Job Description

Duties: Manage daily activities for farm employees. Enforce standard operating procedures in the farm and lab environment. Responsible for overseeing the daily health and collection procedures for boar studs for animal operations. Plan, assign, and direct work including work schedules, time management, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems. Train employees in collecting semen samples, boar health, treatment regime, conditioning, farm maintenance, lab processes and standard operating procedures. Maintain adequate ventilation and cleanliness in the facility. Perform routine maintenance on farm and lab equipment. Maintain animal health control by observing animals for deviation in behavior and appearance to detect illness or injury. Manage schedules for semen collection and delivery to sow farms every day. Maintain inventory of animals, feed, and supplies in the farm and ensure biosecurity procedures are met. Order feed and submit requests as needed. Assign work orders to employees and follow up on work for exactness, neatness, and compliance with policies and procedures. Complete other projects or duties as requested. Supervises 8 employees.

Requirements: Two years of swine production experience. Experience required with supervision and training of farm employees. Requires experience with managing the health and welfare of boar stud. Must have experience in the field of andrology as it relates to swine. Must have experience utilizing equipment to take boar semen, and experience with artificial insemination. Experience required with Maximus controller system to provide proper ventilation to boars. Requires experience with computer programming using Excel, AndroVision, and Prism. Requires experience with packaging machines including SPS21. Requires experience with TinyTag to analyze data. Requires experience with positive filtration, production analysis, and equipment management, including laboratory equipment.