FARM MANAGER – Vegetable Breeding & Seed Production
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🇬🇧 FARM MANAGER – Vegetable Breeding & Seed Production 📍 Location: Maresme-Spain (Field & Greenhouse Operations) 🏢 Company: Antaris Seeds 📅 Full-time About Us Antaris Seeds is a fast-growing vegetable seed company focused on genetic improvement, breeding, and high-quality seed production. We operate across field, greenhouse, and tunnel environments, with a strong focus on precision, organization, and long-term development. We are building a high-performance team, and we are looking for a Farm Manager who can take full ownership of operations. The Role This is not an operator position. We are looking for someone who can run the farm, manage people, anticipate problems, and progressively grow into a decision-making role. You will be responsible for: • Daily farm operations (field and greenhouse environments), • Irrigation systems and infrastructure, • Team organization and supervision, • Labour hiring, training, and evaluation, • Execution of breeding activities, • Analysis of operational needs and offers, • Budget planning and cost controlKey Responsibilities🔧 Farm Operations & Irrigation, • Daily inspection of all operational units, • Full control of irrigation systems (pressure, uniformity, failures), • Immediate intervention in case of issues (including nights/weekends if needed), • Monitoring drainage and preventing water-related damage📋 Organization & Systems, • Implement structured workflows and checklists, • Maintain daily logs and documentation, • Ensure full traceability of activities👷 Team Management, • Assign daily tasks clearly, • Supervise execution and performance, • Ensure efficiency and discipline across the team🎓 Labour Training, • Build and manage a labour training system, • Train new workers on key tasks, • Standardize work quality🧠 Analysis & Decision Preparation, • Analyze offers, quotations, and operational needs, • Provide recommendations before decisions are made, • Think proactively — not just execute💰 Budgeting & Planning, • Prepare and monitor budgets (labour, consumables, operations), • Anticipate needs and control costs, • Contribute to yearly planning👥 Hiring & HR, • Identify labour needs in advance, • Source and interview candidates, • Highly organized and structured, • Able to lead people and take responsibility, • Comfortable in a demanding, fast-paced environment, • Hands-on, but also capable of thinking and planning, • Experience in farm management, greenhouse operations, or agriculture, • Experience managing teams is highly valued, • Knowledge of irrigation systems is a strong advantageWhat We Offer, • A key leadership role in a growing company, • Real responsibility and autonomy, • Long-term growth opportunity, • Salary based on experience and profile, • Early daily start (before the team), • Full ownership of operations, • Why you are a good fit for this role 🏢 Empresa: Antaris Seeds 📅 Jornada completa Sobre Nosotros Antaris Seeds es una empresa en crecimiento dedicada a la mejora genética y producción de semillas de alta calidad. Operamos en campo, invernaderos y túneles, con un enfoque fuerte en organización, precisión y desarrollo a largo plazo. Buscamos incorporar un Responsable de Finca que asuma la gestión total de las operaciones. El Puesto Este no es un puesto de operario. Buscamos una persona que pueda dirigir la finca, gestionar equipos, anticipar problemas y evolucionar hacia un rol de toma de decisiones. Será responsable de: • Operaciones diarias (campo e invernaderos), • Sistemas de riego, • Organización y supervisión del equipo, • Contratación, formación y evaluación del personal, • Ejecución de actividades de mejora vegetal, • Análisis de necesidades y ofertas, • Presupuestos y control de costesResponsabilidades Principales🔧 Operaciones y Riego, • Inspección diaria de todas las unidades, • Control total del sistema de riego, • Intervención inmediata ante problemas (incluyendo noches y fines de semana si es necesario), • Control de drenaje📋 Organización, • Implementar sistemas y checklists, • Mantener registros diarios, • Asegurar trazabilidad completa👷 Gestión de Equipo, • Asignar tareas diarias, • Supervisar ejecución, • Garantizar eficiencia🎓 Formación de Personal, • Crear un sistema de formación, • Formar nuevos trabajadores, • Estandarizar calidad de trabajo🧠 Análisis y Toma de Decisiones, • Analizar ofertas y necesidades, • Proponer recomendaciones, • Pensar antes de ejecutar💰 Presupuestos, • Preparar y controlar costes, • Anticipar necesidades, • Participar en planificación anual👥 Contratación, • Identificar necesidades de personal, • Buscar y entrevistar candidatos, • Muy organizada, • Con capacidad de liderazgo, • Responsable y resolutiva, • Capaz de trabajar bajo presión, • Experiencia en gestión agrícola o invernaderos, • Experiencia gestionando equipos, • Conocimientos de riego (valorable)Qué Ofrecemos, • Puesto clave en empresa en crecimiento, • Alta responsabilidad, • Desarrollo profesional a largo plazo, • Salario según experiencia y perfil, • Llegar antes que el equipo, • Asumir responsabilidad total, • Por qué encajas en el puesto, • Experiencia gestionando operaciones y equipos
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