FSM - Animal Welfare Technician

Bachoco USA produces the highest quality chicken products for the U.S. market. Currently, the Bachoco USA family includes more than 4,000 team members who are dedicated to consistently producing high-quality chicken products and nourishing people around the world.

Bachoco USAis seeking an Animal Welfare Technicianfor ourFort Smith, AR location.

Summary: Performs animal welfare audits on farms, animal production facilities, and animal processing facilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Performs animal welfare auditing as assigned for hatchery, broilers, catching and transport, processing, pullets, and breeders.
• Schedules and attends third-party animal welfare audits.
• Manages annual animal welfare training for live operations, including contract growers, and works with the processing operations to manage annual animal welfare training.
• Assists with annual review of animal welfare program.
• Assists with maintaining National Chicken Council (NCC) compliance.
• Assists with developing training materials.
• Understands and complies with animal welfare and biosecurity policies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree (B. A. or B. S.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze and interpret research or audit results and procedures. Ability to compile results into reports. Effectively communicates information verbally and in writing with managers or suppliers/technical support.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to perform and understand basic statistical analysis using spreadsheet software. Basic math associated with poultry production.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems. Read, analyze, and interpret research or audit results and procedures.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), M-Tech and farm controllers or other environmental systems.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must have a valid driver's license and qualify for the company's driver program. Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization (PAACO) certification training program will be provided.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

An Equal Opportunity Employer to include women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.

*Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies: Please note that Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Bachoco USA and its subsidiaries shall explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Bachoco USA.