Maintenance & Piggery Assistant at Number Two Piggeries (Pty) Ltd.

About the job
MAINTENANCE & PIGGERY ASSISTANT – GOLDEN VALLEY PIGGERY (COOKHOUSE, EC)

JOB DESCRIPTION (OVERVIEW)

• This role is suitable for a young, eager, and hard-working individual who will be responsible for maintenance as well as piggery work.
• This role will be responsible for coordinating installations, maintenance, and repair work in farm buildings and or surrounding complexes. The role also includes regularly inspecting sites, maintaining farm equipment, and assigning workers to various projects.
• The role will also assist the farm manager in treating grower pigs, loading, and receiving such pigs, and making sure that daily routines and duties run smoothly in the Growing department.
   

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Any level of tertiary qualification
• National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
   

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Maintenance experience (1 year) – able to do welding
• Driver's license (code 10)
• Exposure to the agricultural industry
• Computer literate with capability in email, MS Office suite skills, and related communication tools
   

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

Maintenance:

• Inspect sites regularly to identify problems i.e., water leakages, broken fence, the need for welding, and necessary maintenance.
• Prepare weekly maintenance schedules and allocate work as per forecasted workloads.
• Coordinate daily cleaning and maintenance activities.
• Oversee all repairs and ensure that work is completed on time.
• Maintain all inventory and equipment and ensure proper storage.
• Comply with all health and safety regulations and practices on site. Conduct safety inspections.
• Conduct follow-ups on all maintenance and repair work.

Piggery:

• Clean feed troughs (prior feeding) and prepare feed for grower pigs.
• Assist with daily procedures and checks (sick pigs, treatments, maintenance, cleaning). Assist grower supervisor in transporting grower pigs (comfortability in each compartment).
• Health & safety - ensure drivers strictly adhere to all health and safety rules when transporting grower pigs and offloading weaner pigs.
• Assist grower supervisor to record all treatment used on the medical register.
• Pig receiving – ensure grower pig pens are hygienically clean with fresh water.
• Ensure handling of animals to high welfare standards. The five freedoms: hunger and thirst; discomfort; pain, injury, and disease; express normal behavior; fear and distress.
• Assist with general farm work.
   

REMUNERATION AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Remuneration will be market-related and commensurate with the caliber of the successful candidate.

We are committed to employment equity in our recruitment process. It is our company policy to promote within wherever possible. Therefore, priority will be given to our internal applicants as well as EE candidates.  

PLEASE NOTE

Only candidates who meet all requirements will be contacted.

Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not receive a response within 2 weeks of the application closing date.