Job Description Summary:
Take necessary precautions to ensure the highest chick quality and maintain optimal hatchability, while creating and effectively implementing action plans in Aviagen Anadolu Hatcheries.Job Description:
Management:
Represent the company in the best possible way during internal and external events.
Motivate and support the professional development of team members.
Actively participate in company group projects.
Communicate and collaborate with Aviagen Global Incubation Specialists to enhance hatchery operations.
Report any negative situations affecting chick quality production to the hatchery managers and hatchery operations manager.
Motivate quality control supervisors, contribute to their development, and ensure their training needs are met.
Operational:
Ensure optimal egg storage, incubation, and chick holding conditions from egg receiving to delivery to customers.
Follow correct incubation programs to produce high-quality, healthy chicks.
Conduct quality control checks during egg receiving, record findings, and report to the Planning Specialist and Hatchery Operations Manager as needed.
Take and implement necessary precautions to minimize hatchability losses during egg storage.
Determine and verify the most suitable incubation program prior to setting eggs.
Monitor vital incubation parameters (temperature, humidity, ventilation, turning) to ensure ideal embryo development conditions.
Make necessary adjustments to incubation programs to improve chick quality and hatchability.
Evaluate candling results, identify potential issues, and take corrective actions.
Assess chick quality on hatch days, classify cull chicks, investigate causes, and implement solutions for improvement.
Track weight loss during incubation and make required adjustments.
Monitor chick yield, analyze results, and adjust incubation time if necessary.
Review and analyze break-out data, intervening in incubation parameters when required.
Train and supervise break-out teams.
Ensure environmental conditions for chicks are optimal, maintain records, and intervene when required.
Prioritize animal welfare in all operational processes.
Monitor and report chick holding conditions, addressing any animal welfare concerns.
Analyze all incubation findings and prepare regular reports.
Share updates and gather feedback during internal hatchery meetings to sustain high hatch results.
Prepare technical bulletins and presentations on incubation practices.
Stay updated on the latest incubation publications, research, and techniques.
Keep hatchery staff informed about new techniques and best practices.
Monitor DOA (Dead on Arrival) and FWM (First Week Mortality) results, analyze data, identify causes, and develop corrective actions.
Design and conduct experiments to improve chick quality and hatch results, analyze outcomes, and report findings.
Attend domestic and international incubation meetings, represent Aviagen Anadolu professionally, and share knowledge with the hatchery team.
Collaborate with global and external incubation experts to discuss issues and implement optimal solutions.