Beef Backgrounding Farm Manager
6 days ago
Belfast
Belfast / Carolina Area Mpumalanga: Manage and oversee daily backgrounding with regards to health and production as well as general farm maintenance. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS • BSc Animal science or similar qualification, • 5-7 years proven farm experience with a solid track record, • Fully competent in Microsoft Office and Excel, • A high degree of business acumen, • Must be able to work independently and without supervision, • Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, • Ability to build effective relationship, • Ability to interact at various levels within the organisation, • Able to make quick decisions, • A good organizer you should be able to plan and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines, • Able to motivate people, • Numerate, • Able to solve problems, • An analytical mind, • Leadership skills, • Managing and operating the backgrounding cattle as cost effective as possible and maintaining production levels and targets, • Supervising staff organising and monitoring workflow, • Off-loading of cattle and feed, • Pasture and grazing management, • Management of hay bale feeding, • Sorting of new cattle, • Completing paperwork of new cattle and arrivals, • Manage the processing of cattle, • Monitor of all pharmaceuticals and ear tags (ordering and receipt), • Treatment of sick cattle, • Daily recon of medicine used, • Daily management of cattle on grazing opening up of new grass and clean water management, • Monitor administration of medicine the number of administrations and morbidity and mortality, • Oversee diet and intake management, • Logistical management for the disposing of mortality meat, • Processing of cattle, • Capturing hospital data on the Cattle Management System, • Liaising with the feedlot backgrounding manager regarding animal health processing and feeding protocols, • Perform frequent job inspections to ensure safe work areas quality of workmanship and effectiveness of maintenance and repairs, • Direct monitor and evaluate occupational health and safety procedures to minimize risk in the workplace along with the Health and Safety Consultant, • Implement policies and procedures ensuring that standard operating procedures exist for all critical operations of production, • Ensure management of human resources in accordance with company practices and legislation, • Supervising the processing employees organizing and monitoring workflow directs and co-ordinates their activities, • Ensure staff discipline is managed in accordance to company policies procedures & code of conduct, • Any breaches of discipline are immediately dealt with and correct rectification/disciplinary action is initiated, • Ensure that employee performance is managed and performance reviews are conducted regularly, • To report to management any breach of rules act of dishonesty malpractice or corruption by any member of the public visitor to the site or member of staff, • To attend daily weekly monthly management meetings, • Must be capable and willing to work overtime when required, • Must be available after hours to keep contact with all relevant parties 7 days a week Required Experience: Manager Key Skills Animal Care,Growing Experience,Farm Machinery,Physiology Knowledge,Management Experience,Animal Husbandry,Agriculture,Apache Pig,Farming,Irrigation,Production Management,Financial Management Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1