Sow Farm Supervisor - Elkhart, KS

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Sow Farm Supervisor – Elkhart, Kansas, United States

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-14686

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• Supervise a sow farm of approximately 4900 head and related personnel, including day‑to‑day tasks, ensuring production targets are met, and supervising farm employees.
• Manage 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, and direct the breeding and raising of swine using recognized breeding practices.
• Supervise swine examinations to identify diseases and ensure standard operating procedures are followed; keep facilities in good working condition.
• Meet daily and weekly production targets; collect and record production data; 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.
• No hire/fire authority.

• Requires two years of swine experience. Experience must include at least one year of management duties in a swine farm, and experience following detailed standard operating procedures.
• Must have experience in all processes of swine production from gestation through farrowing and have experience training in needle 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 and/or move up to 300 pounds.
• Must have good written and oral communication skills in English.