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Full-Time General Laborer

2 openings in Elizabethtown as of 11/18/2025

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up to $17.35/hour plus:

  • Excellent Benefits at 30 Days

  • Bonus Opportunities

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Hours:

Schedules are posted 2 weeks ahead of time.

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At least 40 hours per week, generally with some overtime. Flexibility is required due to the nature of our business...

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  • Monday 4:45 AM start, 8 to 12 hour day

  • Tuesday 4:45 AM start, 8 to 12 hour day

  • Wednesday variable start, 4 to 10 hour day, possibly off-site (unloading crew)

  • Thursday 4:45 AM start, 7 to 10 hour day

  • Friday 4:45 AM start, 8 to 12 hour day

  • Saturday 3:45 AM start, 3 to 9 hour day alternating on rotation

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Main Responsibilities: 

An opportunity to learn multiple tasks involved in the hatchery production of broiler chicks. Mostly indoor work with occasional outdoor work.    

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This is a great opportunity if you have experience in farming or in production floor environments like manufacturing, assembly, or machine operation. In this position you will work with a 5-6 person team to transfer eggs from incubator machines to hatcher machines, and to vaccinate chick embryos with an Embrex machine. In this role, the team's performance is tied directly to your individual performance. Your teammates will depend upon you to keep pace in order to complete the work efficiently and to finish on-time as a team.

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Essential Job Functions: 

  • Fluent in English (preferred) 

  • Hunger to learn whenever necessary

  • Reliable and consistent attendance

  • Reliable transportation

  • Ability to work under pressure

  • Ability to work well both with others and independently

  • Ability to learn and then perform the tasks involved in the hatchery production of broiler chicks

  • Repetitively lifting objects weighing 25-30 lbs from the floor to six feet above the floor

  • Pushing 1200 lb. racks safely

  • Ability to learn safety guidelines and follow them.

  • Ability to understand the overall flow of a process involving coworkers

  • Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously

  • Ability to stand and walk on concrete floors for the whole shift

  • Ability to work in various environments (cool, warm, dusty, wet)

  • Mostly indoor work with occasional outdoor work

  • Ability to work while standing, squatting, kneeling and sitting

  • Ability to learn SOPs and follow them while using practical judgement

  • Ability to learn safety guidelines and follow them

  • Able to do basic arithmetic

  • Other duties as assigned

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Physical Requirements​

  • lifting up to 50 lbs.     

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Qualifications

  • Pre-Employment Drug Testing

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Excellent Benefits at 30 Days

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