Job Title: Hatchery Manager Reporting to: Breeder Hatchery Manager
Contract Type: Full-time / Permanent Location: Silver Hill Hatcheries, Co. Monaghan
Key Accountabilities:
- Organising daily work schedules and managing a team
- Manage daily deliveries, egg inventory, incubation, transfer and equipment
- Manage department budgets
- Manage and drive performance to achieve high-quality day-old ducklings
- Manage maintenance issues and preventative maintenance with the maintenance team as required.
- Enforce Silver Hill Hatchery code of practice
- Performance management throughout the process from egg receiving to dispatch of day olds to our growing farms
- Liaise with the supply farms and growing managers on egg and day-old quality
- Ensure all bio security measures are always adhered to
- Performance of other related duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Previous hatchery experience essential
- Ideally a degree in poultry, animal science or another related field
- Previous management experience
- Ability to be flexible and respond to a changing environment
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to prioritise and work at pace to complete tasks effectively
- Full clean driving license essential
- Willing to locate to within 20minutes for the hatchery
To Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a CV and cover letter outlining their suitability for the role in the below contact form or to hr@silverhillduck.com
