VETERINARY SUPERVISOR II -MEAT AND POULTRY - ASSISTANT BUREAU CHIEF/VSCO SUPERVISOR

Job Requisition ID: 46259 
Closing Date: 05/30/2025
​Agency: Department of Agriculture
Class Title: VETERINARY SUPERVISOR II - 47918 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: $7212 - $10220 anticipated starting salary monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC056
Merit Comp Code: 

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

Posting Identification # 46259

 

 

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Essential Functions

• Assists Bureau Chief in serving as a technical veterinary specialist for the statewide program of inspection.
• Serves as full line supervisor.
• Assists Bureau Chief in serving as a technical veterinary specialist for the statewide program of inspection.
• Performs extensive liaison work with field staff, other governmental agencies and industry representatives relative to meat and poultry inspection.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned, which are reasonably with the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and four years of professional experience in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of animals and poultry for disease and parasite infestation, or the inspection and determination of wholesomeness of meat and poultry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers certification in agency approved Public Health Veterinary (PHV) Training, and Enforcement, Investigation and Analysis Officer (EIAO) Training program.
• Prefers thorough knowledge of veterinary medicine with particular reference to infectious and contagious diseases and abnormalities of animals and poultry.
• Prefers thorough knowledge of state and federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to animal and poultry slaughter, processing, and storage of meat and poultry products.
• Prefers a minimum of four years of experience supervising and directing the work of professional and paraprofessional staff on a regular or intermittent basis.
• Prefers a minimum of four years of experience interpreting and directing the enforcement of appropriate laws, rules, and regulations.
• Prefers a minimum of four years of experience preparing, maintaining and reviewing, if warranted, records and reports relative to the functions and operations conducted.
• Prefers basic proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Prefers experience preparing, maintaining and reviewing, if warranted, records and reports relative to the functions and operations conducted.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires completion of a name-based background screening and self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license. Overnight Travel may be required.
• Overtime is a condition of employment, and you may be requested or required/mandated to work overtime including scheduled, unscheduled, or last-minute overtime. This requires the ability to work ev