Flock Supervisor
Culver Duck Farms Inc•Middlebury, IN
•$55,000 - $62,000•Onsite
About The Position
This position works directly with the Company’s contract growers (Meat Ducks) and producers (Developers/Breeders) to ensure flocks meet quality standards and effectively meet production demands.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural or Animal Science or equivalent related work experience
- Ability to easily build rapport and effectively communicate with many different constituents
- Strong relationship qualities with the Company’s contract growers or producers
- Ability to quickly calculate numbers in head (and/or on paper)
- Attention to details is a must in this role
- Data entry skills with the Company’s flock management program or processes
- Excellent communication
- Customer service skills
- Organized and efficient (ability to multi-task)
- Demonstrated logical thought process and ability to coordinate multiple activities
- Experience in working with live poultry
- Previous live animal technical skills
- Valid driver’s license required – must be insurable on Company’s Insurance Policy
- Daily travel on multiple road surfaces
- Ability to move about on varied terrain
- Long hours walking, bending and standing
- Repetitive lifting, bending on occasion
Responsibilities
- Provide oversight and service to contract growers or producers as required or requested.
- Record flock performance
- Maintain accurate flock information
- Prepare weekly service reports
- Work directly with contract growers or producers to improve duck husbandry and farm management
- Assessing problem areas & notify grower or producer
- Implement action plan & advise on improvement
- Follow-up with grower or producer and record results
- Collaborate with live production team during flock emergencies on vaccinations, movements, and schedule changes.
- Gather specimen samples & communicate with outside Lab when needed
- Correlate samples sent with flock performance
- Observe and/or assist with loading and unloading with producer facilities
- Recommend new/revised procedures as appropriate
- Any other job function that is requested of that will enhance the Culver Team in its efforts towards “continuous process improvements”.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
