Position Announcement: Staff Veterinarian, Hord Family Farms

November 1, 2016 — Hord Livestock and Family Farms

Hord Livestock and Family Farms is a nationally recognized, family-owned swine, beef, and grain operation located in north-central Ohio that is dedicated to "Feeding Families through Sustainable Food Production." At our core, we pride ourselves in our reputation for honesty and integrity, developing and empowering our team of nearly 200 individuals, promoting a strong work ethic, striving for continuous improvement, and doing our part to ensure that families around the globe have quality pork and beef products that have been produced in an environmentally sound and responsible way. We are currently searching for a Staff Veterinarian to add to our world-class team.

Job Details:

At Hord Family Farms, the Staff Veterinarian serves as a key adviser to the production leadership team, assisting with the guidance of production operations. This includes utilizing a broad set of technical skills as well as robust leadership skills to help design and implement processes and procedures across the organization.

Duties:

• Provide leadership across the production teams for the implementation of health programs by influencing daily decisions of the entire team through education, advice, and constructive feedback
• Lead the development and implementation of bio-security initiatives across the entire production system that employ evidence based approaches to minimize system disease risk, promote food safety, an improve long-term system profitability
• Lead processes and plans to facilitate routine reviews of health programs including vaccine programs, medication use, and other health management strategies
• Develop and implement a risk-based, systematic, evidence-based disease surveillance system
• Develop and implement systematic disease outbreak investigation programs
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align production processes with best management practices
• Provide guidance to research department to help ensure trials, data analysis, and implementation are in alignment with production and nutritional division's goals

Required Experience and Education:

• A DVM degree with the ability to obtain licenses in both Ohio and Pennsylvania
• Demonstrated training and experience in swine production and medicine above the DVM

Required Skills and Mental Requirements:

• Ability to quickly build credibility and develop effective partnerships with all levels of management across departments
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop productive working relationships across a wide variety of individuals and groups, both internally and externally
• Superior communication skills with an ability to articulate a clear and compelling vision and lead others to implement it
• High level of personal integrity and ethics; respect and care for all animals
• No exposure to pigs or direct contact with individuals caring for pigs that are not Hord Company pigs

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation Package based upon experience
• Paid time off
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Medical savings plan
• Recruitment bonus
• Paid holidays

To Apply:

Interested candidates should apply online at: www.hordfamilyfarms.com and include a cover letter and the names and contact information of three references.