Ventilation and Filtration Tech - Creston​/Osceola​/Derby, IA

Ventilation and Filtration Full Time Silver

7 days ago Requisition

IOWA SELECT FARMS JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Ventilation and Filtration Technician

REPORTS TO: Director of Engineering

LAST REVISION DATE: 07/02/2026

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

• Responsible for overseeing, maintaining, and improving air ventilation and filtration functions on Iowa Select Farms production sites.
• Develop improvements in production throughput, efficiencies, and operating costs through innovation, new technologies, and research and development.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be responsible for ventilation operation and filtration upkeep at sites as assigned. Including but not limited to:
  • Address any maintenance issues that arise with the PP ventilation system. These could be electrical, mechanical, structural, or control problems that require troubleshooting and repair.
  • Utilize online ticket system to manage work orders, order supplies, and create records of solutions found so that farm and system trends can be identified.
  • Work with farm staff on day-to-day troubleshooting, questions, and issues.
  • Implement and communicate on ventilation system changes needed due to wind, temperature, season, etc.
  • Work with each farm/vet/supervisor to ensure regular filter and dormer inspections are performed and any issues addressed
  • Regular filter sampling and testing for efficiency and airflow
  • Supervise and inspect filter replacements/installations
• Assist in training farm staff, supervisors, and maintenance personnel on ventilation system, controllers, and filter/dormer inspections.
• Identify improvements to the ventilation and filtration system to reduce operating costs, improve efficiencies, or improve animal throughput and implement company wide.
• Work closely with site managers and production supervisors to ensure PPF system performance and address any issues or concerns that arise during system operation.
• Develop system performance evaluation methodology (e.g. leak checks, filter performance testing/replacement, etc.) and coordinate with team to ensure continued optimal performance of ventilation and filtration system.
• Identify potential improvements that could increase throughput, decrease cost, increase efficiency, or protect the company. Work with team on investigating, determining potential ROI, field-testing, and then implementation. Improvements could be new technologies, processes, materials, methods, etc
• This person must be able to work with limited or no supervision, so they must have initiative, organization, dependability, and be self-motivated.
• Demeanor should be positive and professional at all times.
• Be friendly, positive, helpful, team-oriented and respectful to co-workers and management team.
• Attendance is critical. Be at work on scheduled days and be ready to walk into barns by start time given.
• Flexibility in hours during health and staffing challenges is required.
• Be available to work in an on-call status for weekend emergency needs.
• Shower in and out of facilities to complete tasks.
• Good communication skills are critical to ensure timely and efficient identifying and addressing of issues.
• This person will also need basic computer and smart phone skills.

COMPANY VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS:

• We believe in doing the right thing every day, operating with character and integrity, and being stewards of our resource by committing to:
  • Our Animals
  • Our People
  • Our Environment
  • Our Community
• The core values of an organization are those values we hold which form the foundation on which we perform work and conduct ourselves. We expect all leaders, managers, and employees to demonstrate, foster and promote:
  • Respect:
    We treat people with respect regardless of personal opinions or differing backgrounds, and no one within the organization is more or less important than anyone else
  • Accountability:
    We hold ourselves accountable for completing our job responsibilities and following through on our commitments. We encompass our ability to recognize our own strengths and areas for improvement as well as accept responsibility for the performance and actions of ourselves and our teams without blaming others.
  • Good Decision-Making:
    We are expected to continuously improve processes, attain results, and create efficiencies to achieve our mission while solving problems based on a combination of factual information, analysis, wisdom, and experience.
  • Flexibility:
    We must react to changing circumstances, ambiguity and uncertainty with confidence,…