Make a Difference Every Day
At Marshall Farms, our mission is simple yet meaningful: Helping improve the lives of people and pets.?
As a Barrier Technician, you'll help provide exceptional daily care for our minipigs while maintaining a clean, healthy, and biosecure environment. If you enjoy hands-on work, take pride in doing things the right way, and want to be part of a team that values animal welfare, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
In this role, you'll contribute to the health and well-being of our animals by:
- Providing high-quality daily care and husbandry for minipigs.
- Maintaining clean, sanitized, and biosecure animal housing and work areas.
- Moving and handling animals safely and humanely using established procedures.
- Monitoring animal health and promptly communicating observations to the appropriate team members.
- Supporting breeding and production activities, including breeding, farrowing, identification, routine health care, and shipment preparation.
- Feeding animals and maintaining accurate feeding and weight records.
- Recording production and animal care information using electronic record systems.
- Cleaning and sanitizing animal housing, equipment, and supplies using specialized cleaning equipment.
- Following all biosecurity, animal welfare, and workplace safety procedures.
- Assisting with additional responsibilities that support the success of the production team.
What Makes You Successful
We're looking for someone who:
- Takes pride in producing high-quality work.
- Demonstrates compassion and respect for animal welfare.
- Works well independently and as part of a team.
- Pays close attention to detail and follows established procedures.
- Learns quickly and adapts to changing priorities.
- Maintains accurate records and communicates effectively.
- Is committed to workplace safety and biosecurity.
- Brings a positive attitude and a strong work ethic every day.
Why You'll Love Working Here
At Marshall Farms, you'll be part of a team committed to excellence, innovation, and making a meaningful impact. We invest in our employees through training, teamwork, and opportunities to learn and grow. Every day, your work helps support research that improves the health and well-being of people and animals worldwide.
Work Environment
This is an active, hands-on position in an animal care environment.
Team members can expect to:
- Work performed in varying temperatures with regular animal interaction.
- Perform duties primarily on first shift, with occasional extended hours based on operational needs.?
- Participate in a rotating weekend schedule.
- Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Operate cleaning and sanitation equipment.
- Safely lift, move, and handle animals as part of daily responsibilities.
Schedule & Compensation
- Shift: Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Weekend Rotation: Participation in a rotating weekend.
- Pay Grade: B1
- Pay Range: $19.50 – 29.25 per hour, based on qualifications and experience.
Join Our Mission
If you're looking for more than just a job—if you're looking for meaningful work where you can contribute to improving the lives of people and pets while growing your skills in a supportive team environment—we encourage you to apply.
The Benefits of Being a Part of the Marshall Family
Our benefit package is an important element of the over-all experience we offer our employees.
Full-time employees receive:
- 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance for employees, spouses, and eligible dependents, or a generous opt-out if you already have coverage elsewhere.
- Generous time off benefits starting at 3 weeks/year.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan – 100% match on the first 5% of contributions with 100% vesting (must be 18 or older to participate)
- Enriched Short-Term disability benefits and Long-Term disability insurance.
- Profit Sharing contribution of 10% of your annualized salary.
- Life Insurance at 4x your annual base (up to a max. of $200,000)
- Boot allowance (excludes office and barrier employees)
- $500 bonus for employee referrals
About Marshall Farms Group, Ltd.
Our mission is to help improve the lives of people and pets. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on fulfilling this mission by supporting our ability to provide animals and related services to the top research organizations across the globe – aiding their lifesaving biomedical and veterinary research. In addition, we are the leading provider of Pet Ferrets. Over the last 80 years we have grown from a local to a global company, but we haven't lost our family feel and employee-centric focus.
Marshall Farms Group, LTD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.