Pig Technician

Preferred Capital Management, Inc.; New Richland (MN); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

PTO Paid Holidays

Job summary

New Richland Sow Farm is seeking a Full-Time Pig Production Technician to join our on-site team in New Richland, MN. You will handle hands-on tasks with sows, maintain feeding and hydration schedules, and support daily production processes in a humane and bio-secure environment.

Responsibilities include routine animal care, vaccinations, facility hygiene, record-keeping, and adherence to safety policies. Two openings available with day shift and competitive compensation of $18.00 per hour.

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Participate in full-time pig production tasks on a sow farm.
• Ensure humane treatment of animals.
• Follow bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitor feeding systems and ensure proper feeding/watering per protocol.
• Maintain animal health and care; assist with vaccinations.

Job description

### Job Duties

• Seeking Full-time Pig Production Technicians for a sow farm. You'll have hands-on interaction with livestock and regular structured routines.
• Ensure the highest standards of the humane treatment of animals.
• Follow the farm’s bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitor and assist with feeding systems and ensure animals are fed and watered according to respective protocols
• Maintain and monitor overall animal health, care and treatment of animals.
• Perform routine and seasonal vaccinations and injections as directed.
• Perform general facility cleaning, maintenance, and hygiene.
• Power wash following the farm’s cleaning and disinfection processes, including to pre-check, performing the appropriate preparation, abiding by the safety protocols and ensuring the equipment is in effective and efficient working order.
• Assist with the recording and maintaining of accurate production records and documentation.
• Follow all safety policies and procedures; and communicate any potential hazards and near misses to the Department Lead or Manager.
• Perform heat checking and the breeding/insemination processes
• Monitor, test and care for pregnant sows.
• Assist with weaning of piglets and movement of animals between barns and departments.
• Prepare the farrow rooms, assist in the proper farrowing of sows and day one pig care.
• Assist in the fostering of piglets.
• Process and castrate piglets.
• Adjust and hang heat lamps as required, check on heat mats.

### Minimum Education Required

0

### Minimum Experience Required

0

### Shift

First (Day)

### Number of Openings

2

### Compensation

$18.00

### Postal Code

56072

### Job Type

Full Time

### Place of Work

On-site

### Requisition ID

New Richland

### Job Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO Paid Holidays