Shipping Lead

Position: Shipping Lead

Status: Full-time, Non-Exempt

Department: Order Fulfillment

Reports To: Hatchery Manager

Location: Quakertown, Pennsylvania

About Us

At Hoover's Hatchery, we don't just hatch chicks — we support farmers, homesteaders, feed stores, and families across the country. Headquartered in Iowa, our team serves customers nationwide while staying rooted in the values of hard work, accountability, and community.

As a stable and growing agricultural business, we operate in an industry that continues to thrive. Our Shipping Lead plays a critical role in the operational success of the company, ensuring that live chicks and commercial orders move safely, accurately, and on schedule to customers across the country.

Unlike large corporate environments where roles can be narrow and repetitive, our Order Fulfillment team gains hands-on experience across multiple aspects of hatchery logistics including staging, loading, strapping, coordinating and supporting other hatchery areas as needed. This creates a dynamic work environment where motivated individuals can build practical skills and grow within the organization.

At Hoover's Hatchery, every role contributes to a business that supports customers across the country while staying grounded in the values of hard work and reliability. If you're organized, dependable, and want a job where your work matters and your contributions are visible, we want to hear from you.

Why Join Our Team?

• Stable and growing company with national reach
• Hands-on experience across multiple areas of hatchery logistics and operations
• Collaborative team environment with leadership visibility
• Structured processes and clear expectations
• Competitive compensation and full-time benefits
• Located in Quakertown, PA with the opportunity to be part of a close-knit hatchery team

Job Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Hatchery Manager, the Shipping Lead performs all duties necessary to ensure that all processes related to shipping orders are completed accurately, safely, and on schedule. This role is central to coordinating USPS chick shipments and commercial deliveries and requires close collaboration with Order Fulfillment and Logistics.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Stages skids for chick boxes per delivery schedule for USPS
• Loads chicks onto skids per delivery schedule for USPS
• Straps skids and ensures they are loaded on the correct truck per USPS schedule
• Assists in Order Fulfillment, including the postal station, box label placement, strapping, and packing chicks
• Assists as needed in other hatchery areas on non-USPS days
• Assists with loading of trucks for commercial deliveries
• Assists with filter and truck washing on non-hatch days
• Coordinates commercial deliveries with the Logistics Supervisor and loads trucks per schedule
• Assists as needed to gather supplies for egg pick-ups
• Coordinates with Order Fulfillment/Logistics Supervisor to unload fowl delivered

Job Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) proficiency
• Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret important instructions, guidelines, and/or communications and respond accordingly
• Must be willing to handle live poultry

Competencies

• Ethical conduct
• Customer servitude
• Tenacity
• Strong computer skills
• High level of confidentiality
• Problem solving/analysis
• Ability to adapt to change
• Ability to work well with others
• Great organization skills
• Able to successfully meet deadlines
• Strong communication skills
• Motivated and self-directed
• Able to prioritize and multi-task
• Effective in a team environment

Travel Requirements

• Some travel may be required, less than 10%

Physical Demands

• Requires the ability to tolerate unpleasant odors associated with eggs and poultry of various quality
• Normal corrective vision range, ability to see color and distinguish letters, numbers, and symbols
• Frequently required to sit, walk, talk, hear, bend, reach, stand, stoop, crawl, crouch, push, pull, twist, turn, balance, climb, and stretch
• Requires the ability to perform physical labor requiring continual use of motor skills and manual dexterity
• Requires the ability to work around equipment that generates noise, vibration, and heat
• This position may require heavy lifting, over 60 lbs.