Swine Production Lead: Process & People Optimizer

JBS USA; Las Animas (CO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JBS USA in Colorado is seeking an experienced Swine Production Supervisor to oversee daily farm operations, ensure animal welfare and bio-security, and drive continuous improvement in the swine production process. You will lead a team, manage breeding functions including artificial insemination, and coordinate with veterinarians for treatments.

The role requires handling of semen, vaccines, and breeding records, along with maintaining logs and equipment, while ensuring health and safety on site.

Qualifications

• 4-year college degree in related field or equivalent experience in similar production environment.
• Strong communication and listening skills.
• Experience with or ability to learn farm technology (computers, hand held devices/wand sows and other equipment, as necessary)
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and make decisions independently.
• Ability to effectively lead a team.
• Be a team oriented, self-motivated, and positive individual with strong work ethic.
• Ability to efficiently multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with Bio-Security and swine production.
• Ability to work weekend, as scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to and monitor team members during production activities to ensure adherence safety, Animal Welfare and Bio-Security procedures.
• Motivate team members to increase production and maintain high production standards.
• Serve as liaison between team members and management.
• Evaluate and implement continuous improvement of swine production process.
• Ability to perform necropsy and collection of tissue sample including PUC sampling.
• Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury.
• Treat minor injuries and ailments.
• Communicate with appropriate management and/or veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries.
• Stock supplies of feed and medicines.
• Ability to understand and implement advanced sow/gilt care and handling (feeding/watering/moving/ventilation).
• Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus, if necessary.
• Understanding and ability to conduct advanced breeding functions (artificial insemination, heat check, day-one pig care).
• Select animals to be bred, and semen specimens to be used, according to knowledge of animals, genealogies, traits, and desired offspring characteristics.
• Record animal characteristics such as weights, growth patterns, and diets.
• Brand, tattoo, or tag animals for animal identification.
• Place vaccines in drinking water, inject vaccines, or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases.
• Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition.
• Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals' health and safety.
• Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred.
• Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes, by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger.
• Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment, placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen.
• Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination, recording information such as the date, source, quality, and concentration.
• Experience with or ability to learn farm technology (hand held devices/wand sows and other equipment, as necessary).
• Attend safety meetings.
• Cleaning and disinfection of facilities, including removal of mortality and waste.
• Check feed system and fill lines.
• Production/facility housekeeping duties.
• Any other tasks assigned by Assistant or Manager.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

Multi-tasking

Bio-Security

Swine production knowledge

Weekend availability

Transportation

Education

4-year college degree

Tools

Farm technology

Job description

JBS USA in Colorado is seeking an experienced Swine Production Supervisor to oversee daily farm operations, ensure animal welfare and bio-security, and drive continuous improvement in the swine production process. You will lead a team, manage breeding functions including artificial insemination, and coordinate with veterinarians for treatments.

The role requires handling of semen, vaccines, and breeding records, along with maintaining logs and equipment, while ensuring health and safety on site.