Sow Farm Supervisor

Seaboard Foods; Perryton (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Seaboard Foods seeks a Sow Farm Supervisor to oversee daily farm operations, supervise staff, and ensure production targets are met across gestation to farrowing. You will manage breeding programs, supervise health checks, and ensure SOP adherence while maintaining data records and timely reporting.

The role requires leadership of four or more caretakers, experience in vaccination and AI, and strong English communication skills to coordinate with teams and ensure animal welfare and production

Qualifications

• Two years of swine production experience.
• At least one year of management duties on a swine farm.
• Experience managing four or more animal caretakers.
• Experience in gestation through farrowing processes.
• Training in vaccination and artificial insemination in swine.
• Good written and oral English communication.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a Sow Farm and related personnel to meet production targets.
• Oversee breeding practices to improve production efficiency and animal quality.
• Ensure care and conditioning of sows, and supervise examinations for diseases.
• Maintain SOPs and keep facilities in good working condition.
• Collect, record, and submit production data and reports timely.
• Create and manage employee work schedules; approve timecards and PTO.

Skills

Swine production

People management

Vaccination training

Artificial insemination

English communication

Job description

Duties:

Supervise a Sow Farm and related personnel including day-to-day tasks of the farm, ensuring production targets are met, and supervising farm employees. Manage the research and control of animal selection, breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality. Ensure the care and conditioning of sows on the farm. Direct the breeding and raising of swine using recognized breeding practices. Supervise swine examinations to identify diseases. Ensure standard operating procedures are followed and facilities are in good working condition. Meet daily and weekly production targets. Collect and record production data. Complete and submit production analysis reports in a timely manner. Submit orders for farm supplies and maintenance needs. Monitor breeding and grading to ensure adherence to safety regulations or standards. Create and manage employee work schedules. Revise and approve timecards and approve PTO, holidays, and sick days for employees. Maintain accurate personnel paperwork, including performance evaluations, and provide constructive and timely feedback to employees. No hire/fire authority

Requirements:

Two years of swine production experience. Experience must include at least one year of management duties on a swine farm, and experience following detailed standard operating procedures. Must have experience managing four or more animal caretakers for sow farms. Must have experience in all processes of swine production from gestation through farrowing and have experience training in vaccination and artificial insemination in swine. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally lift up to 100 pounds and sometimes push/and or move up to 300 pounds. Must have good written and oral communication skills in English.