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Dakota Layers hosts conventional, cage-free, and free-range farms. On each of these farms, fresh eggs and happy hens remain our top priority.
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Dakota Layers provides over 70 jobs in the Flandreau, South Dakota area, and we're always looking for more people to join our team! You'll be a part of a friendly, family-focused workplace and receive on-the-job training to ensure everyone enjoys a safe and fun environment. Check out our open positions below and reach out if you have any questions!
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Dakota Layers offers a competitive wage with benefits including health, dental, vision, PTO, paid holidays and a 401K with generous company match.
Our Story
The Ramsdell family, owners and operators of Dakota Layers, has been committed to egg quality and ethical hen treatment since 1999.
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If you are interested in any of our open positions, you can apply by sending your resume to: hr@dakotalayers.com or by mail.
Dakota Layers
811 West Pipestone Ave.
Flandreau, SD 57028
Applications can be picked up at:
811 W. Pipestone Ave.
Flandreau, SD 57028
Any further questions, please call us at 605-997-2191
This position performs routine tasks relative to caring for healthy poultry in egg production. Daily duties include monitoring the manure system, egg flow, feed, water, and ventilation system ensuring the birds’ daily needs are being achieved while following good animal husbandry.
Pre-requisites:
UEP training
Biosecurity training
Ability to perform maintenance on equipment
Caretaker training
Pest control training
Chemical safety training
Equipment operation training
Electrical training
Responsibilities:
- Follow Bio-Security, Animal Husbandry, and Safety policies and practices.
- Perform maintenance tasks as assigned.
- Rodent and Pest monitoring and documentation.
- Chemical use as assigned.
- All duties as assigned by your supervisor.
Physical Requirements:
- Standing/walking-constant
- Bending, twisting, stooping, crouch, kneel, push/pull-constant
- Lifting/carrying up to 50+ pounds-constant
- Work in confined space-never
- Environment-continuously working around chickens, noise, moving machinery, and temperature changes.
The flock caretaker supervisor performs routine tasks relative to caring for healthy poultry in egg production. Daily duties include supervision of production employees, monitoring the automated house controls, manure system, egg flow, feed, water, and ventilation system ensuring the birds’ daily needs are being achieved while following good animal husbandry.
Responsibilities:
- Follow Bio-Security, Animal Husbandry, and Safety policies and practices and ensure they are followed by other employees
- Supervision of caretakers and maintenance personal.
- Ensure the automated controls are working correctly to provide comfortable living conditions for the birds and most efficient egg flow.
- Monitoring maintenance of all production equipment.
- Ensure shelter, feed, water, and adequate ventilation is available to meet the birds’ needs at all times.
- Assist at all hours of the day and night for emergency situations.
- Rodent and pest control monitoring.
- Chemical use as assigned.
- All duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements:
- Standing/walking-constant
- Bending, twisting, stooping, crouch, kneel, push/pull-constant
- Lifting/carrying up to 50+ pounds-constant
- Work in confined space-never
- Environment: continuously working around live poultry, noise, moving machinery, and temperature changes.
Schedule:
Monday-Friday, 6AM to 3PM, with possible after hours emergency calls after sufficient training and possible weekends.
