Swine Multi Technician
Otway Pork · Granada, MN · 3 wk ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
Duties and Responsibilities
- Overall care and processing of pregnant/farrowing sows and their piglets
- Sow and piglet feeding and nutrition management
- Routine and seasonal piglet and sow vaccinations and injections
- Perform breeding/insemination processes
- Monitor, test, and care for pregnant sows
- Animal feeding and nutrition management
- General facility cleaning, maintenance, and hygiene
- Maintain and monitor overall animal health, care, and treatment
- Production record keeping
- Power washing
- Light maintenance
Qualifications
- High school diploma desired
- Ability to do basic math-addition, subtraction, and multiplication
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Swine industry experience preferred, but not required
Skills/Experience
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Regular, consistent attendance
- Requires exemplary production, problem-solving and communication skills
- Requires dedication, goal-oriented, motivation, positive attitude and ability to work effectively as a team
- Requires time-management skills, as well as the ability to adapt and function effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Basic computer skills and proficient in software specific to swine industry preferred, but not required
Physical Demand
- Ability to work in noise levels may require hearing protection
- Ability to stand, sit, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch for extended periods of time on varied surfaces
- Ability to reach with hands and arms, perform repetitive motions, climb over 4-foot gates
- Manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of up to 50 pounds with reasonable accommodation or assistance from another team member
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Ability to work in a highly interrupting environment
- Must be capable of being on their feet for 10 hours
- Must possess ambulatory skills sufficient to move throughout the farm
- Must possess good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp