Pig Technician

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

PTO Paid Holidays

Job summary

Preferred Capital Management, Inc. seeks Full-time Pig Production Technicians for a sow farm in Staples, MN. You will work on-site with pigs, following structured routines and hands-on care, including feeding, health checks, vaccinations, and daily record-keeping.

The role requires adherence to humane animal treatment, strict bio-security, and safety protocols. Two openings are available on the day shift with competitive hourly pay.

Qualifications

• No formal education required.
• No prior work experience required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure humane treatment of animals.
• Follow bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitor feeding systems and ensure proper feeding per protocols.
• Maintain animal health and care; report concerns.
• Perform routine vaccinations and injections as directed.
• Clean and maintain facilities to ensure hygiene.
• Power wash per cleaning and disinfection processes.
• Record and maintain production records accurately.
• Follow safety policies and report hazards or near misses.
• Assist with heat checking and breeding/insemination.

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

56479

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

Staples

Job Benefits

• Health


• Dental


• Vision


• PTO Paid Holidays