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
• Poultry residency program is preferred but not required; successful candidate must be able to obtain accreditation with 6 months of hire
• Relevant experiences in live animal production (Layers, Broilers, or Turkeys); prefer turkey industry background and hatchery experience, but not required
• Experience in investigating disease or health care issues and recommending solutions
• Familiar and experienced with living in and managing farm culture
• Excellent observation skills and ability to discern and describe weaknesses and issues in flock/farms
• 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
• Current passport

Nice To Haves

• Bi-lingual (English and Spanish) Preferred

Responsibilities

• Administer, evaluate, and adjust 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 poult and breeder production managers on bird health and disease prevention
• Respond with urgency to trouble shooting bird health and disease issues that may arise
• Identify risks to bird health and care by location and advice poult and breeder production managers on necessary improvements
• Train production employees on animal health policies and procedures, including but not limited to welfare, biosecurity, and how to recognize and report abnormalities
• Working closely with nutritionist and feed mill to evaluate feed quality and biosecurity
• Advise the Operations Leadership Team on technical questions related to animal care programs, biosecurity, animal welfare and other program compliance
• Remain informed of animal health care advances and best practices; communicate opportunities for improvement to appropriate managers and leaders, as appropriate, while respecting the integrity of Aviagen programs and procedures
• Support logistics team with timely information about export requirements, export document completion, and health certificate signatures
• Ability to travel to customers, some stateside and some foreign, if required