Tech Lead Jobs in Colorado

Description

Principle Responsibilities:

- Adhere to and monitor team members during production activities to ensure adherence to 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
- Resume required

Preferred Qualifications:

- Bilingual English and Spanish

Travel:

- Occasional travel required

PAY RATE: 21.10

EOE, Including disability/Vets