Senior Animal Scientist (Palmer, NE)
About The Position
Platte Center West, LLC is seeking a Senior Animal Scientist in Palmer, Nebraska. The role works with senior leadership to develop and implement improved practices for pig, sow, and gilt feeding, housing, sanitation, and parasite and disease control. It independently oversees feeding, watering, and ventilation systems and provides recommendations about products and techniques to improve swine health and production. The position assesses animal health, participates in administering treatments and vaccines, oversees animal selection and movement, and records assessment data using a PDA or computer. It may also involve performing or directing feeding, sow and gilt activity documentation, estrus detection, and insemination. The role assesses breeding and animal selection practices to improve production efficiency and animal quality, and recommends improvements to senior leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine, agricultural sciences, biology, engineering, or an animal-based agriculture-related field; foreign equivalent accepted.
- At least 1 year of experience as an animal scientist, farmworker, or in a related position.
- At least 1 year of experience working with commercial swine or cattle operations.
Responsibilities
- Work with senior leadership to develop improved feeding, housing, sanitation, parasite-control, and disease-control practices for pigs, sows, and gilts.
- Independently oversee feeding, watering, and ventilation systems.
- Recommend products and techniques to senior leadership that could improve swine health and production, and work with leadership and the team to implement improvements.
- Assess animal health conditions and participate in administering treatments and vaccines.
- Oversee the selection and movement of animals marked or moved.
- Record data regarding animal health assessments using a PDA or computer.
- Perform and/or direct gruel feeding, mat feeding, and handfeeding; document sow and gilt activity on sow cards; and/or participate in estrus detection and insemination of sows and gilts.
- Assess animal selection and breeding practices to improve production efficiency and animal quality, and provide recommendations to senior leadership.
Benefits
- Current employees may be eligible for a referral bonus/recruiting incentive in accordance with company policy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
