Production Resource Specialist - Nursery/Finishing

Smithfield Foods•Laurinburg, NC

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This position manages and coordinates the production of all assigned swine units, overseeing financial performance, production performance (including contract growers), property management, and personnel management. The role involves implementing biosecurity policies, adhering to safety requirements, and ensuring animal welfare. It also includes evaluating farm performance, inspecting animals for health issues, monitoring animal movements, and managing market sales. The specialist is responsible for developing farm managers and employees, ensuring environmental compliance, and participating in the development and implementation of management systems. This role is crucial for maintaining efficient and compliant operations within the swine production units.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Animal Science or related field and 2+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a process or project.
Must have valid state driver’s license with acceptable driving record per company policy.
Must be able to work an average 45 hour week with an average 9 hour workday, which can vary frequently.
Weekend, evening, and holiday work required as needed.
Must be on call to work in emergency situations to include but not limited to, power outages or personnel shortages.
Be on call to work in emergency situations such as alarm calls, inclement weather, power outages, personnel shortages, and environmental emergencies.
Ability to utilize math to calculate performance for production and financial performance and to make decisions based on those calculations.
Verbal and written communication skills to included making presentations to groups of various size.

Nice To Haves

Completion of Prod Spec 1 program or 2 years swine experience

Responsibilities

Learn, understand, and implement all policies and procedures that relate to Biosecurity.
Follow the safety requirement of the Smithfield Injury Prevention System (SIPS) and take an active role in the processes of the management system.
Follow the Company’s animal welfare policies and procedures including: providing a physical environment that meets the animal’s needs, providing access to adequate water and high quality feed, providing humane treatment of the animals, providing identification and appropriate treatment of animals in need of health care and following the guidelines for euthanasia.
Evaluate farms’ performance and outline plans and timelines for improvement.
Inspects animals for disease and/or injury and prescribes medication as necessary.
Monitors and maintains the schedule of animal movements into and out of the farms.
Responsible for Market sales at target market weights, sort loss and standard deviation from company finishers.
Check and turn in closeout information after sale.
Develop farm managers and company employees into improved production and procedural compliance as needed.
Responsible for participation in the EMS and being in compliance with and enforcing all environmental laws and procedures.
Report all environmental issues immediately to their supervisor.
Takes an active role in the development of, training of employees/growers to, and the implementation of all management systems as appropriate.
Read and understand the company’s emergency notification process and how it applies to their specific worksite.
Other tasks as assigned.

Benefits

Robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs
Out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers
Be Well programs offering tools and resources to enhance quality of life, at no additional cost
Support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management
Comprehensive training and professional development programs
LinkedIn Learning access for on-demand courses, professional certificates, and skill-based training
Partnership with GUILD for continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning, high school completion, and degree programs
Leadership development initiatives
Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children
Education Reimbursement Program for GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or academic degrees at accredited colleges or universities not a Guild learning partner
Relocation Package Available