Summary

This position acts as a liaison between the Nutritionist and the Company’s contract growers. They are responsible for auditing and enforcing all company standards while assisting the growers with management of their flocks.

Wage type: Salary

Department: Live Operations, reports to the Poultry Nutitionist

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assure growers readiness to receive chicks
• Reports minimum of four weekly bird postings during grow cycle, including day old chick posts.
• Assesses and reports on growers buildings and growing conditions
• Vaccinates birds
• Collect data including but not limited to mortality, weights, and water/feed consumption.
• Participates in grower meetings
• Gather weekly feed samples for ABF testing and communicate the quality of the feedback to the Nutritionist
• Maintains direct contact with the hatchery and the Company to communicate quality of chicks
• Communicates with growers the placement and kills dates for birds
• Provides ongoing feedback and assistance to growers to assist in managing growth and health of flocks
• Assuring compliance with all third party standards and governmental regulations
• Adhere to all biosecurity program regulations
• Assist growers with sanitation measures.
• Required to attend all departmental training sessions
• Weekly Journal to Live Operations Director & Nutritionist
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to innovate, execute and involve the contract growers with passion

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

• Computer skills, MS Word, Excel Database, and e-mail
• Excellent attention to detail and organization skills
• Highly motivated self starter capable of working independently
• Willingness to work overtime as required
• Able to be on your feet throughout entire shift
• Ability to operate equipment safely and effectively
• Ability to work outside in all kinds of weather and inside in a warm, humid, environment containing a slight chicken odor
• Ability to handle dead birds and perform gross necropsy
• Possess valid driver’s license

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelors or Associates Degree in animal science, agriculture or related field preferred
• A minimum of two years experience in the agriculture field, preferably poultry and general knowledge of animal science and agriculture preferred

Communication Skills

• Must be able to read, write and comprehend the English language.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret training periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Physical Requirements / Environment

• Stand/Walk: Continuously
• Lift/Carry: Frequently (1-10 lbs), Occasionally (up to 30-45 lbs.)
• Other Physical Requirements:Continuously; working around moving machinery, in areas with marked changes in temperature and humidity.
• Occasionally; bend/stoop, crouch, kneel, push/pull

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