Nursery Pig Technician

Nursery Pig Technician

Pillen Family Farms is a family-owned and family-focused farming operation located in Nebraska, marketing approximately 2 million pigs annually. Great care is taken in everything we do, from family members to team members, to our pigs.

Responsibilities

• Assessment of pig body and health condition.
• Administration of proper treatment to animals.
• Maintain most optimum environment for herd.
• Audit and record ventilation guidelines.
• Power washing and sanitizing barns, rooms, and hallways.
• Active participation in gruel feeding, mat feeding, and hand feeding.

Requirements

• Fine motor skills for writing data, administering treatment shots, and weighing individual piglets.
• Continuous bending, reaching, and crouching for power washing and sanitizing.
• Frequent kneeling, reaching, and steady balance required for treating piglets.
• Continuous walking and standing; a minimum of 8 hours per day.
• Positive attitude, willingness to learn, interpersonal communication.
• Comply with all bio-security, safety, and animal welfare policies.