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Jennifer Collier

Sumter,SC

Summary

Experienced and detail-oriented professional with over 7 years of expertise in the poultry industry. Thrives on challenges and seeks opportunities for future advancements. Driven to excel in the field with a keen eye for detail and a strong work ethic. Consistently delivers high-quality results. Committed to staying up-to-date with industry trends and best practices, dedicated to continuously improving skills and knowledge.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Hatchery Manager

Pilgrim's Pride
Sumter, SC
06.2023 - Current
  • Oversees all aspects of the hatchery, ensuring the efficient incubation and hatching of fertilized eggs to produce high-quality chicks.
  • Inspecting incoming eggs for quality, cleanliness, and candling to select viable eggs for incubation.
  • Incubation management, managing hatching process.
  • Assessing chick health and quality. Monitoring mortality rates, and identifying potential issues.
  • Maintaining strict sanitation procedures to prevent disease spread.
  • Scheduling egg collections ,coordinating chick deliveries.
  • Tracking hatch rates, chick quality, and production costs to identify areas for improvement.
  • Ensuring all animal health and biosecurity regulations are implemented.

Hatchery Supervisor

Pilgrim's Pride
Sumter, SC
10.2021 - 06.2023
  • Managing and coordinating, hatchery activities such as egg pick-up and deliveries, care incubation and hatching, grading, vaccination, and preparation and shipping of chicks
  • Overseeing quality assurance programs
  • Monitoring facility equipment and repairs
  • Managing animal welfare/biosecurity programs
  • Monitoring chick comfort and quality
  • Maintain weekly hatch schedules providing a proper number of birds to the processing plant.

Breeder Technician Assistant

Tyson Foods Incorporated
Robards, KY
10.2021 - 10.2021
  • Prepare water vaccines and administer them
  • Supervise vaccination crew
  • Responsible for vaccination checks at vaccination, and 7 days after vaccination
  • Weights weekly
  • Testing birds for A1
  • Assisting the breeder technicians as needed
  • Administer vaccine at placement Grades birds at placement

Support Staff

Tyson Foods Incorporated
Robards, Ky
May2018 - 10.2021
  • Collects blood and tissue samples
  • Weighs birds at different stages
  • Monitor house conditions
  • Track records and analyze bird mortality rates
  • Maintain feed orders, and feed tank inventory
  • Monitor issues to improve bird performance
  • Monitor husbandry practices
  • Grades birds health at placement
  • Measure liter to make sure it meets requirements- measure wind speed

Line Operator

SCOTTS
Sebree, KY
03.2017 - 10.2018

Adjusting machines to fit different types of material.

Inspecting for quality

Overseeing cleanup and installation of equipment.

Production Worker

Gibbs
Henderson, Kentucky
11.2016 - 03.2017
  • Gibbs loading parts inspecting parts gauging parts packing parts machining parts

Production Worker

ATK
Radford, VA
08.2012 - 10.2013
  • Responsibilities packaging, loading,transporting explosives
  • Adjusting machines and dyes to different grains.

Data Entry

ITT
Roanoke, VA
04.2004 - 10.2012
  • Measuring the product Etching, Vacuum sealing, Inventory, reports to supervisors Communicating to other departments, to keep work ow Experienced in measuring and etching optics

Production Worker

Federal Mogul
Blacksburg, Va
08.1999 - 04.2004
  • Adjusting machines to t the different types of bearings
  • Inspection of the bearings after they were lead plated

Production Worker

Federal Mogul
08.1999 - 04.2004
  • Adjusted machines to t the different types of bearings, Inspection

Education

Certificate - Embryology

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
06.2022

Certificate -

New River Community College
Dublin, VA
05.2003

High School Diploma -

Chrisitansburg High School
Christiansburg, VA
06.1991

Timeline

Hatchery Manager

Pilgrim's Pride
06.2023 - Current

Hatchery Supervisor

Pilgrim's Pride
10.2021 - 06.2023

Breeder Technician Assistant

Tyson Foods Incorporated
10.2021 - 10.2021

Line Operator

SCOTTS
03.2017 - 10.2018

Production Worker

Gibbs
11.2016 - 03.2017

Production Worker

ATK
08.2012 - 10.2013

Data Entry

ITT
04.2004 - 10.2012

Production Worker

Federal Mogul
08.1999 - 04.2004

Production Worker

Federal Mogul
08.1999 - 04.2004

Certificate - Embryology

North Carolina State University

Support Staff

Tyson Foods Incorporated
May2018 - 10.2021

Certificate -

New River Community College

High School Diploma -

Chrisitansburg High School
Jennifer Collier