Farm Manager - Bloemfontein at Country Bird Holdings Ltd (CBH)

Minimum Requirements

• At least 5 years Broiler Breeder Experience in a Management role
• Exceptional people / team leadership skills - Coaching employees to help them develop a clear understanding of the requirements relating to Poultry Production, Animal Welfare, Food Safety and Quality and develop the team to ensure they have the capability to meet the performance goals
• A good understanding of modern farming methods within the Poultry Industry
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint & Word) - IT skills are essential alongside the capability to
• Proficiency in English is essential in this position
• Strong analytical skills relating to breeder technical aspects.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Laying Operations - Manage all production related activities ensuring consistent compliance with standard operating procedures in order to achieve optimal production output efficiencies
• Production Management - Manage the farm under your responsibility to achieve cost effective production targets
• Ensure operational planning, placements or depletions are completed and implemented to achieve optimal production
• Ensuring the highest standard of fertile eggs are produced to optimise production efficiency
• Correctly calculate and issue feed and water requirements to ensure that supply is sufficient to meet nutritional requirements and manage feed stock levels
• Managing and compliance of a strict bio-security environment  and maintaining an effective biosecurity programme by practicing good hygiene, vaccination and disease prevention
• Ensure all livestock is treated humanely, and in compliance with company standards
• Work efficiently in a team environment with tact, patience, and a willingness to work with colleagues, ability to build relationships and be able to work under pressure
• Drive improvement in the performance standards for uniformity of the flock, point of lay cost (POLC), health and animal welfare (from placement to depletion)
• Conduct post-mortems and report finding to senior area ops manager and group veterinarian
• Record and monitor weekly husbandry parameters
• Ensuring that cleanout and housekeeping duties are done properly (i.e. the houses are properly washed and sanitized at cleanout, grass is kept short, drains on site are kept clean, all waste and debris from the site is removed and buildings on site are maintained)
• Involve the team by encouragement and motivating to deliver safety excellence and promote risk awareness by getting involved and following safety rules and identifying risks
• Attending to HR/IR matters (i.e. planning leave, time sheets, disciplinary measures, interviews etc.)