Veterinarian

Butterball, LLC, one of America’s most iconic brands, helps consumers celebrate Thanksgiving and every day in between. Located in the thriving Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area, our goal is to provide a diverse array of career opportunities and paths which include our farms, processing facilities and support offices. We are the largest producer of turkey products in the U.S., and we make a lot more than Thanksgiving turkeys. Our company’s measurable growth is in no small part due to our team members in North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri, who each have a seat at the table to contribute to our success

Veterinarian

Job Summary

Responsible for the health and well-being of Butterball’s turkey flocks to produce wholesome products efficiently and safely by conducting all necessary veterinary procedures.

Key Responsibilities

1. Serves as the veterinarian providing necessary care and procedures to ensure turkey health and well-being.

2. Provides veterinary diagnostics and technical support for laboratories.

3. Provides and documents surveillance, clinical diagnostics, and treatment regimens for flocks.

4. Provides oversight to ensure standard operating procedures for animal care and well-being are met.

5. Acts as a primary liaison with industry colleagues, customers, and regulatory agencies.

6. Provides guidance to Butterball live operations and processing associates to ensure efficient production of healthy birds for processing.

7. Promotes and supports the Butterball Animal Care and Well-Being and Biosecurity programs by providing training, conducting internal audits, and coordinating third-party audits for program effectiveness and results.

8. Researches, investigates, and evaluates health problems to develop and implement treatment and prevention strategies.

9. Assists in research projects. Generates grower and associate communications to share health trends and research conclusions.

10. Analyzes long term disease trends and provides recommendations for continuous improvement across the enterprise.

11. Coordinates surveillance programs and works with internal and external diagnostic laboratories.

12. Interacts with processing plant management and USDA to address health and food safety related plant issues.

13. Provides timely approval of prescriptions.

14. Oversees antibiotic use and ensures treatment plans are documented, communicated and followed.

Minimum Qualifications (Educations & Experience

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
• Eligible for applicable state veterinary licensure
• Eligible for USDA Category II Accreditation

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Butterball Core Competencies

Caring about people, valuing contributions, and empowering to succeed is the Butterball Way. We recognize the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to Butterball and seek to create an environment where everyone can thrive. Everyone has a seat at the table and is expected to embody our core competencies:

• Safety First: We put safety first. The health, safety, and well-being of our people, products, and turkeys is everyone’s responsibility and everyone’s jobs.
• Integrity: We trust each other to do the right thing. We act with integrity and gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, respect, and authenticity.
• Stewardship: We take care of what matters. We are accountable to our commitments and take responsibility for the well-being of our teams, our quality, our customers, our business, our brand, and our communities. We are always answerable for our actions and those we lead.
• Enthusiastic Attitudes: We create a climate where everyone feels they belong and can be engaged, every day. Where our people are enthusiastic and motivated to do their best and work together to make great things happen.
• Continuous Improvement: We are committed to continuous improvement. We challenge ourselves and our company to constantly learn, develop, grow, improve, and innovate.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of and compliance with animal care and well-being and biosecurity procedures
• Advanced poultry health management skills
• Expert understanding of compliance with appropriate veterinary practices
• Excellent animal handling skills
• Strong time management, communication and interpersonal skills
• Microsoft Office suite; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Good organizational skills
• May require occasional night and weekend work

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Poultry training or experience
• Residency or Masters in Poultry

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

• Work will be performed in a variety of conditions including climate-controlled office environment(s); in a manufacturing plant environment with varying conditions, such as cold areas, wet areas, warm areas, chemicals, and other site conditions; and in a farm environment including working outdoors in seasonal conditions with live animals and at times in dusty environments. This position requires the individual to wear and work in personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing and farm environment. This individual may be working around sick or diseased animals where additional precautions may need to be taken.
• The noise level of the office and farm environment is usually moderate. The noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection. Showering in and out of farm locations may be required.
• Required to travel up to 50% of the time visiting one of our farms or facilities, potentially more pending project needs.

Disclaimer

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of what is required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not imply or establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer. Butterball, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job

We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of Butterball’s Drug/Alcohol Screening & Testing Policy. Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.

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