MFF Nursery

Full-time Pig Production Technicians

Seeking full-time pig production technicians for a sow farm located near Austin, MN. You'll have hands-on interaction with livestock and regular structured routines.

Essential functions include:

• Ensuring the highest standards of the humane treatment of animals.
• Following the farm's bio-security protocols at all times.
• Monitoring and assisting with feeding systems and ensuring animals are fed and watered according to respective protocols.
• Maintaining and monitoring overall animal health, care and treatment of animals.
• Performing routine and seasonal vaccinations and injections as directed.
• Performing general facility cleaning, maintenance, and hygiene.
• Power washing following the farm's cleaning and disinfection processes, including pre-check, performing the appropriate preparation, abiding by the safety protocols and ensuring the equipment is in effective and efficient working order.
• Assisting with the recording and maintaining of accurate production records and documentation.
• Following all safety policies and procedures; and communicating any potential hazards and near misses to the Department Lead or Manager.
• Performing heat checking and the breeding/insemination processes.
• Monitoring, testing and caring for pregnant sows.
• Assisting with weaning of piglets and movement of animals between barns and departments.
• Preparing the farrow rooms, assisting in the proper farrowing of sows and day one pig care.
• Assisting in the fostering of piglets.
• Processing and castrating piglets.
• Adjusting and hanging heat lamps as required, checking on heat mats.

Work environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee has constant exposure to dust, animal dander and odor. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Employees stand and walk on concrete for most of their shift. Seasonally, the employee is exposed to a variety of extreme conditions within the barn that include heat and humidity.

Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to move throughout the farm; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, balance, climb, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) weight of up to 50 pounds. Position requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp. Frequently required, for extended periods of time, to stand, walk, stoop, reach with hands and arms, kneel, bend at the waist, climb, perform repetitive motions, and communicate.

Qualifications and skills:

• Respect and care for animals.
• Ability to work effectively on a team.
• Demonstrates initiative and time-management skills.
• Safety oriented.

• Ability to do basic math such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Regular and consistent attendance.
• For positions that require travel to another barn location(s), a valid driver's license and insurable driving record is required.
• Ability to drive a skid steer.

We describe our culture as:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
• Stable -- traditional, stable, strong processes
• Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative

Job type: Full-time