About the position
DBN000247 - Animal Nutritionist – Pietermaritzburg Remote
Purpose of the job:
To research, develop, and optimize diets to improve the health, growth, and productivity of livestock.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Animal Nutrition, Animal Science, Veterinary Science, or an equivalent qualification from an accredited institution.
- Must be registered with SACNASP or Eligible to register(South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions) in a relevant category.
- 7+ years of experience in animal nutrition, feed formulation, or related roles.
- Experience with specific species is an advantage (Dairy, beef).
- Strong knowledge of animal nutritional requirements and feed ingredients.
- Experience with feed formulation software (NDS // AMTS // Allix // Excel).
- Ability to analyse performance, laboratory results, supply practical solutions.
- Ability to travel
Technical Competencies & Experience:
- Create and refine feed formulas for any animal, including dairy, cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs, and game.
- Make sure diets maximize cost-effectiveness while fulfilling nutritional requirements.
- Modify formulations in response to changes in price, quality, and the availability of raw materials on the farm.
- Analyze performance data (growth, feed conversion, health outcomes) and carry out nutritional studies as needed.
- Provide dietary advice to consumers, production teams, and salespeople.
- Investigate nutrition-related problems with feeding, health, or performance.
- Verify adherence to national and international feed and food safety laws.
- Encourage raw material and finished feed quality control procedures.
- Encourage the introduction of new products and internal staff and customer training programs.
- Clearly communicate technical results to audiences that are both scientific and non-scientific.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Innovative with a strong desire to achieve and excel with a vision for growth
- Energetic and self driven
- Good communications skills
- Fluent in Afrikaans and English both written and verbal
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Please Note - Should you not hear back from us within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- animal nutritionist
- animal feed
- animal health