Farm Associate Accelerator Farms Hiring Multiple Indiana Locations
Farm Associate Accelerator Farms Hiring Multiple Indiana Locations
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Job Description
Finding the right place to grow your career isnt (over) easy so were here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think youll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the way things have always been done. Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industryleading brand. Whether youre into our values our brand or our eggcellent puns we hope youll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time!
At Vital Farms we are proud of our incredible stakeholders and the diversity they represent from all areas and communities in which we operate and serve. We view this as a source of strength for us and your job is to help us make it even better.
Your Role:
We are seeking a dedicated Farm Associate to oversee the daytoday operations of our companyowned farms. The ideal candidate will act asone of our farmers and be responsible for managing daily farm activities ensuring optimal egg production and maintaining animal welfare.
Start Dates Available:
June 2nd 2025
- Hiring Locations: Paoli Canaan Marengo & Mitchell Indiana
What Youll Do:
- Responsible for daytoday tasks and management of the farm including driving production outcomes egg quality and animal welfare as directed by the Farm Manager
- Communicate with Farm Manager on course of action to improve or resolve production related issues
- Monitor environmental conditions make recommendations to equipment settings and/or equipment programming as needed to resolve issues as directed by the Farm Manager
- Stay in consistent communication with Grower Support team and Management on course of action to improve or resolve production related issues
- Monitor feed levels/consumption and communicate with Farm Manager to make necessary orders/adjustments
- Monitor all farm supplies to ensure that what is needed is available
- Monitor bird health and work closely with Farm Managers and Farm Support to address any health challenges
- Maintain Audit Readiness and be at all audits of assigned barns
- Ensure proper egg collection and removal of mortality
- Ensure that all paperwork and protocols are being completed and adhered to
- Enter data into reporting software UNITAS and submit paperwork weekly
- Complete required monitoring of pasture including predation levels biodiversity and species counts
- Ensure proper management of pasture and paddock rotation
- Ensure proper care is given to auxiliary farm stock
- Assist with required testing and monitoring including but not limited manure testing swabbing and bloodwork
- Comfortable with performing euthanasia as needed in accordance with the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) euthanasia guidelines
- Maintain facility security by ensuring all points of egress and ingress are secured
- Monitor and control pest populations
- Be on call for barn alarms triggered by but not limited to utility and tech failure.
- Perform tasks as directed by Farm Managers including but not limited to moving shade structures opening and closing gates clearing roads of debris and maintaining fence lines to prevent predator access.
- Occasional support of nearby Accelerator Farms
What You Bring to the Table:
- Bachelors degree in Agriculture Sciences Poultry Sciences Animal Sciences Ag Business preferred
- 02 years of relevant experience animal agriculture exposure preferred
- Must be willing to work nights weekends and holidays
- Ability to work one weekend to cover territory emergencies
- Schedule subject to change ability to work a flexible/adaptable schedule as needed
- Located within commutable distance(approx. 30 mins) to assigned farm in Southern Indiana or Kentucky.
- Ability to travel 10 for company events team meetings and other business needs
- Strong communication skills
- A valid drivers license
- Comfortable standing or sitting for long periods of time
- Comfortable outdoors and in high/low temperatures
- Comfortable working in dusty environments
- Comfortable pushing pulling bending stretching twisting or reaching out.
- Comfortable lifting up to 50 lbs
- Manual dexterity and hand and eye coordination to work in farming operations
- Able to work on unlevel surfaces or uneven surfaces
- Great organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Personal commitment to ensuring all milestones are met on time
- Ability to manage multiple time sensitive priorities and deadlines
- Creative problemsolving ability
- Youre no hero You know the power of teamwork and celebrate the work of others before your own.
- You give a sh*t You believe in acting like an owner and making Vital Farms a place to be proud of.
- You raise the standards You know growth can be hard but you strive to improve yourself and others each day.
- You can walk in someone elses boots You seek to understand others viewpoints and think that you get to better answers by sitting on the same side of the table.
- You dont walk on eggshells Youre not afraid to leave the bullsh*t behind and have honest conversations.
What We Bring to the Table:
- A fastpaced energetic remote environment with passionate people who are leading a movement to bring ethically produced food to the table.
- Competitive pay and benefits (Medical Dental Vision and Paid Parental Leave just to name a few).
- Generous retirement contributions: 401(k) 3 Contribution from Day 1.
- Annual bonus and equity grant (subject to business results and company approval)
- Free eggs and butter along with friends and family discounts.
- Fun team SWAG that will make you the talk of the town.
- Professional development opportunities and an amazing team dedicated to your growth.
At Vital Farms compensation decisions are dependent upon a variety of factors which may include but are not limited to skill levelexperience education training market demands and business needs.A reasonable estimate of the current starting annual base salary for this position is $50000 $70000. Please keep in mind that hiring at the maximum end of the range would not be typical in order to allow for potential continued future salary growth.
Who We Are:
Vital Farms a Certified B Corporation offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide. Started on a single farm in Austin Texas in 2007 Vital Farms became a national consumer brand that works with 350 family farms and is the leading U.S. brand of pastureraised eggs by retail dollar sales. Vital Farms products including shell eggs butter hardboiled eggs and liquid whole eggs are sold in over 24000 stores nationwide. Vital Farms ethics are exemplified by its focus on the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices. In addition as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation Vital Farms prioritizes the longterm benefits of each of its stakeholders including farmers and suppliers customers and consumers communities and the environment crew members and stockholders. In short we exist to improve the lives of people animals and our planet through food.
In order to fulfill Vital Farms mission to bring ethically produced food to the table we seek to build teams that leverage diverse perspectives to create a welcoming and innovative environment that is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.
To that end we make employment decisions based on qualifications merit and business need. Vital Farms does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender and gender identity sex (including pregnancy childbirth lactation and related medical conditions) sexual orientation marital status age national origin citizenship status military or veteran status physical or mental disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
