Animal Welfare Auditor C

Seaboard Triumph Foods•Sioux City, IA

10h

About The Position

The Animal Welfare Auditor will be responsible for auditing livestock haulers that deliver to Seaboard Triumph Foods. Trailers will be inspected for compliance with Transport Quality Assurance (TQA) guidelines, checking BOL paperwork and ensuring accurate records are kept. The animal welfare auditor will also support the livestock receiving teams by assisting livestock haulers requiring help, assisting with euthanasia, and other tasks as assigned. The work environment for this role will be in and out of livestock building(s) and into the elements of the Midwest weather and duties will include activities associated with swine behaviors and activities of unloading, movement, feeding, storage and associated recordkeeping activities as well as visual assessment for any swine health related concerns. The successful candidate for this position must be able to document information and write short reports when failures occur.

Requirements

Understand Transport Quality Assurance Guidelines and STF humane handling procedures.
Demonstrate the ability to stay focused on tasks as they are detail oriented.
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to write routine reports and business correspondence.
Ability to read and interpret documents in the English language and procedure manuals.
Must be able to effectively communicate with individual employees as well as groups.
Ability to solve practical problems and analyze steps within processes.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Work well individually and as a team.
Computer skills required with the ability to learn and effectively use any and all other computer programs that are or will be made available.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (Spanish) is a plus.
Ability to effectively manage time and meet all specified deadlines.

Responsibilities

Activities related to Auditing a livestock truck at Receiving:
Checking in a Trailer:
Visually inspect and ensure compliance with TQA guidelines for weather, bedding, density, and trailer condition.
Ensure paperwork associated with each load in complete and verify driver has current TQA certification
Assign dock to each hauler and ensure trucks can be unloaded within 60 minutes of arrival
Assess animal condition at time of arrival
Build and assign tattoo hammers to designated unloading location and transporter
Follow all safety requirements for working around moving livestock trucks
Assisting with Unload:
Identification and humane handling of non-ambulatory or fatigued hogs
Euthanasia of animals with injury, moribund, or animals that will not recover
Assist with alternate tools to aid in removal of stubborn hogs from trailer
Monitor and remove livestock haulers from the trailer if they fail to handle animals humanely, document issues and statements to ensure driver related incidents can be communicated back to Procurement and the producer.