Associate Veterinarian

Role Summary

Reporting to the our current Veterinarian, the Associate Veterinarian will be responsible for supporting the aquaculture industry by improving fish health and providing veterinary services and production medicine to all types of aquaculture in North America. You will be responsible for managing clients and providing them with healthcare services and products. You will also have an opportunity to participate in wet lab and clinical field trial research of fish health biologicals and pharmaceuticals and specialize in fish vaccine development and clinical application and follow-up.

Key Role Specific Requirements

• Provide licensed veterinary services to private and public clients throughout the US and Canada


• Provide technical support in fish vaccines and other fish health tools, disease prevention and control and help clients with production efficiency


• Represent AquaTactics and Bimeda in industry meetings and professional associations


• Participate and coordinate clinical trials 


• Develop trusted and valued relationships with new and existing clients


• Assist in identifying needs amongst the client base for the products and services by working with Bimeda’s and AquaTactics’ R&D


• Be able to travel extensively to meet with clients


• Assist with marketing of AquaTactics and AquaTactics products and services

Essential:

• DVM / VMD and eligible for USA State Veterinary licensure


• Experience in the fish health industry


• Personable and ability to interact and socialize amongst different cultures and levels in an organization


• Strong verbal, presentation and writing skills in English required


• Proficiency in writing technical documents and translating technical information to a lay perspective


• Excellent people management skills


• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office.


• Ability to travel nationally regularly (up to 50%)

Desirable:

• Experience in a fish health veterinary role


• Knowledge of fish health diagnostics


• Basic statistical knowledge for clinical trials


• Business education or experience

 Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.

Competencies Required for the Role

• BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS – is the process of developing social connections.  This is a fundamental business competency that is the basis for reputation, influencing, closing deals and sustaining business relationships.


• STRATEGIC THINKING – The ability to analyze the company’s competitive position by considering market and industry trends, existing and potential customers (internal and external), and strengths and weaknesses as compared to competitors. 


• RESULTS ORIENTATION – The ability to focus on the desired result of one’s own department’s work, setting challenging goals, focusing on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them. 


• CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION - is the ability to create, develop and implement a new product, process or service with the aim of improving efficiency, effectiveness or competitive advantage.  Also, the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, or interpretations. 


• CHANGE AGILITY/ADAPTABILITY – The ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization’s effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change.  The ability to change or be changed in order to fit or work better on some situation or purpose, and embraces change.  Strives for continuous improvement.

About Bimeda

Bimeda is a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of veterinary pharmaceuticals and animal health products and has over half a century’s experience in providing science-driven solutions to optimize the health, wellbeing and productivity of the world’s animals. 
 
Bimeda’s global innovation program sees six state-of-the art R&D centers across four continents collaborate on an enviable product development pipeline which anticipates the ever-evolving needs of the animal health industry. 
 
Bimeda’s nine manufacturing facilities across seven countries allow the company to manufacture a broad range of preventative, curative and nutritional products including sterile injectables, vaccinations, nutritional boluses, feed additives, tablets, water-soluble powders, pastes and non-sterile liquids.  
 
Globally, the company focuses on the development, manufacture and commercialization of quality Bimeda-branded products while also being the partner of choice for contract manufacturing and R&D services for prominent companies within the animal health industry. 
 
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