GDU Animal Care Technician

Christensen Farms • Lake Benton, MN

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Christensen Farms is seeking both entry level and experienced Animal Care Technicians to join our full-time gilt development team. As an Animal Care Technician working in a Gilt Development Unit with Christensen Farms, you'll be a member of one of the nation's top producing teams. Every day you'll be a part of providing quality pork to help feed a growing world and doing hands on work that makes a difference for the pig herd and your team. If selected for this job, you'll be responsible for upholding our high biosecurity and animal welfare standards. As an Animal Care Technician in a Gilt Development Unit, you'll receive training to provide outstanding animal care and handling and maintain pig herd health and vaccination programs across multiple gilt development sites. You'll be responsible to care for growing pigs and maintain required gilt records while executing the heat induction process. In addition, you'll assist in gilt blood testing and ventilation adjustments.

Requirements

• Site to site travel using your own vehicle
• Submission of a copy of a valid driver's license
• Submission of current proof of auto insurance

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with pigs
• Entry level experience
• Experienced Animal Care Technicians

Responsibilities

• Upholding high biosecurity and animal welfare standards
• Providing outstanding animal care and handling
• Maintaining pig herd health and vaccination programs across multiple gilt development sites
• Caring for growing pigs
• Maintaining required gilt records
• Executing the heat induction process
• Assisting in gilt blood testing
• Assisting in ventilation adjustments

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off bank
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed