• Act as liaison between farm owners and Maple Leaf Inc., establish personal relationship with individual farm owners• Regularly create feed schedules based on flock performance, age and seasonal adjustments in order to achieve breeder targets and maximize production and fertility• Visit barns and ensure barn conditions are within compliance and duck well-being guidelines are being followed• Routinely collect cloacal and blood samples and perform Avian Influenza testing according to NPIP standards• Maintain required personal protective equipment (PPE) and practice proper biosecurity measures necessary when visiting numerous farms in a short period of time• Current leader for the Audit Evolution Team which organizes, performs and documents the internal audit program• Headed, coordinated and executed research projects for the breeder department• Train new employees and work with visiting interns

• Assisted in comparative research in different aspects of laying hen production and welfare of enriched, aviary and caged housing systems.• Serial dilutions of digesta samples, performed mineral, bacterial, blood and energy analysis on samples.• Assisted in welfare quality assessments of laying hens.• Handled and processed skeletal samples, analyzed using Computed Tomography (CT).• Experience with laying hens, broilers, ducks and turkeys.• Performed overall data management and organization including training new laboratory assistants.

• Administered basic sickness medication via injection, assisted pigs in birthing, processed young piglets, weaned piglets and administered their medication.• Artificially inseminated sows and heat checked and used ultrasound for AI successfulness.• Condition scored hogs.