Cattle Receiving/Processing Supervisor

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Inspects incoming loads of cattle for miscounts, sick animals or other inconsistencies between received load and A report; checks in cattle; records load information.
• Moves/drives cattle in a low-stress manner; ensures that no animal leaves the facility without meeting applicable withdrawals by maintaining thorough and accurate records.
• Sorts cattle as needed; alerts management to high-risk cattle.
• Ensures that incoming cattle are fed and watered in a timely manner through regular communication with the Feed Department; makes pen movements.
• Processes cattle by ear tagging, administering vaccines, implants, parasites, and other preventive measures; sorts, re-implant, mass treats, and re-vaccinates cattle according to established protocol; administers vaccines and treatment according to label specifications.
• Maintains processing area by disposing of trash, putting away supplies/equipment, sweeping, preventative maintenance of equipment, and communicating equipment maintenance issues.
• Captures shipment of fat cattle.
• Complies with all applicable safety rules and policies.

Qualifications

• Ability to ride a horse in a safe manner; ability to furnish gentle horse and tack.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s.
• Ability to apply these functions using units and weights.
• Animal husbandry skills; knowledge of cattle breeds and characteristics.
• Knowledge of Word Processing software; Spreadsheet software and Database software.
• Ability to work a varied schedule should shipping necessitate.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Competency Expected to work well in group problem solving situations, participate in meetings, understand business implications of decisions, conserve organizational resources, demonstrate knowledge of EEO policy, complete administrative tasks correctly and on time, adapt to changes in the work environment, have the ability to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events, exhibit sound and accurate judgment, prioritize and plan work activities, set goals and objectives, observe safety and security procedures, and report potentially unsafe conditions.