Agrilife Research
Manager, Beef Center
College Station, TX · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$65k-$110kDetected 4 days ago
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About the role
- With over 5,000 employees and a presence in every county across the state, Texas A&M AgriLife is uniquely positioned to improve lives, environments and the Texas economy through education, research, extension and service.
- Familiarity with appropriate laboratory, farm, and /or technical equipment. - Ability to multi task and work cooperatively with others.
- Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application.
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and monitor budgets and operations plans to support the mission of the Beef Center and department, in coordination with the ASTREC Manager and the Manager of Livestock Operations.
- Maintain and improve physical assets of the facility, including pastures.Ensure preventative and deferred maintenance schedules are in place for facilities and equipment (including planned replacement of equipment).
- Assist in management of the Feed Services operation.Communication with facility managers, ASTREC manager, and faculty to formulate feed rations for the different animal groups.Mix feed and process commodities in order to support the research and teaching activities at each of the centers.Ensure that research projects and facilities are invoiced in a timely manner for product used.
- Manage all aspects of the Red Angus, Beefmaster, and teaching herds.Work with faculty in securing animal donations, donor females, and reproductive schedules to help build the purebred herd programs.Responsible for development, marketing, and sales of production animals.
- Assist faculty program leaders in implementation of departmental programs and classes through development and supply of livestock, facility resources, and logistics support in coordination with other faculty, graduate students, and staff to include support of state livestock shows, youth camps, livestock judging, 4-H and FFA activities.
- Ability to perform various molecular biology and genetic techniques.
- Computer literate to include the ability to effectively utilize a computer and applicable software to create databases, perform statistical analysis, present date and perform other computer related tasks as directed by the supervisor.
Requirements
- Ability to stand/sit at work bench for extended period of time.
- Perform other job duties as required.
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to analyze date and write reports.
- Detail oriented. Familiarity with appropriate laboratory, farm, and /or technical equipment.
- Ability to multi task and work cooperatively with others.
Compensation
- 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
Benefits
- Bachelor's degree in Animal Science or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- In addition, Texas A&M AgriLife offers a comprehensive benefit package including the following:
- Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M AgriLife contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
- Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
- Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Employee Wellness Initiative for Texas A&M AgriLife
- Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory
Company info
- When you choose to work for Texas A&M AgriLife, you become part of an organization that is an established leader in agriculture and life sciences with a wide range of capabilities to meet the needs of our statewide, national, and international constituents.
- Click here to learn more about how you can be a part of AgriLife and make a difference in the world!
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