Sow Farm Supervisor - Stratford, TX

Duties

• Supervise a Sow Farm and related personnel, including day-to-day tasks of the farm, ensuring production targets are met and supervising farm employees.
• Manage the research and control of animal selection and breeding practices to increase production efficiency and improve animal quality.
• Ensure the care and conditioning of sows on the farm.
• Direct the breeding and raising of swine using recognized breeding practices.
• Supervise swine examinations to identify diseases.
• Ensure standard operating procedures are followed and facilities are in good working condition.
• Meet daily and weekly production targets.
• Collect and record production data.
• Complete and submit production analysis reports in a timely manner.
• Submit orders for farm supplies and maintenance needs.
• Monitor breeding and grading to ensure adherence to safety regulations or standards.
• Create and manage employee work schedules.
• Revise and approve timecards and approve PTO, holidays, and sick days for employees.
• Maintain accurate personnel paperwork, including performance evaluations, and provide constructive and timely feedback to employees.
• Carry out safety and production training and ongoing employee updates.
• Supervise biosecurity processes in the farm.
• Ensure that work is carried out under the zero tolerance policy for animal abuse.
• Send feed and maintenance orders.
• Respond to alarm calls outside of work hours.
• No hire/fire authority.

• Two years of swine production experience.
• Experience must include at least one year of management duties on a swine farm and experience following detailed standard operating procedures.
• Must have experience managing four or more animal caretakers for sow farms.
• Must have experience in all processes of swine production from gestation through farrowing and have experience training in vaccination and artificial insemination in swine.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally lift up to 100 pounds and sometimes push or move up to 300 pounds.
• Must have good written and oral communication skills in English.