Job Description
Looking for a Farm Supervisor with knowledge of horticulture, particularly pecan plantations. The candidate must be willing to go through the challenges associated with supervising a startup agricultural project.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Supervisor existing operations, crops, livestock, staff, and financial documents and recommending improvements.
- Delegate tasks to subordinates daily and manage labour and all resources in an efficient manner.
- Maintain high quality brooded broilers with consistent production.
- Improving quality of heads and the genetic structure of the cattle and goat’s herds.
- Identify best and worst performers and maintain such records to justify ratings.
- Drive staff to complete tasks in timely manner and at a high standard.
- Provide seasonal input requirements by the end of the second month of every season.
- Supervise seedling nurseries for horticulture crops.
- Plan, schedule and supervise breeding program for cattle and goats.
- Provide daily farm reports.
- Supervise daily planning of work schedules, activities and routine work.
- Conduct bi-weekly stock take with admin.
- Record and report staff attendance by 8 am daily on WhatsApp group and directly to Administrator.
- Ensure up to date consistent record keeping on yields, slaughter, inputs, breeding, drying weights, maintenance and all other production related statistics for all projects.
- Lead all aspects of crop and livestock production.
- Market the farms products.
- Enforce farm rules and ensure rules and safety procedures are followed by all staff
Qualifications and Experience
- Diploma/bachelor’s degree in agriculture, Animal Science or equivalent.
- Organizational and time management skills.
- Knowledge of local and export market trends crop market trends.
- At least 3 years of experience managing the any of the following crops: - Strawberries, Hemp, Onion, Peas, Red pepper, Garlic, Ginger, English cucumber, Chilies.
- Experience in cattle breeding for either pedigree or commercial breeding.
- Abattoir management and artificial insemination experience an added advantage.
- Willingness and experience developing start up agricultural projects.
- Class 4 driver’s license.
Other
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants should send their applications to: recruitments@crocoholdings.co.zw, specifying the vacancy applied for in the subject.