Animal Care Technician
Animal Care Technician
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ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN
Are you interested in working with pigs Do you want to work for a company where excellence is recognized and advancement opportunities are earned
Christensen Farms is seeking both entry level and experienced Animal Care Technicians to join our fulltime sow farm team. We look forward to matching your abilities with our companys goals!
As an Animal Care Technician in Christensen Farms Sow System youll be a member of one of the nations top producing teams. Every day youll be a part of providing quality pork to help feed a growing world and doing hands on work that makes a difference for the pig herd and your team.
If selected for this job youll be responsible for upholding our high biosecurity and animal welfare standards. As an Animal Care Technician youll receive training to provide outstanding animal care and handling and maintain pig herd health and vaccination programs. In addition youll learn how to perform artificial insemination attend to farrowing sows care for growing pigs and maintain required sow records.
PAY AND BENEFITS
This Animal Care Technician position starts at $20.00/hr. We also offer a great benefits package including health dental vision a flexible spending account (FSA) life insurance a 401(k) plan paid holidays a paid time off bank and an employee assistance program (EAP). In addition to the wage we offer monthly and quarterly production incentives which together you can earn up to an additional $3000/year for meeting production goals.
ABOUT CHRISTENSEN FARMS
Christensen Farms is one of the largest familyowned pork producers in the United States marketing approximately 3.6 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye Minnesota the company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Illinois and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns three feed mills manages 143000 sows on 44 farms and oversees more than 350 nurseries and growfinish sites. The company employees nearly 1000 people and maintains 1500 contract partnerships.
The company is vertically integrated with a strong presence across the pork value chain from farm to fork. Christensen Farms is the largest shareholder of Triumph Foods LLC a producerowned primary pork processing plant in St. Joseph Missouri. In turn Triumph Food members own 50 percent of Dailys Premium Meats a specialty pork processor bacon and other premium pork products. Triumph Foods also holds a 50 percent partnership in Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC of Sioux City Iowa a primary pork processing plant.
At Christensen Farms we bring passion and pride to our daily work. We know every task contributes to our noble purpose of providing safe nutritious food to nearly 15 million people around the world. Our dedicated team encompasses people from diverse backgrounds and experiences working together with the utmost care safety and integrity to produce high quality pork. We also assist employees in achieving their career goals through personal and professional development. Employee innovation is key to our industry leadership. Our employees are an essential element in our success their passion drives our purpose.
WORK SCHEDULE
Although hours may vary the typical work schedule for an Animal Care Technician position is Monday through Friday 6:00 am 3:30 pm with a rotating weekend. When you work the weekend you will have a scheduled day off during the week. This fulltime job averages 4345 hours a week.
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you apply today!
Christensen Farms is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to select the most qualified person for each position in the organization. No employee of CF will discriminate against any applicant for employment or a fellow employee because of race color religion sex national origin disability citizenship status genetic information age sexual orientation gender identity military status veteran status or any other prohibited basis under applicable local state or federal law.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
