Extension Meats Specialist – Live Animal/Meats Interface

Department of Animal Science

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

POSITION: Assistant Professor & Extension Meats Specialist

APPOINTMENT: 12-month, non-tenure track appointment with 100% Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: This person will work to implement adult and youth education in livestock production, meat science, food safety, meat evaluation, meat in the diet, and meat quality.  The successful candidate will work closely with the current Extension Meat, Beef Cattle, Livestock, and 4-H Specialists to develop, implement, and evaluate programs.  There is an expected close interface between this position, the established research programs, and other sources of information that have applications to issues facing the meat industry and the resident meat sciences program.  The incumbent will provide statewide leadership for planning, implementing, conducting, and evaluating Extension education programs.  They will help lead the development of traditional educational delivery methods and web-based distance education technologies. This person will also work to extend research and technologies to livestock producers, meat packing, meat processing, retail, food service companies, and trade associations and assist these groups with problem-solving needs.

ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS: The successful candidate will be a faculty member in the Department of Animal Science and administratively responsible to the Department Head through the Associate Department Head and Extension Program Leader for Animal Science.

QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in Animal Science with a meat science emphasis. Demonstrates expertise in carcass grading, fabrication, processing, food safety, HACCP, sensory evaluation, and livestock and meat evaluation. Demonstrated excellence in program planning, implementation, and evaluation is required.  Demonstration of successful team performance, as well as strong independent program development, is expected.

The position will be available January 1, 2024.  The successful candidate will be provided with a competitive salary and benefits package.

HEADQUARTERS:  Texas A&M University Campus, College Station, TX

AREA SERVED:  Statewide

APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants must submit 1) a curriculum vitae, 2) a cover letter, and 3) the names and contact information of five (5) professional references. 

The application materials must be submitted online at https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AgriLife_Extension_External/job/College-Station-TX/Assistant-Professor---Extension-Meat-Specialist_R-067365

Review of applications will begin November 27, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled. For questions, email inquiries to Ms. Amy Carwile by e-mail (amy.carwile@ag.tamu.edu).

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.

About Texas A&M University, Department of Animal Science

The Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University remains one of the largest of its kind in the United States, offering degree programs leading to B.S., M.Ag., M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Animal Science, Animal Breeding, and Physiology of Reproduction. Additionally, our faculty are members of Intercollegiate Faculties capable of granting degrees in Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Biotechnology, and Genetics. The mission of the Department of Animal Science is to improve lives through discovery, integration, dissemination and application of science-based knowledge of animals and animal products. Areas of Excellence have been identified and developed to more effectively fulfill the mission of the Department of Animal Science. The goals for these Areas of Excellence are to provide focused areas of scholarship within the Department. The Areas of Excellence align with the missions of both the Department and College, as well as the strategic pillars of the University: (1) Transformational Education for all students, (2) Discovery and Innovation for the world, (3) Impact on the state, the nation and the world. Our dedication to these goals have formed the evolution of our programs and remains a driving priority.

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