Gilt Developer Unit Lead - Burlington, CO
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Gilt Developer Unit Lead - Burlington, CO

Pipestone

Location: Burlington,CO, USA

Date: 2024-12-23T18:29:46Z

Job Description:
OBJECTIVE: The GDU Lead owns every detail that affects the gilt from the day she walks off the trailer into quarantine until the day a catheter is inserted. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSOverall 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 FUNCTIONSDepending on layout/size of farm - may cross over time/labor in gestation barn or other areas of the farm.POSITION SPECIFICATIONSEducation: High School Diploma or GED PreferredExperience: 1 year pig experience preferredTraining: Completion of Pipestone Emerging Leader - GDUWork Environment: Agricultural swine environment in rural areaNoise levels that require hearing protection in some areasGestation, farrowing, and small swine care processesCompensation, Pay & Benefits:Compensation rate of $40,000 - $65,000 per year and is commensurable with experience and barn size. Position open until filled.
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