Assistant Farm Manager (Turkey Farm Foreman/woman)

Main duties:

• Provide agricultural livestock services of artificial insemination of turkey hens or semen collection of male turkeys in support of Cuddy Farms’ breeding program. Collect and sanitize eggs.
• Feed, water, sort, move, and care for poultry according to established farm procedures and animal welfare standards, and ensure employees perform these duties in accordance with company requirements.
• Assist with and coordinate poultry production activities, including flock placement, egg gathering and sanitization, vaccination, treatments, record keeping, and other flock management tasks, ensuring all activities are completed accurately and efficiently.
• Operate, clean, inspect, and maintain poultry equipment, feeders, water systems, pens, barns, and related facilities, and ensure employees follow proper operating and maintenance procedures.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with biosecurity, sanitation, animal welfare, and workplace health and safety standards.
• Observe poultry for signs of illness, injury, or abnormal behaviour, assist with treatment protocols, and ensure concerns are reported and addressed promptly.
• Coordinate and participate in the safe and humane loading, unloading, and movement of poultry while ensuring employees follow established animal handling procedures.
• Maintain accurate production, treatment, mortality, feed, inventory, and breeding records, and verify the accuracy and completeness of records maintained by farm employees.
• Assist with training, mentoring, and directing farm workers in daily production activities, safe work practices, biosecurity procedures, and animal care standards.
• Monitor daily work activities, provide guidance to employees, and report production, operational, equipment, or personnel concerns to management.
• Assist with inventory control and the ordering of feed, supplies, medications, and equipment as directed.
• Perform and oversee general farm duties, including cleaning, bedding, manure handling, repairs, and facility maintenance to ensure barns and equipment are maintained in good working order.

Work setting: Turkey farm; livestock production environment; physically demanding conditions; work may be performed indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions.

Employment Requirements:

• 2 years’ experience working with poultry in a commercial farm environment is required.

• Fully trained in the Breeding program at the required location – artificial insemination/semen collection

• Ability to recognize basic animal health and welfare concerns.

• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions, standard operating procedures, safety rules and biosecurity requirements.

• Ability to perform physically demanding work, including standing for long periods, bending, lifting and working in barn environments.

• Reliability, punctuality and willingness to work flexible hours based on livestock care needs.

Wage: $25.00 per hour to start, increasing with training up to $29.92 per hour. An additional $1.00 per hour is paid for Saturday shifts, and time-and-a-half is paid for Sunday shifts.

Benefits:  health benefits, vacation pay, statutory holiday pay, pension