Gilt Developer Unit Lead - Longview

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 FUNCTIONS: Overall 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 eligi...