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About the Hatchery Technician Role

Matar Holding Company is seeking a dedicated Hatchery Technician to join its team in Hail, Ḩā’il, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position requires 2-5 years of experience and is central to supporting daily hatchery operations. The role focuses on ensuring proper incubation conditions and maintaining high standards of chick quality, biosecurity, hygiene, and overall hatchery performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect, and properly handle hatching eggs from breeder farms, checking for cleanliness, cracks, damage, and suitability for incubation.
• Operate and monitor incubators, hatchers, setters, and other hatchery equipment.
• Maintain required temperature, humidity, ventilation, and turning conditions during incubation.
• Perform egg transfer from setters to hatchers according to the hatchery schedule.
• Monitor hatch development and identify abnormal or delayed hatching.
• Handle newly hatched chicks carefully and maintain proper chick quality.
• Assist with chick vaccination, debeaking, sorting, counting, and dispatch activities as required.

Hatchery Operations and Compliance

• Remove and properly dispose of unhatched eggs, shells, and hatchery waste.
• Maintain strict biosecurity and hygiene procedures throughout the hatchery.
• Clean and disinfect hatchery rooms, equipment, trays, carts, and work areas.
• Monitor hatchery equipment and immediately report any malfunction or abnormal operating conditions.
• Follow company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), health and safety requirements, and poultry welfare standards.
• Support routine maintenance and calibration checks of hatchery equipment.

Data Management and Problem Solving

• Maintain accurate records of egg quantities, fertility, hatchability, chick quality, mortality, vaccination, and dispatch.
• Assist in investigating hatchability problems and identifying possible causes of poor hatch results.

Candidate Requirements

• 2-5 years of relevant experience in hatchery operations.
• Willingness to work in shifts, including weekends and holidays when required.
• Good physical fitness and ability to work effectively in a hatchery environment.
• Ability to identify abnormalities in eggs, embryos, and newly hatched chicks.

Collaboration and Work Environment

The Hatchery Technician will coordinate closely with breeder farm, production, quality, maintenance, and chick dispatch teams. This role operates within a dynamic hatchery environment, requiring adherence to strict biosecurity protocols and a collaborative approach to ensure operational efficiency.