Feed Testing Technician (Entry Level)

Job Description

Job Description

Christensen Farms is one of the largest, family-owned pork producers in the United States, marketing approximately 3 million hogs per year. Headquartered in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, our 50-year-old company operates throughout the Midwest with facilities in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and South Dakota. Christensen Farms owns three feed mills, manages 140,000 sows on 44 farms, and oversees more than 350 nurseries and grow-finish sites. Our organization employs nearly 1,000 people and maintains 1,500 contract partnerships. We are an industry leader with a proven commitment to ethical practices, food safety, and nutrition. Join our team!

Position Overview:

The Feed Testing Technician is responsible for completing the quality tests performed on feed ingredients and complete feed. These quality tests will include but not be limited to internal NIR machine, mineral testing submission, mycotoxin testing submission, corn micron testing, pellet durability testing (PDI), Iodine value submission, and unique ad-hoc testing that are requests of research trials. This role will also support the Nutrition Specialist and Nutrition Manager in maintaining up to date and accurate ingredient loadings used in formation, on site mill visits to spot check and validate QC processes and setting up visits with vendors that provide ingredients or products into Christensen Farms feeds. This role will also periodically provide direct support to the research team when there are heavy research days or when nutrition support is required to complete a trial such as validation of complete feed before the feed is fed to the pigs.

From Our Manager:

"This role offers an excellent opportunity to work directly with our nutrition and feed team, whose critical mission is ensuring our pigs receive healthy, balanced diets."

-Mariah Mayer, Nutrition Specialist

What You Will Do:

• Completing Quality control tasks for the feed department
• Analyzing feed and ingredients through a NIR on a weekly basis
• Capturing and entering QC data into the internal database
• Maintaining and coordinating sample collection and submission with internal mills and toll mills
• Setting up routine audits and visits to validate QC process of incoming ingredients or products
• Supporting the feed mills in testing corn micron size and providing support to maintain target micron size across all mills
• Audit all formulas for mills on a weekly basis to validate correct nutrient and ingredient levels with support of Nutrition specialist
• Supporting the nutrition and research department during times of large projects such as research support on site

What You Offer Us:

• High School diploma preferred but not required
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Lab related or other agricultural experience preferred but not required
• Functional in Microsoft applications including Excel and Word

What We Offer You:

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, a flexible spending account (FSA), life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid time off bank, and employee assistance program (EAP), and more.
• Be an active part of an organization that gives back to the community in many ways – including feed programs that support local farms, food shelf programs, food support for veterans, agriculture education and promotion, FFA/4H support, charitable contributions, etc.
• A company that has a passionate purpose for food safety, animal welfare, and for living its core values every day – respect, integrity, excellence, adaptability, and innovation.
• A culture that fosters employee growth, hybrid work options, promotion from within, and a highly team-oriented workplace environment.
• The targeted base pay range for this role is $22 to $24 with this range reflecting differences in candidate knowledge, skills, and experience.

Reports To:

Nutrition Specialist

Christensen Farms promotes a culture of inclusion and strives to attract a diverse set of candidates for each of our open positions. We are an equal employment opportunity employer and proud to offer employment and growth opportunities to all candidates without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status.

Learn more about how you can put your passion and talent to work with us at:

https://www.christensenfarms.com/careers/positions-available/

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