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Manager, Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility
2 weeks ago
**Manager, Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility**:
**Primary Purpose**: To provide operational management and support of the Rayner Dairy Research and Teaching Facility on the University Farm.
**Nature of Work**: Reporting to the Department Head, the Interim Manager is responsible for managing and participating in day-to-day operations of the facility working alongside staff. In collaboration with the Department Head and Faculty Advisor, the Interim Manager will provide direction for the dairy unit. The position requires close collaboration with faculty, staff, and graduate students. The Interim Manager will liaise with other units, both internal and external to the university, including Facilities, Enterprise Procurement, Safety Resources, ConnectionPoint, WCB Support, UACC, CFRC, etc., and vendors for the purchase of feed, equipment, supplies, services, and companies that purchase our animals and waste. The Interim Manager may be required to facilitate outreach and engagement activities with the dairy industry.
The Interim Manager will be required to work evenings and weekends and attend to urgent matters in the dairy unit that may arise after hours.
**Typical Duties or Accountabilities**:
People Resources
- Recruit, train, and effectively outline expectations to staff, provide coaching, and monitor staff performance.
- Staff scheduling and overtime approval to ensure adequate coverage within budgetary guidelines.
- Lead regular staff meetings and facilitate communication between staff and department leadership.
- Develop and implement appropriate supervisory controls ensuring objective and consistent employee relations are met.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with the Department Head, Faculty Advisor, Administration Coordinator, researchers, faculty, students, and other research unit managers.
Financial and Resource Management
- Working with the Administration Coordinator, ensure budget assessment and regular review of revenue and expenses to achieve a cost effective and well-maintained facility: assessment and approval of purchases in consultation with the Department Head, including the sale of animals and manure.
- Working with the Faculty Advisor, assess needs, develop and implement, or revise management protocols for facility operation including a high standard of animal care, production and facility maintenance: nutrition and animal health protocols; facility upkeep; sanitation and manure handling; milk protocol and equipment maintenance.
Facility Support Activities
- Understand the milk production quota system and manage production on a day-to-day basis to stay within its parameters.
- Regularly assess equipment and facility to ensure correct and timely maintenance and coordinate service and repairs with vendors within university and budget guidelines.
- Track feed inventory, order feed commodities, and coordinate shipments from vendors.
- Provision of animal care, including milking and feeding cows, using proper animal handling techniques.
- Operate farm equipment such as tractors, feed mixer, bobcat, manure spreader, augers and trucks.
- Monitor animal health and liaise with WCVM veterinarians, as needed.
- Monitor animal reproductive status, lead the breeding program, and assist with calving.
- Participate in herd health activities.
- Participate in nutrition group activities.
- Coordinate and participate in liquid waste removal from manure silo with staff, vendor and end user.
- Participate in dairy silage cropping activities, including crop planning, silage production and onsite packing.
- Other duties as assigned.
Enable Research, Teaching and Scholarly Activity
- Understand experimental design and have ability to ensure proper experimental protocols are followed.
- Review and approval of research Animal Use Protocols (AUPs).
- Ensure compliance with dairy industry regulatory bodies.
- Ensure meticulous record keeping.
- Collaborate with research staff to devise/assess and implement facility and research protocols that facilitate excellence in research and teaching.
- Participate as a member of the unit managers’ team in monthly meetings.
Risk Management
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.
- Ensure practices are in adherence to Canadian Council of Animal Care as well as with leading standards established by industry, i.e., ProAction.
- Manage risk in negotiations with vendors and suppliers.
- Identify, assess and manage risk in planning projects and ongoing operations.
**Education**: A B.Sc. Degree in Animal Science is preferred.
**Experience**: A minimum of five years of experience relevant to this position: experience with dairy cattle production; experience with equipment operation and maintenance in a dairy barn; excellent working knowledge of MS Office software and computer systems, proficiency using record keeping and data evaluation software relevant to the dairy industry (DairyComp, DelPro, In-Touch). A good understa
