Animal Welfare Superintendent ($78,850-$98,575 annually plus eligibility for 5% target bonus)

(78,850-98,850 annually plus eligibility for 5% target bonus)We offer our Team Members the following benefits:Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).Employee Assistance Program (EAP).College tuition reimbursement.401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.Position Summary:The primary responsibility of this position will be to support animal welfare (AW) and biosecurity programs that ensure that Foster Farms poultry are raised, handled, and transported in a safe, humane, and appropriate manner throughout our supply chain in accordance with company and national standards for animal care and handling. Animal Welfare Superintendent positions will report directly to the Complex Manager with secondary reporting into assigned Chief Animal Welfare Officer.Specifically, this role will include:Performing animal welfare and handling audits.Performing biosecurity auditsAssisting with the development and management of best practice training programs.Reviewing AW trends for the assigned production area(s).Ensuring effective interdepartmental communication.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Promote animal welfare culture throughout Foster Farms live and processing operations through education and engagement.Assist with the development and refinement of animal welfare and biosecurity training materials that will be used by Foster Farms and contractual staff at live animal facilities.Facilitate annual training at production facilities, when possible, for personnel that have contact with live animals.Assist with training material and deliver training to ensure that team members understand best practices and animal welfare expectations.Verify compliance to ensure training is completed during regular live production visits and verify understanding during communication with team members during audits.Conduct unannounced and planned audits at Foster Farms production facilities, hatcheries, and farms to verify animal welfare and biosecurity program compliance with company and industry standards.Conduct process audits to verify animal handling procedures and humane transportation of live poultry.Provide constructive feedback and communicate with production managers at company locations during audits.Ensure compliance with all company, customer, and governmental standards.Review and record audit results within the company database. Including flock closing reports and data as related to American Humane requirements.Assist with the refinement of current Foster Farms AW audits based on observations of bird care, bird handling, and transportation at live production facilities to ensure program implementation.Assist with execution of 3rd party welfare audits (AHC, Silliker/Mérieux NutriSciences, PVP, Chick Fil-A, etc.) within assigned production area(s), including scheduling audits, facilitating and attending audits, and communication as related to auditors, contacts, follow-up deficiency reports, and audit fee payments.Collaborate with business leaders in assigned area(s) (e.g., complex managers, hatchery crew, farm managers) and communicate directly with production departments after all animal welfare visits/audits.Provide technical support and assistance with the Foster Farms AW and biosecurity program and ensure implementation of corrective actions and audit recommendations.Create and distribute written audit reports after each visit.Analyze trends for animal welfare data for assigned complex(es) and participate in regular meetings with the Foster Farms AW Team, Sr. Manager, and Director of Animal Welfare.Assist the Foster Farms AW QA Team with internal special projects, research trials, training projects, and evaluation of innovative technology to meet business needs for animal welfare and biosecurity.Travel: 3 to 6 trips per year. Must be able to travel daily to various locations in the poultry complex (farms, hatcheries, offices, and plants) and work on all production shifts.