Ruminant Nutritionist

Location

Ontario | Canada

Job description

Ruminant Nutritionist

Parrish & Heimbecker

Join our team that shares your Passion & Heart for Canadian agriculture! Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) has an opportunity for a motivated, forward-thinking, and dedicated individual as a Ruminant Nutritionist for our New-Life Mills division based in Southwestern Ontario.

P&H New Life Mills

New-Life Mills is a Canadian-owned manufacturer of livestock nutrition since 1964. With five production facilities and a dedicated team of experts in species management, nutrition and production, our commitment to the best possible inputs, feed, and services for; broiler chickens, eggs, turkey, beef, dairy, and swine, is the driving force behind our success.

Company-owned farms facilitate responsible nutrition and species management research, and a strict quality assurance/ quality control program supports our FeedAssure certification. We believe that what we put into the feed helps livestock get more out of the feed – proven nutrition for a more profitable performing animal.

Benefits

Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd has a people-first approach therefore, we offer many perks to our hard-working staff! Some of our benefits include:

• Learning and Development Programs
• Dental, Vision, and Extended Health Care
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• RRSP Matching
• Wellness Program
• Company Events

Your Role

In both Southwestern Ontario and Clavet Saskatchewan, the Ruminant Nutritionist will work with other Nutritionists, the Ruminant Business Manager and Sales Representatives in the development and support of feed formulation for Dairy, Beef and Small Ruminants within our Ontario, and Western Canada Mills.

Utilize Ration Balancing Software to adjust and build feeding programs that will meet the performance expectations of our customers, health, welfare, and economic requirements as well as the strategic objectives of the Company.

Work closely in collaboration with the Quality Assurance & Quality Control Team (QA&QC), Procurement Team, the Mill Operations to ensure our compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Collaborate and interact with Procurement in questions regarding optimal ingredient utilization
within market conditions to provide innovative product and /or ingredient solutions. Be proactive
in initiating and managing research projects that provide competitive advantage to the company.

Day to Day

• Ruminant feed formulations (dairy, beef, small ruminants) for Ontario and Western Canada operations.
• Follow up regulatory questions, quality issues and customer complaints based on our
  company’s QA&QC and Feed Assure Program.
• Review Lab Data information and nutrient profiles of ingredients for regular updating.
• Maintain economic competitiveness of ruminant feed formulations – working closely with purchasing team members to review impact of ingredient availability on formulation.
• Technical support for Sales and Marketing (both from the office and in the field).
• Development of workshops, technical bulletins, and marketing material.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Animal Science
  • ​​​​​​​Candidates with a Bachelor in Animal Science but great experience in the field will be  considered.
• Experience in Ruminant Nutrition and Feed Formulation.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of feeding and management on farm.
• Knowledge of the principles of feed manufacturing.
• Knowledge of the principles of sampling and interpreting feed and ingredient lab analyses.
• Strong analytical skills with a desire to learn.
• Good communications skills, able to participate and interact with other members of the team and provide good customer service.

Work and grow with a family-owned company.

Join our team with Purpose & History! P&H’s roots go back over 110 years. We have always been a Canadian, family-owned and managed agri-business that understands the qualities and conditions needed for meaningful growth. Our corporate culture values are family values; honesty and integrity with a focus on listening and continuous learning. Like family, we support our staff to always do better.

With over 70 locations spanning from coast to coast, and trade links around the globe, P&H is growth-oriented, diversified and vertically integrated with operations spanning across grain merchandising, flour milling, crop input distribution and animal feed production.

To apply and learn more visit us at

We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

P&H is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that is reflective of Canadian society. As a result, Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. P&H welcomes and encourages applications from women, aboriginal people, people with disabilities and members of visible minorities. Accommodations in relation to the job selection process are available upon request for both internal and external candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process.

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