Senior Animal Scientist (Wolbach, NE)

Pillen Family Farms; Wolbach (NE); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Platte Center West, LLC is seeking a Senior Animal Scientist in Wolbach, NE. You will actively work with senior leadership to develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, and parasite and disease control of pigs, sows, or gilts.

You will oversee feeding, watering, and ventilation systems, provide detailed recommendations, and implement improvements with the team. The role includes assessing animal health, administering vaccines, and maintaining sow/gilt data records.

Qualifications

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

Responsabilités

• Develop improved feeding, housing, sanitation, and disease control practices for pigs, sows or gilts.
• Oversee feeding, watering and ventilation systems and provide detailed recommendations to leadership.
• Implement improvements in collaboration with senior leadership and team.
• Assess animal health conditions and administer treatments or vaccines as directed.
• Enter data on sow/gilt activity and estrus detection/insemination as applicable.

Connaissances

Swine health management

Disease control

Data entry

Ventilation systems

Leadership

Formation

Bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine

or related field

Outils

PDA

Computer data entry

Description du poste

Platte Center West, LLC is seeking a Senior Animal Scientist in Wolbach, 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.