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About This Role:
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This relief milking position. This person must be available 24 hours a day 7 days a week to be called into work.
This position exists to milk, feed and provide care of the Dairy Teaching and Research Center dairy herd, which is used for teaching and research purposes. This is an AS NEEDED position.
This position is milking, feeding and caring for dairy cows on a daily basis. Duties included are: setting up milking equipment, puts cows into the milking stalls, attaches milking equipment to the animals and milks the cows. This position will also sanitize equipment before and after each milking session. Check the compressor, milk line and pump, and make sure bulk storage tank is operating before, during and after each milking. Inspect feed bunks, seeping in feed and feeding hay when needed. Rake manure from free stalls and levels free stall surfaces each shift. Feeding replacement heifers, cleaning calf hutches, weighing calves, assisting with vaccinations, dehorning, castration, and clipping extra teets. Recognizing common health problems of the cows is essential, like mastitis. Then taking the correct treatment. Observing "heat" or estrus in also very important. Excellent communications skills with other faculty, graduate students, hourly students and staff.
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Why Join Us:
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The Department of Animal Sciences and Industry has a long and rich heritage. From the down-to-earth animal husbandry group that emerged from the Farming Department in 1901, to its current form as one of the largest Animal Science departments in the United States, K-State animal science has held fast to its commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and extension.
Moreover, we are fully engaged in embracing the challenges of the future in order to continue providing the objective information and training needed by the citizens of Kansas and elsewhere to thrive in the midst of change. The Animal Science program at Kansas State University ascribes to and seeks to model the core values articulated by the College of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension.
Those core values include:
- Integrity (displaying the characteristics of honesty, trust, credibility, responsibility, stewardship and accountability)
- Communication (exhibiting excellence in listening, speaking, writing, and working together)
- Scholarship (striving for excellence in the discovery, integration, dissemination and application of knowledge)
- Leadership (clearly displaying vision, teamwork, customer-focused service, and innovation)
- Inclusion (showing respect and appreciation for all clientele, co-workers and others with whom we interact)
Kansas State University is located in the city of Manhattan, which has a population of about 56,000. Faculty in Animal Sciences and Industry are housed in two buildings on the K-State campus (Weber Hall and Call Hall). The buildings contain well-equipped laboratories, teaching facilities, a dairy processing plant and a meat processing facility.
Field research facilities for beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, poultry, horses, and sheep are located in close proximity to campus. The department manages about 6,500 acres of land for research purposes. In a typical year, departmental research and teaching facilities accommodate about 2000 to 3000 cattle, 3500 swine, 1500 laying hens, 250 sheep and 45 horses.
K-State 2025 Strategic Action and Alignment Plan for Animal Sciences and Industry Department
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We Support Diversity and Inclusion:
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Kansas State University embraces diversity and promotes inclusion. The University actively seeks individuals who foster a collegial environment and cooperative interactions with coworkers, students, and others. The University is dedicated to promoting the Principles of Community.
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