Hatchery Casual Worker – New Hamburg, ON
Job Type: Permanent - Part-time (availability to work 30h/week)
Posting Date: 2/2/2026
Application Deadline: 2/15/2026
Shift Details: Availability to work morning shifts starting at 5am or afternoon starting at 2pm
Reason for vacancy: Headcount replacement

About Us
We’re a carbon-neutral food company on a mission to Raise the Good in Food—through better nutrition, safer workplaces, humane animal care, and sustainability efforts that protect our planet. We also work to reduce food insecurity in Canada. Join us and help build a better future.

The Opportunity: 
The Casual Worker supports a variety of production and operational areas based on business needs. This role assists with chick grading, egg room duties, hatcher operations, and may support transportation activities, including delivering loads when required. The Casual Worker ensures workflow continuity during employee absences and production fluctuations.


Some of the Exciting Things You’ll Do: 

• Available to be cross trained in several general labor positions across the production floor.
• Sanitation: Clean and sanitize the Hatcher Room, hatching machines, tops, and overhead areas daily prior to egg transfer, following the seven-step sanitation process to prevent cross-contamination.
• Chick Room: Grade and sort chicks in accordance with quality, welfare, and biosecurity standards.
• Delivery Helper: assist drivers with the delivery of day-old chicks to customer farms and provide backup support for chick delivery and egg truck drivers as required.
• Box Wash: Cleaning and sanitizing chick boxes, dollies, and egg trays to support daily hatchery operations.
• Provide coverage for vacation, sick time, absenteeism, and workload fluctuations.
• Adhere to Maple Leaf Foods AgOps Biosecurity Policy and Personal Hygiene Program at all times.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What You’ll Bring: 

• Ability to work flexible hours until tasks are completed
• Physically capable of standing for long periods, lifting up to 40 lbs repetitively, and working at heights. Must be comfortable working in conditions that may involve strong odours, noise, wet surfaces and humidity.
• Able to follow SOPs, sanitation schedules, and health & safety protocols
• Must adhere to PCP, WHIMS and CFIA standards
• No formal education required; on-the-job training provided