Poultry Veterinarian At Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited

Senior Resident Flock Veterinarian At Taghini Foods

THE OPPORTUNITY Taghini Foods Limited is a vertically integrated poultry business operating breeder, hatchery, commercial broiler and processing facilities from a single production platform. We are seeking a Senior Resident Flock Veterinarian to provide field-level technical leadership across the whole of that chain. This is the technical bridge between our Junior Veterinarians and the Lead Veterinarian - Poultry Operations. The holder carries real authority: over clinical standards, over the veterinary quality of what is done on our farms every day, and over the professional development of the veterinarians coming behind them. It is a role for a veterinarian who wants the decisions to be theirs. WHAT YOU WILL DO Technical Leadership and Supervision Provide day-to-day technical leadership and supervision to Junior Veterinarians across breeder, hatchery and commercial broiler operations. Translate veterinary strategy, protocols and standards into disciplined field execution, and verify, on the ground, that execution has in fact occurred. Mentor and develop Junior Veterinarians in clinical reasoning, flock-health management and professional practice. Flock Health, Surveillance and Diagnostics Monitor flock health, mortality, morbidity, growth, uniformity and vaccination response against defined performance benchmarks, and interrogate deviation the moment it appears. Lead disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, differential diagnosis and corrective intervention. Design and oversee sampling strategies, laboratory investigations and the interpretation of diagnostic results. Apply veterinary epidemiology, biostatistics and risk analysis to flock-health investigation and decision-making. Identify emerging disease and operational risk early and escalate it promptly to the Lead Veterinarian - Poultry Operations. The judgement to distinguish the routine from the urgent, and the resolve to raise the latter without delay, is central to this appointment. Standards, Compliance and Food Safety Monitor vaccination programmes, biosecurity, antimicrobial use, treatment protocols and withdrawal-period compliance. Provide veterinary public health and food safety support across the production chain, including HACCP, GMP and GHP application and antimicrobial stewardship. Support veterinary SOP development, technical audit and the standardisation of veterinary practice across all farms. Performance, Data and Continuous Improvement Review veterinary reports, analyse flock-health data, and convert findings into actionable recommendations with named owners and dated deliverables. Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of veterinary CAPA and prevent the recurrence of identified problems. Support breeder health, fertility, egg quality, hatchability and chick-quality improvement. Collaborate with Farm Operations, Hatchery, Abattoir, QA/QC, Feed Mill, Procurement and Stores. WHAT YOU MUST BRING Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) or an equivalent recognised veterinary qualification. Current registration and licence to practise with the Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN). Evidence of National Youth Service Corps discharge, exemption or exclusion. A minimum of five years' relevant post-qualification experience, preferably in intensive commercial poultry production. Strong practical experience in commercial broiler and breeder operations. Demonstrable command of poultry medicine, flock-health management, vaccination, biosecurity and disease investigation. Strong working knowledge of veterinary epidemiology, together with sound diagnostic, analytical, reporting and data-interpretation skills. Working understanding of HACCP, GMP, GHP, veterinary public health, food safety and antimicrobial stewardship. Demonstrable experience supervising, coaching or developing junior veterinary professionals. Advantageous Hatchery experience. Postgraduate training in poultry health, epidemiology, veterinary public health, food safety or a related discipline. THE VETERINARIAN WE ARE LOOKING FOR Technically strong, scientifically rigorous, field-oriented and professionally assertive. Someone who identifies a problem early, investigates it objectively, assesses the risk honestly, recommends soundly, and then ensures the recommendation is actually implemented. We are looking for the professional judgement to tell a routine matter from one requiring immediate senior escalation, and the character to escalate it the same day. In this business, a veterinarian who sees and does not speak has not done the job. WHAT WE OFFER A substantive technical leadership role within a growing, vertically integrated poultry business, with real scope to influence flock health, production performance, veterinary standards and the development of the next generation of poultry veterinarians. Competitive remuneration commensurate with experience