Nutritionist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Accredited DVM, preferably with focus on poultry in veterinary school and/or 3-5 years of field experience with poultry
• Relevant experiences in live animal production (Layers, Broilers, or Turkeys); prefer egg industry background, but not required
• Experience in investigating disease or health care issues and recommending solutions
• Familiar with and experienced in living and managing farm culture
• Collaborative, with strong consulting and advisory skills
• Ability to get results in a team-oriented, participative environment
• Ability to work effectively in a multiple-location operations function
• Effective in results-oriented problem solving
• Excellent communicator; persuasive; able to positively interact with management, employees, colleagues and customers
• Ability to translate technical concepts and terminology into lay language
• Flexible; able to manage changing priorities and diverse expectations
• Willing to take accountability for actions and plans
• Excellent intuition and deductive reasoning
• Strong value standard, ethics and professionalism
• Innovative, creative, high level of enthusiasm
• Industry awareness/familiarity
• Bi-lingual (English and Spanish)

Nice To Haves

• Poultry residency program is preferred but not required; successful candidate must be able to obtain accreditation with 6 months of hire

Responsibilities

• Develop and administer ongoing testing protocol for disease monitoring, disease susceptibility and prevention, and vaccination programs
• Monitor performance and recommend adjustments in programs, policies and procedures to improve performance in a safe and cost-effective manner
• Provide in-house veterinary services.
• Observe a weekly schedule of location visits to advise and consult with pullet and production managers on bird health and disease prevention
• Respond with urgency in trouble shooting bird health and disease issues that may arise
• Identify risks to bird health and care by location and advice pullet and production managers on necessary improvements
• Train Bird Crew, Pullet and Production employees on animal health policies and procedures, including but not limited to vaccination, humane euthanasia, bird handling, beak treatment, and disease monitoring and prevention
• Working closely with the Staff Nutritionist, monitor and improve exterior and interior egg quality
• Advice the Operations Leadership Team on technical questions related to food safety and animal care programs, program compliance and bio-security
• Remain informed of animal healthcare advances and best practices; communicate opportunities for improvement to appropriate managers and leaders, as appropriate, while respecting the integrity of Aviagen programs and procedures