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Description

Principle Responsibilities:

+ Adhere to and monitor team members during production activities to ensure adherence safety, Animal Welfare and Bio-Security procedures

+ Motivate team members to increase production and maintain high production standards

+ Serve as liaison between team members and management

+ Evaluate and implement continuous improvement of swine production process

+ Ability to perform necropsy and collection of tissue sample including PUC sampling

+ Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury

+ Treat minor injuries and ailments

+ Communicate with appropriate management and/or veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries

+ Stock supplies of feed and medicines

+ Ability to understand and implement advanced sow/gilt care and handling (feeding/watering/moving/ventilation)

+ Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary

+ Understanding and ability to conduct advanced breeding functions (artificial insemination, heat check, day-one pig care)

+ Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics

+ Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets

+ Brand, tattoo, or tag animals for animal identification

+ Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases

+ Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition

+ Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety

+ Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred

+ Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger

+ Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen

+ Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration

+ Experience with or ability to learn farm technology (hand held devices/wand sows and other equipment, as necessary)

+ Attend safety meetings

+ Cleaning and disinfection of facilities, including removal of mortality and waste

+ Check feed system and fill lines

+ Production/facility housekeeping duties

+ Any other tasks assigned by Assistant or Manager

Required Qualifications:

+ 4-year college degree in related field or equivalent experience in similar production environment

+ Strong communication and listening skills

+ Experience with or ability to learn farm technology (computers, hand held devices/wand sows and other equipment, as necessary)

+ Demonstrated ability to solve problems and make decisions independently

+ Ability to effectively lead a team

+ Be a team oriented, self-motivated, and positive individual with strong work ethic

+ Ability to efficiently multi-task in a fast-paced environment

+ Familiarity with Bio-Security and swine production

+ Ability to work weekend, as scheduled

+ Ability to continually bend, push, grasp, and pull up to 60 lbs

+ Continual walking and/or standing, up to 95% of the day

+ Reliable method of transportation required

+ Ability to work early 1st shift hours or late 2nd shift hours

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Bilingual English and Spanish

**Travel:** Occasional travel required

EOE/Vets/Disability