Breeder Tech Advisor I
Posted on: 5 Apr 2021
Union City, TN
Job Description
SUMMARY: This position is responsible for providing technical assistance to producers caring for company s birds in regards to the proper care and comfort. Duties would include but are not limited to advising producers regarding building and equipment specifications litter manipulation and farm sanitation farm visits to include documenting bird comfort management of the flock and equipment settings directing feed and light schedules monitoring bird health egg production body weight and conformation and providing remedy when possible monitoring feed consumption pulling blood and fat samples on time when required coordinating bird placements to the farms and helping with catch schedules and ensuring communication between hatchery feed mill vaccination crews and live-haul as it pertains to their contract farms and in all areas insuring producer and company are in compliance with the production contract so as to produce flocks of the highest quality and lowest cost due to good performance and for ensuring all USDA and other government regulations are followed when handling poultry. REQUIREMENTS: Education: Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience. Poultry Operations degree or other agricultural related degree is preferred. Experience: Experience with animal husbandry preferred but not required. Computer Skills: Basic computer skills are preferred. Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Special Skills: Motivated self-starter who has the desire to learn and the ability to lead others. Travel: Some travel may be required to attend training classes.
Work Shift:
1ST SHIFT (United States of America)
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Tyson Foods
Springdale, AR
Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully-cooked meats; and raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products.
It also supplies poultry breeding stock; sells allied products, such as hides and meats; and manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats. The company offers its products primarily under the Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, ibp, State Fair, Gallo Salame, and Golden Island brands.
It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company has a collaboration with IdentiGEN Ltd. Tyson Foods, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
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IndustryFood services/Restaurants
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No. of Employees121,000
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Jobs Posted4125
