Date Posted: 12/4/2024
Type of Employment: Full-Time
Job Description:
The swine specialist is a key member of a team responsible for the daily care and well-being of all animals in order to achieve production goals for the farm.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens and stalls
- Tag animals in order to allow animal identification
- Moving animals, while utilizing proper personal protective equipment, through the breeding, gestation, and farrowing phases into appropriate rooms and/or pens
- Monitor sows during labor and provide aid during the birthing process
- Ensure piglets are cared for by following warming box, treatment, and fostering policies
- Processing piglets by clipping tails, giving shots, and castrating
- Administer vaccinations according to health protocol in order to protect animals from diseases
- Identify animals that are of age and weight to be weaned and transported to customers
- Observe animals in heat in order to detect approach of estrus
- Artificially inseminate sows
- Maintain accurate records for animal identification, breeding, farrowing, treatment procedures
- Attend meetings and trainings as required
- Adhere to all biosecurity policies and protocols to ensure the health of the animals
- Monitor ventilation to ensure proper airflow for animals’ comfort
- Maintain proper hygiene in facilities
- Minor repairs to equipment, buildings, stalls, and pens
- Any other duties as assigned by management
Qualifications:
- Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task
- Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task
- Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy. Attendance is required
- Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one's conduct
- Adaptability – Flexibility to adjust task(s) and/or schedule based on needs of the day
Location: Hillsboro, OH
Type: Full Time/Part Time
Schedule: 45 Hours/Week (full time only)
How to Apply:
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If you have trouble applying or have not heard from an AMVC recruiter in 2 days after you have submitted your application, please call 712.563.2080.
Contact with any questions:
Human Resources
AMVC Employee Services
508 Market Street
Audubon, IA 50025
712-563-2080
hr@amvcms.com