Gilt Developer Unit Lead

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Overall management of GDU including but not limited to:
  • Maximize Feed Intake
    • Feeder management - daily adjustments
    • Feed ration management
    • Water - flow and availability
    • Minimize stress events
  • Ventilation Management
    • Controller knowledge
    • Air - flow, speed, and exchange
    • Set temp vs. actual
    • Environment assessment - laying patterns, humidity, cleanliness
  • Health Management
    • Medication/vaccination schedule execution
    • Treatment identification
    • Threshold communication
  • Overall Flow Management
    • Nursery management
      • Incoming preparation
      • Intensive monitoring
    • Stocking density/square footage
    • Replacement rate, selection rate and timing
    • Weekly targets - mortality, removals, HNS
  • Inventory and Record Keeping
    • Gilt Entry Protocol - ear tagging and recording within 7 days of arrival
    • Daily movements into gestation barn, HNS events, mortality, and culls
    • Weekly inventory tracking
  • GDU Snapshot
    • Boar exposure management
    • Heat detection
  • HNS row management.
  • Understanding breed eligible targets.

MARGINAL FUNCTIONS

Depending on layout/size of farm - may cross over time/labor in gestation barn or other areas of the farm.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

Education: High School Diploma or GED Preferred

Experience: 1 year pig experience preferred

Training: Completion of Pipestone Emerging Leader - GDU

Work

Environment: Agricultural swine environment in rural area

Noise levels that require hearing protection in some areas

Gestation, farrowing, and small swine care processes

Physical

Requirements: Standing, walking and ability to be on feet 8 to 10 hours per day

Frequent bending, reaching, squatting and kneeling

Frequent use of one or both hands/arms to grasp or pull

Frequent lifting of objects weighing 3-20 pounds

Occasional bending while pulling and/or lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds, or requiring up to 50 pounds of force to move

Occasional bending while pulling and/or lifting objects weighing up to 100 pounds or requiring up to 100 pounds of force to move with the assistance of another person as needed

Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

Must be able to print and/or write legibly

Additional

Requirements: Must be able to work minimum of every third weekend

Must have reliable transportation to get to work and attend meetings

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