Farmhand

Farmhand at Fili-West Farms in Vance, SC.

Primary Job Duties: 1) Gathering eggs from the conveyor belts inside our nine mobile chicken shelters 2) Washing, weighing, and packing eggs. This includes operating the Egg Processing Machine (washes/weighs/packs eggs), the Egg Grader (weighs eggs), and washing any heavily soiled eggs by hand. 3) Tending to our large/seasonal Turkey and Broiler Chicken flocks.

Secondary Job Duties: The ideal candidate would ALSO be capable of performing other work such as raising/herding sheep, feeding chickens/turkeys, cutting grass, setting up poultry netting, pick up dairy with the farm's refrigerated van, moving poultry/shelters to fresh grass, & cleaning egg nesting boxes.

Temporary/Seasonal Need: Our need for an additional worker is temporary and seasonal due to the cyclical nature of broiler chicken (Spring & Fall), turkey (July-January), and egg production (Year-round, but with seasonal increases in the Spring & Fall). Labor demands increase during periods of peak poultry & egg production, with related increases in flock sizes. All of the aforementioned are affected by both seasonal conditions and market demand. The duties outlined above cannot be performed continuously year-round at the same staffing level. Additional staffing is required only for the duration of the stated contract period.

Work begins February 1, 2027 and ends November 30, 2027.

Pay is $17.09 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 50 hours per week.