Senior Animal Scientist (Tarnov, NE)

Pillen Family Farms; Tarnov (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Platte Center West, LLC is seeking a Senior Animal Scientist in Tarnov, NE to work with senior leadership on improving feeding, housing, sanitation, and parasite/disease control for pigs, sows and gilts. Responsibilities include overseeing feeding and ventilation systems and recording data with PDA or computer, plus participating in estrus detection and insemination activities.

The role also involves assessing animal health, guiding treatments and vaccinations, and making detailed breeding and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine or related animal science field, foreign equivalents accepted.
• 1 year experience as an animal scientist, farmworker, or related position with commercial swine or cattle operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop improved feeding, housing, sanitation, and disease control practices for pigs, sows, or gilts.
• Independently oversee feeding, watering, and ventilation systems and provide recommendations to senior leadership.
• Assess animal health conditions and participate in treatment and vaccination administration.
• Oversee movement/selection of animals and document sow/gilt activity.
• Engage in estrus detection and insemination activities as needed.
• Provide breeding and selection recommendations to improve production efficiency.

Skills

Animal health

Data entry

Breeding management

Pig farming

Education

Veterinary medicine

Agricultural sciences

Biology

Engineering

Animal-based agriculture

Tools

PDA

Computer

Job description

Platte Center West, LLC is seeking a Senior Animal Scientist in Tarnov, NE. Actively work with senior leadership to develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, and parasite and disease control of pigs, sows, or gilts. Independently oversee feeding, watering, and ventilation systems and provide detailed recommendations to senior leadership about improved products and techniques that could enhance swine health quality and production. Work with senior leadership and team to implement any such improvements. Actively engage in assessment of animal health conditions, participate in administration of treatment and vaccines, oversee selection and movement of all animals marked or moved, and enter data regarding such assessments using a PDA or computer. May engage in and/or direct other team members in gruel feeding, mat feeding, and handfeeding, documentation of all sow and gilt activity on each sow card, and/or participation in estrus detection of sows and gilts and insemination of sows and gilts. Assess animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality. Provide detailed recommendations to senior leadership regarding the same.

Bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine, agricultural sciences, biology, engineering, or an animal-based agriculture-related field (foreign equivalent accepted) and 1 year experience as an animal scientist, farmworker, or related position including 1 year experience working with commercial swine or cattle operations.

EEO.

*Current employees eligible for referral bonus / recruiting incentive as per company policy with regard to this position.