Pig Technician

Preferred Capital Management, Inc.; Pillager (MN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

PTO & Holidays

Job summary

Preferred Capital Management, Inc. is seeking full-time Pig Production Technicians for an on-site sow farm in Pillager, Minnesota. You will interact with livestock daily and follow structured routines to ensure animal welfare and farm productivity.

The position involves handling feeding systems, record-keeping, vaccinations, and daily facility maintenance, with a first-shift daytime schedule and competitive hourly pay.

Qualifications

• No minimum education requirement
• No prior experience required

Responsibilities

• Ensure humane treatment of animals.
• Follow farm bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitor feeding systems and ensure animals are fed and watered per protocols.
• Maintain animal health and care; assist with vaccinations as directed.
• Clean, maintain and hygienically manage facilities.
• Power wash per cleaning and disinfection processes with safety compliance.
• Record production data accurately.
• Communicate hazards and near misses to supervisor.
• Assist in heat checking and breeding/insemination processes.
• Care for pregnant sows and monitor farrowing readiness.
• Assist with piglet weaning and movement between barns.
• Prepare farrow rooms and assist in sow farrowing and day-old pig care.
• Assist in piglet fostering and castration where needed.
• Adjust heat lamps and heat mats as required.

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.

Essential Functions

• 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

56473

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

Pillager

Job Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, PTO Paid Holidays