Animal Welfare Coordinator

Summary

The Animal Welfare Coordinator will conduct animal welfare, regulatory, process evaluation, certification, and customer specific audits that pertain to live hogs. In addition to these audits and evaluations this job will assist the procurement manager in daily job responsibilities.

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

Application of human handling and regulatory requirements and principles against established standards and protocols using analytical and objective evaluation of facility policies, practices, and observations.

Conduct animal welfare audits at the facility and farms.

Maintain confidentiality about all aspects of work and adhere to all procedures established by Prestage Foods of Iowa and its suppliers.

Assure consistency and accuracy in all audits and audit reports. Follow and adhere with all required protocol and procedures.

Planning and conducting schedule audits internally.

Represents the Company Brand in all interactions with management, producers, and strategic industry partners.

Investigating and auditing any issues with hog suppliers.

Develop and maintain KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and score cards to drive continuous improvement.

Advocate and maintain a strong commitment to safety in the operating process including but not limited to: PPE, preventing and reporting unsafe acts and conditions, Lockout-Tag out procedures, and Process Safety Management related matters.

Other duties as assigned.

Train all employees in the barn and butina on humane handling practices.

Requirements

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.

Ability to plan work on a daily schedule, work independently and be a highly motivated individual.

Ability to work with accuracy and attention to detail.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from internal and external customers.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions from multiple sources.

Excellent written and oral communication skills with a desire and proven ability to communicate with people at all knowledge levels.

Must be able to travel up to 25% travel , may have a few non-overnight stays.  

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 regularly required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the 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 exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; the employee can be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; extreme cold and extreme heat.  The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Training & Development