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Job Post Details

Chicken catcher - job post

Crown Chicken LTD, Division of Cranswick PLC
3.1 out of 5 stars
Eye IP23 8BW
From £724.47 a week - Permanent, Full-time
Responded to 51-74% of applications in the past 30 days, typically within 3 days.

Job details

Pay

  • From £724.47 a week

Job type

  • Permanent
  • Full-time

Location

Eye IP23 8BW

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • Referral programme
  • Employee discount
  • Life insurance
  • Additional leave
  • Store discount
  • Company pension
  • Health & wellbeing programme

Full job description

Crown Farms forms part of the hugely successful Cranswick Plc.

As a Poultry Catcher you'll work as part of a team travelling to a number of poultry farms on a daily basis and your main job will be catching live birds and loading them safely into the modular catching system.

You will be working at various locations within East Anglia and possible other locations further afield.

Main duties include:

· Prioritising and working to strict welfare standards

· Catching and loading birds into module drawers

· Accurate record keeping

· Ensuring high standards of hygiene at all times

What you will need:

  • It is desirable that you have previous catching experience
  • You will have good knowledge/understanding of animal welfare
  • To be flexible with working hours and able to work as a team
  • Good communication skills
  • To be physically fit

Pay, Benefits and hours / shifts:

  • Hours are varied, Monday to Friday and every other Saturday )(Early, midday and late shifts)
  • £724.47 basic weekly salary + various bonus system increasing to £771.52 after probation
  • Pension – 3% employer contributions/5% employee contributions
  • Access to our Feed Your Wellbeing hub, with retail discounts and a range of other perks!
  • Share of the profits with our discounted Share Scheme
  • Potential opportunities to learn new skills and progress through one of the UK’s leading food manufacturing companies
  • Death in service insurance
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Holiday purchase scheme

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £724.47 per week

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Life insurance
  • On-site parking
  • Referral programme
  • Store discount

Experience:

  • Chicken catching: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

  • Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road

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