The Opportunity
The Poultry Veterinarian is responsible for leading flock health, welfare, and quality across Maple Leaf Foods' live poultry operations. This role provides veterinary technical services for broiler breeders, hatcheries, and, when needed, broiler production. The position works closely with live operations, hatchery, quality assurance, laboratory, animal welfare, and producer teams to improve flock health, hatchability, chick quality, and broiler breeder performance results. The Poultry Veterinarian represents Maple Leaf Foods in poultry health-related industry activities and supports proactive programs related to disease prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, animal welfare, and food safety.

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life

Deliver technical services and guidance on poultry health, including preventive medicine, disease control programs, diagnostic testing, vaccination programs, animal welfare, and antimicrobial use

Conduct flock health field visits and postmortems for broiler breeders, hatcheries, and occasionally broilers

Guide bird husbandry programs

Provide technical guidance for hatchability and incubation issues

Provide technical guidance for chick health

Deliver training as needed throughout the poultry operations

Support MLF initiatives including animal welfare, antimicrobial use, and food safety

Provide oversight to third party veterinary services serving Ontario producers

Implement proactive food safety programs relating to live poultry

Employ a proactive approach to antibiotic use and preventing antibiotic resistance

Support programs and projects such as raised without antibiotics, breed evaluation, bird health, feed programs, and other recent initiatives





Ensure regulatory compliance for live poultry health and disease response programs

Coordinate with CFIA, provincial authorities, industry partners, and internal MLF teams as needed

What You’ll Bring

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; eligible for licensure in Ontario

Experienced and/or specialized in poultry

American College of Poultry Veterinarians certification is an asset

Effective communication and influencing skills

Professional, objective, action-oriented, team player

Values-oriented and upholds a high standard of professional ethics

Self‑motivated with excellent problem‑solving ability

Advanced computer and data analytic skills required

What We Offer

Competitive Health and Wellness advantages that start on your first day of employment

Defined Contribution Pension Plan with company matching that starts on your first day of employment

Learning and development opportunities, including workshops, speaker series events, and resources to develop and progress your career

Comprehensive tuition reimbursement program supporting continuous learning and professional certifications or trades programs

Up to two paid days annually to volunteer at a cause of your choice

We thank all applicants for their interest in exploring employment opportunities with Maple Leaf Foods; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Applicants may be subject to a background check and must meet the security criteria designated for the position. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired; please contact our Talent Attraction Team at [email protected].

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📌 Poultry Veterinarian (Ontario)
🏢 Maple Leaf Foods
📍 Ontario