**Description** **Principle Responsibilities:** + Adhere to and monitor team members during production activities to ensure adherence 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 **Preferred Qualifications:** + Bilingual English and Spanish **Travel:** Occasional travel required **EOE/Vets/Disability**