Flock Service Technician

Flock Service Technician

Location:

Nashville, NC

Department:
Live Operations

Reporting to:
Flock Service Technician Manager

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Braswell Family Farms in Nashville, NC has an opening for a Flock Service Technician. The Flock Service Technician functions as a consultant and technical adviser to bird growers and egg producers. This individual will monitor flock records, provide poultry health services, and advise the producer regarding BFF's feeding program and general flock management. Driving Braswell Family Farm’s Mission, Vision and Values by ensuring contract growers are practicing good animal husbandry/welfare and producing quality product in an efficient and safe manner.

The individual must possess our core values:
In This Together, Do the Right Thing, Eggcited About Agriculture, I’m Third, and Grow Where You’re Planted.

Braswell Family Farms is a fourth-generation family-owned, vertically integrated company producing and marketing quality, value-added feed and egg products for American families for over 77 years. We are committed to innovation and have received national recognition for our operating excellence.

• Performs bird health functions. Ensure growers have set up houses correctly prior to layers arriving at contract houses.
• Reviews weekly records. Monitors and responds to bird weight and uniformity, mortality, feed consumption, and blood sampling. Creates lighting programs for each flock.
• Works with labs to diagnose and address flock health concerns.
• Monitors and responds to house cleanliness, ventilation, feeding and water system, and fly and rodent control problems including monitoring of the applicable animal welfare programs.
• Identifies problems or potential problems and works through possible solutions.
• Diplomatically makes recommendations on house maintenance and bird health to house management and/or ownership and creates an environment for positive change.
• Follows the philosophy of BFF’s feed program in coordination with flock health. Recommends and orders various feeds and treatments – sending full feed loads with no returns.
• Stays informed of recent developments in the poultry industry through literature and training sessions.
• Performs all other duties as directed by the Flock Service Technician Manager.
• Takes supplies to growers to include vaccines, wormer, chick paper, rodent control, etc.
• Ensures growers are using supplies properly.
• Checks behind crew work by examining beak trimming and vaccinations.
• Sprays/vaccinates several times during each flock.
• Keeps accurate records – ensuring growers are keeping accurate records of mortality, outside access log, sanitation sheets, etc.
• At the end of each flock, takes blood and litter samples, processes and sends to appropriate lab.
• Take blood samples to Raleigh if AI testing is required.
• Work closely with other flock service technicians and proactively look for innovative ways to improve flock health and production.
• Helps drive all of BFF’s Environment Management Systems (EMS) in an impactful manner to include monitoring/reducing operationally related negative effects on the environment as well as pollution prevention.

• College degree in Animal Science and at least 3 years in flock management preferred.
• Knowledge of bird health and house management.
• Current driver’s license and good driving record.
• Good organization and communication skills.
• Flexibility to assist in other areas of service as needed.
• Ability to schedule and prioritize duties, and work with minimal direct supervision.
• Basic computer skills to include Microsoft Office products and Outlook.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds, climb ladders, and work in dusty environments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

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