Senior Animal Scientist (Albion, NE)
About The Position
Platte Center West, LLC is seeking a Senior Animal Scientist in Albion, Nebraska. The role works with senior leadership to improve pig, sow, and gilt feeding, housing, sanitation, parasite control, and disease control practices. It independently oversees feeding, watering, and ventilation systems and provides recommendations on products and techniques to improve swine health and production, then works with leadership and the team to implement improvements. 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 gruel, mat, and hand feeding; documenting sow and gilt activity on sow cards; detecting estrus; and inseminating sows and gilts. The role assesses animal selection and breeding practices to improve production efficiency and animal quality, and provides recommendations 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 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.
- Enter animal assessment data using a PDA or computer.
- Perform or direct gruel feeding, mat feeding, and handfeeding, as applicable.
- Document sow and gilt activity on sow cards, as applicable.
- Participate in estrus detection and insemination of sows and gilts, as applicable.
- Assess animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality, and make recommendations to senior leadership.
Benefits
- Current employees may be eligible for a referral bonus/recruiting incentive under company policy for this position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
