Swine Nutrition and Research Assistant
Prestage Farms is seeking a Swine Nutrition and Research Assistant to serve as manager to our research farm and provide support for the Swine Nutritionist. Primary responsibilities may include the following, among others:
Responsibilities
- Manage a 4800 head wean to finish research facility
- Assist farm staff with daily pig care as needed
- Support farm staff to ensure high level of accuracy on trials
- QC on data collection procedures
- Maintenance on research feed system and scales
- Assist Swine Nutritionist as needed
- Support responsibility with feed lab staff
- Backup role in feed formulation
- May be asked to help conduct and coordinate field research
- Provide input to the team on ingredient purchasing decisions
Requirements
- Master's degree in swine nutrition or similar field
- Some experience managing/conducting production research trials, including pig care, trial design, and data analysis preferred
- Familiar and capable in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access
- General agricultural background preferred
- This job requires some night and weekend work
Benefits
Some Of Our Benefits Include
- Affordable Family Health Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- 401(k)
- Short Term Disability
- Savings Account Contributions
For more information on our team here at Prestage Farms click here: https://www.prestagefarms.com/our-team