Description:
The Breeding Technician helps care for breeding animals and supports daily breeding and enrichment activities. This position works with animal care, veterinary, and breeding teams to keep animals healthy, follow breeding schedules, and provide a clean, safe, and enriching environment. Responsibilities include observing animal behavior, helping with breeding tasks, keeping accurate records, monitoring animal health, and maintaining animal housing.
Essential Responsibilities:
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Observe and monitor animals for behavioral and physical indicators associated with breeding program activities.
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Safely move animals and make housing or pen changes while following proper animal handling procedures.
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Assist with breeding program activities and verify breeding-related records and information.
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Collect, document, and maintain breeding and animal information in company databases and other recordkeeping systems.
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Monitor animal health and well-being, document and report to supervisors and veterinary staff.
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Support breeding schedules and maintain accurate records related to breeding timelines and animal identification.
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Coordinate the movement of animals between breeding, maternity, enrichment spaces and other designated housing areas as needed.
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Ensure animals receive routine enrichment opportunities that promote overall well-being.
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Maintain cleanliness and sanitation standards in animal housing and work areas.
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Follow all animal welfare, biosecurity, safety, and company policies and procedures.
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Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
Education: High School Diploma or GED
Competency Requirements: Individual is proficient at effectively and consistently performing essential tasks. Individual has basic computer skills required to accomplish daily tasks and can learn internal systems. Strong observation, recordkeeping and organizational skills. Effective verbal and written communication and comprehension skills. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Leadership Requirements: Individual will contribute to a productive and professional environment by setting a positive example and demonstrating enthusiasm, diligence, and ethical behavior and by demonstrating accountability, adaptability, and continuous improvement.
Work Conditions: Varying temperatures with animal contact. Hearing protection along with other PPE is required. Duties are performed primarily on 1st shift with varying extended hours.
Physical Requirement: Work is physically demanding with a requirement to lift animals.
Mental Requirement: Individual is capable of effectively receiving, understanding and applying written and oral instructions. Must be a good communicator.
Hours for this role are 5 am - 1:30 pm with a weekend rotation.
This position is a grade N3 with a pay range of $18.81-$28.23/hour.
The Benefits of Being a Part of the Marshall Family
Our benefit package is an important element of the over-all experience we offer our employees.
Full-time employees receive:
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100% company-paid medical and dental insurance for employees, spouses, and eligible dependents, or a generous opt-out if you already have coverage elsewhere.
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Generous time off benefits starting at 3 weeks/year.
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401(k) retirement savings plan – 100% match on the first 5% of contributions with 100% vesting (must be 18 or older to participate)
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Enriched Short-Term disability benefits and Long-Term disability insurance.
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Profit Sharing contribution of 10% of your annualized salary.
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Life Insurance at 4x your annual base (up to a max. of $200,000)
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Boot allowance (excludes office and barrier employees)
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$500 bonus for employee referrals
About Marshall Farms Group, Ltd.
Our mission is to help improve the lives of people and pets. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on fulfilling this mission by supporting our ability to provide animals and related services to the top research organizations across the globe – aiding their lifesaving biomedical and veterinary research. In addition, we are the leading provider of Pet Ferrets. Over the last 80 years we have grown from a local to a global company, but we haven't lost our family feel and employee-centric focus.
Marshall Farms Group, LTD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
