Farm Manager - Proving Grounds │Pocomoke Farms (Pocomoke City, MD)

Tyson Foods, Inc.•Pocomoke City, MD

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Farm Manager provides operational leadership and accountability for flock performance and farm operations across multiple Proving Grounds sites within the complex. Proving Grounds is a multi-site network of breeding, production, and support facilities that validates product performance under commercial conditions, generates management insights, accelerates genetic progress, and supports the introduction of future products. The Farm Manager ensures accurate results, high-quality flock performance, and a reliable environment for product evaluation, and supports the Associate Director, Production by assuming that role’s duties as needed. The position leads farm teams responsible for validation programs, operational excellence, biosecurity, animal welfare, and cost control. It monitors flock and team performance across assigned sites so farms deliver actionable data supporting research, development, and commercial objectives. The role directly supervises salaried farm supervisors and technicians and oversees management support positions and hourly team members. Minimal domestic travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with at least 4 years of progressive experience in poultry production, breeding, or a related field; alternatively, an advanced degree, if required, with at least 2 years of progressive experience.
Standard computer skills.
Experience working with Excel spreadsheets and data across multiple computer applications.
Ability and willingness to follow biosecurity protocols, including showering before entering facilities and avoiding contact with avian species, including chickens, ducks, and birds.
Must agree to avoid contact with avian species.
Must follow company animal welfare policies and required safety procedures and wear designated PPE.
Must use safe lifting techniques and be able to perform the physical requirements of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach, balance, stoop, talk, and hear; occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Direct supervision of salaried team members, including farm supervisors and technicians, and oversight of management support positions and hourly team members.

Responsibilities

Manage flock performance across assigned sites to achieve production, performance, and validation targets.
Review flock data, including mortality, body weight and uniformity, feed intake, egg production, fertility, and hatchability; identify deviations and take corrective action.
Ensure validation trials and programs follow protocol, with accurate, timely, and complete data collection and reporting.
Collaborate with Genetics, Technical Service, and Production teams on flock management practices and trial requirements.
Maintain the integrity, security, and traceability of genetic materials, production data, and validation results.
Monitor the work quality and performance of farm supervisors and team members across sites; set expectations, provide feedback, and address performance gaps.
Develop, coach, and retain farm teams through training, onboarding, and succession planning for key roles.
Promote safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement, and drive consistent execution of procedures and best practices across sites.
Support daily operations of GP, GGP, and PS facilities and supporting infrastructure across multiple sites.
Support biosecurity, animal welfare, environmental compliance, and genetic integrity objectives.
Monitor key performance indicators and implement corrective actions to meet operational, technical, financial, and project objectives; escalate issues as needed.
Identify and communicate operational and biological risks that could affect flock performance or validation outcomes.
Support facility maintenance and capital projects and assist in developing and managing operational and capital budgets.
Support continuous improvement and adoption of technologies that enhance flock monitoring and operational effectiveness.
Assume Associate Director, Production duties as needed.
Follow site biosecurity protocols, company animal welfare policies, and required safety procedures and wear designated personal protective equipment.
Demonstrate responsible use of approved AI tools, safeguard sensitive information, follow company policies, validate AI-generated outputs, and promote accountable AI use as a people leader.