Production Tech Lead- Buffalo (Breeding)
Production Tech Lead- Buffalo (Breeding)
Posted on :
18-07-2025
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18-07-2025
Job Description
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Position at JBS USA
Principle Responsibilities:
- Adhere to and monitor team members during production activities to ensure adherence safety Animal Welfare and Bio-Security procedures
- Motivate team members to increase production and maintain high production standards
- Serve as liaison between team members and management
- Evaluate and implement continuous improvement of swine production process
- Ability to perform necropsy and collection of tissue sample including PUC sampling
- Examine animals to detect symptoms of illness or injury
- Treat minor injuries and ailments
- Communicate with appropriate management and/or veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with serious illnesses or injuries
- Stock supplies of feed and medicines
- Ability to understand and implement advanced sow/gilt care and handling (feeding/watering/moving/ventilation)
- Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus if necessary
- Understanding and ability to conduct advanced breeding functions (artificial insemination heat check day-one pig care)
- Select animals to be bred and semen specimens to be used according to knowledge of animals genealogies traits and desired offspring characteristics
- Record animal characteristics such as weights growth patterns and diets
- Brand tattoo or tag animals for animal identification
- Place vaccines in drinking water inject vaccines or dust air with vaccine powder to protect animals from diseases
- Exercise animals to keep them in healthy condition
- Adjust controls to maintain specific building temperatures required for animals health and safety
- Maintain logs of semen specimens used and animals bred
- Inject prepared animal semen into female animals for breeding purposes by inserting nozzle of syringe into vagina and depressing syringe plunger
- Prepare containers of semen for freezing and storage or shipment placing them in dry ice or liquid nitrogen
- Package and label semen to be used for artificial insemination recording information such as the date source quality and concentration
- Experience with or ability to learn farm technology (hand held devices/wand sows and other equipment as necessary)
- Attend safety meetings
- Cleaning and disinfection of facilities including removal of mortality and waste
- Check feed system and fill lines
- Production/facility housekeeping duties
- Any other tasks assigned by Assistant or Manager
Required Qualifications:
- 4-year college degree in related field or equivalent experience in similar production environment
- Strong communication and listening skills
- Experience with or ability to learn farm technology (computers hand held devices/wand sows and other equipment as necessary)
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems and make decisions independently
- Ability to effectively lead a team
- Be a team oriented self-motivated and positive individual with strong work ethic
- Ability to efficiently multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with Bio-Security and swine production
- Ability to work weekend as scheduled
- Ability to continually bend push grasp and pull up to 60 lbs
- Continual walking and/or standing up to 95% of the day
- Reliable method of transportation required
- Ability to work early 1st shift hours or late 2nd shift hours
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual English and Spanish
Travel: Occasional travel required
EOE/Vets/Disability
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
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