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Veterinary & Animal Nutrition Technical Officer
NFT Consult
Nakuru 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 12 days ago (24 Aug 2026) Updated 11 days ago
Job Description
The Veterinary & Animal Nutrition Technical Officer will support customers on farms by diagnosing feed and animal health issues and recommending appropriate nutrition solutions. The role involves collaborating with sales teams, conducting product trials, and preparing detailed technical reports. The officer also trains farmers and sales personnel on best feeding practices and biosecurity, while providing feedback to internal teams for continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Degree in Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, Animal Nutrition, Livestock Production or a related discipline.
- • Five to seven years’ experience in the animal feed industry.
- • Practical experience with dairy, poultry and swine operations.
- • Strong knowledge of animal nutrition, feed ingredients and livestock production.
- • Valid Kenyan veterinary or animal‑nutrition professional registration.
- • Experience handling customer complaints and conducting farm investigations.
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Visit farms and customers to assess feed, animal health, and performance issues.
- • Provide tailored feed recommendations for dairy, poultry, swine and other livestock.
- • Collaborate with sales teams during customer visits, product trials, and technical discussions.
- • Investigate customer complaints to identify nutritional, health, feed or management causes.
- • Collect samples and coordinate investigations with quality, laboratory, production and nutrition teams.
- • Prepare comprehensive technical reports with findings, conclusions and corrective actions.
- • Follow up on implementation and effectiveness of corrective actions.
- • Train farmers, customers and sales teams on feeding practices, animal management and biosecurity.
- • Offer technical guidance to improve animal and product performance and customer satisfaction.
- • Identify recurring field issues and relay feedback to internal teams for improvement.