Facilities Manager
Pig Alliance
Lafayette, Indiana
Managed day-to-day operations of a 5,000-head hog farm facility. Responsibilities included:● Led the project implementation of the MAXIMUS farm management software application that increased the farm’s performance and efficiency through automation and remote monitoring. ● Management and maintenance of MAXIMUS system to ensure the well-being of the hogs in order to optimize the results. Including setting and managing alarms, temperature readings, feed, and water outputs.● Managing maintenance duties in the multi-room operation including ordering/stocking parts and repair of systems including electric motors, fans, feed, and water systems.● Knowledge in installing and troubleshooting 120 and 230 electrical systems with 4-20mA switches.● Evaluate MAXIMUS weekly reports and adjust to improve performance.● Supervised the work of 3 employees and ensured good communication between the owner and those managed so that farm and facility ran smoothly.● Transported weaned pigs into the facility and market hogs out of facility.● Farm responsibilities include maintenance and preventive maintenance to combine, planter, auger cart, spring/fall tillage tools, manure management equipment, all tractors, semi-truck, and trailers.● Assisted with planting and harvest of 2,200 acres including operation of combine, planter, auger cart, and spring/fall tillage tools.● Hauled commodity into respective plants and/or grain elevator and used Excel to track gross, net, tare, and test weights along with moisture and shrink.