity recordings of incubators done by the machine minders.
• Responsible for organizing 3rd party service providers to conduct servicing of various equipment.

3. Investigating Hatchery Practices
Conducting root cause analysis when agreed targets of (Hatch %, cull %, HOF & 7-day mortality) are below target or if any other nonconformance occurs.

4. Biosecurity Management
• Complying with biosecurity and hygiene standards as laid down in the procedures, Standard Operating procedures, and company guidelines.
• Upholding company rules and regulations (Quality and food safety)

5. Leadership and Management
• Managing the performance of the Hatchery through effective use of data, analysis, and problem-solving tools.
• Encouraging a continuous improvement culture to develop new work practices, procedures, or the adoption of new technologies (Kaizen) that improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Leading and coaching of staff Ensuring individual roles, functions and responsibilities are clearly defined and communicated

Key Requirements
• Grade 12 Certificate
• Diploma in Electrical Engineering or its equivalent from a reputable training institution.
• Certificate or diploma in General agriculture will be an added advantage.
• Must have good knowledge of Hatchery machines such as setters, incubators, chillers.
• 5 years work experience with 3 years minimum in the Hatchery.
• Computer literacy.
• Team player.
• People Management.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Attention to details.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Professional Certificate

Job application procedure
• To apply for this job email your details to talentmanager2018@gmail.com 

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