Broiler Tech Advisor I - Grannis, AR/Broken Bow, OK

Tyson Foods; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plans

Affordable health, life, dental, and视

Job summary

Tyson Foods is seeking a technical specialist to support producers caring for our birds, focusing on comfort, health, and operational efficiency. The role involves advising on building and equipment, conducting farm visits, and coordinating chick placements across contract farms.

The candidate should have a bachelor's degree in animal science or related fields and 1+ years of poultry grow-out experience, with basic computer skills and travel 1–5 trips per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in animal science, poultry science, or agricultural related fields preferred.
• 1+ years in poultry with grow-out experience preferred.
• Elementary computer skills: checking email, data entry, creating simple queries.

Responsibilities

• Advise producers on building, equipment specifications, litter manipulation and farm sanitation.
• Visit farms to document bird comfort and equipment settings.
• Monitor bird health and provide remedies when possible.
• Monitor feed consumption and assist with feed ordering.
• Coordinate chick placements and catch schedules; ensure smooth operations.

Skills

Elementary computer skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in animal science / poultry science / agricultural related fields

Job description

Job Details

This position is responsible for providing technical assistance to producers caring for company's birds in regards to the proper care and comfort. Duties would include but are not limited to:

• Advising producers regarding building and equipment specifications, litter manipulation, and farm sanitation.
• Farm visits to include documenting bird comfort management of the flock and equipment settings.
• Monitoring bird health and providing remedy when possible.
• Monitoring feed consumption and ordering feed.
• Pulling blood and fat samples on time.
• Coordinating chick placements to the farms and helping with catch schedules.
• Ensuring communication between hatchery, feed mill, and live haul as it pertains to their contract farms.
• Ensuring producer and company are in compliance with the production contract so as to produce flocks of the highest quality and lowest cost due to good performance.
• Ensuring all USDA and other government regulations are followed when handling poultry.
• Other duties might include working with the Broiler and Breeder Departments in coordinating weekly chick placements and performing other responsibilities as the need arises.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Bachelor's degree in animal science, poultry science, or agricultural related fields preferred.
• Experience: 1 plus years in poultry with grow out experience preferred.
• Computer Skills: Elementary computer skills such as checking electronic mail entering data into document templates or creating simple queries.
• Travel: 1 to 5 trips per year.
• Must not own, possess, or otherwise maintain any domestic, wild, or exotic fowl.
• Animal Welfare background check will be required.
• Relocation Assistance Eligible: Yes
• Work Shift: 1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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Physical Requirements

The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 401(k) plans
• Affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
• and more

Company Culture

Our team members make the difference. If you are ready to grow your career with an industry leader and want to positively impact the team and community around you, then join us in helping us in raising expectations. Join us on the journey. At Tyson, we feed the world like family. Our Talent Strategy is to Attract, Grow, Reward and Retain the best talent, and we believe that our Culture is the connecting thread that drives that strategy! We strive to be a talent magnet to establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where team members can grow their career while growing the business.

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