Hatchery Operative

**About the Role**:
**We are looking for motivated people to join our team as a Hatchery Operative based at our Hatchery in Romsey, Hampshire**

**Free transport from Southampton to Avara Ower and Avara Ower - Southampton. Different locations routes available**

**No experience necessary, full training is provided**

**TEMPORARY CONTRACT**

**What’s in it for you?**
- Hourly pay rate: £12 (paid weekly)
- Opportunities for overtime
- Employee benefits include a competitive pension and access to lifestyle and wellbeing resources
- A safe and stable working environment.
- Training and development opportunities from day one

**Purpose of the role**
As a Hatchery Operative, working as a part of the Hatchery Team, you’ll help assist the hatchery and play a key role in the daily duties which are fundamental to our entire business.

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Ensuring chicks are sorted into the required grades and quantities, ready for farm delivery
- Assisting in the effective movement of eggs from storage to incubating machines and then to hatching machines
- Cleaning all equipment after use to the required high standards
- Safeguarding bio security and following these strict procedures
- Observing bird welfare and health and safety on site at all times

**What we are looking for**:

- Good level of basic English and numeracy skills
- The ability to work well within a team and communicate effectively
- Good attention to detail and a flexible attitude to tasks
- Experience within a production/manufacturing environment is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided

**Working Hours**:
A 2 week shift pattern.

**Week 1**:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 06:00 - 15:30

Wednesday 06:00 - 12:30 (42 hours)

**Week 2**:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 06:00 - 15:30 (36 hours)

**A little about us**:
Avara Foods supply chicken and turkey to the nation’s most popular supermarkets and restaurants. We are a fully integrated business controlling the whole product supply chain, which include feed mills, farms, hatcheries and factories with associated transport and logistics functions that employ more than 7000 people.

**Due to Bird Welfare, it is essential that you do not own any Avian Pets or Poultry.**
- We are committed to being an equal opportunity and employer_