Vacancies Available at Farm Managers SA

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Agricultural Diploma/Degree advantageous
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience with pig production or livestock farming
• Computer literate
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong management and leadership skills
• Energetic and dynamic personality
• Being maintenance orientated advantageous

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management of the weaner and grower site and related activities such as selection, maintenance, logistics and fleet management, stock management, record keeping and more.

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Electrical Trade / Millwright Test Qualification
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the field
• Install, maintain, and enhance electrical systems and components, including fuses, lights, and wiring
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Maintenance orientated
• Valid driver’s license

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Key responsibilities

Packhouse (in-season)

• Ensure reliable operation and uptime of packhouse equipment through preventative maintenance, planned servicing, and rapid breakdown response.
• Maintain and troubleshoot equipment such as graders/sizers, conveyors, motors/gearboxes, belts/bearings, packing/printing systems, scales, box making equipment, pumps, fans and general mechanical systems.
• Assist with cold room and refrigeration support (fault-finding, basic maintenance, contractor coordination).
• Maintain maintenance logs, daily/weekly checklists, and spares usage records; support audit readiness.
• Enforce safe work practices (lockout/tagout principles, PPE, safe guarding) and maintain a clean, food-safe maintenance environment.

Farm (off-season)

• General farm maintenance planning and execution across infrastructure, workshops, pumps, irrigation-related mechanical components, buildings and equipment.
• Coordinate servicing and basic repairs of tractors, implements and farm equipment; manage minor fabrication/welding tasks.
• Manage contractors where required (electrical, refrigeration, civil), ensuring quality, safety and timelines.
• Maintain maintenance schedules, job cards, and parts/spares control.

Minimum requirements (non-negotiable)

• Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in packhouse/food processing maintenance and/or farm maintenance.
• Strong mechanical aptitude with proven fault-finding ability under time pressure.
• Competence in general maintenance including basic electrical fault finding, welding/fabrication and equipment servicing coordination.
• Computer literate (maintenance logs, checklists, email/WhatsApp reporting).
• Strong communication skills (able to report issues clearly and work with operations teams).
• Valid driver’s licence.

Advantageous / preferred

• Trade qualification (e.g., Millwright/Fitter/Electrician) or relevant tertiary qualification in Agriculture/Engineering-related field.
• Refrigeration/cold room exposure.
• Packhouse/food industry experience with audit/compliance systems (e.g., HACCP/BRCGS/GlobalG.A.P/SIZA—where applicable).
• Experience supervising assistants/contractors and managing spares stock.

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Matric
• BRCGS or HACCP certification
• 2–3 years packhouse compliance experience
• Knowledge of food safety auditing

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Monitor and interpret regulatory, food safety, quality, and health & safety requirements
• Conduct internal audits, inspections, and compliance walkthroughs
• Identify, report, and follow up on non-conformances, including root cause analysis
• Maintain accurate compliance documentation and reporting
• Coordinate pest control, environmental monitoring, glass control, HACCP, and food safety meetings
• Ensure hygiene, cleanliness, and risk assessments are correctly implemented
• Analyse test results and provide timely feedback to management
• Support audit scheduling, communication, and reporting
• Ensure staff training on packhouse processes, standards, and regulations
• Manage consumables and perform stock control
• Perform additional duties as required, including off-season tasks

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant Bookkeeping/ Accounting qualification advantageous
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Experience using Pastel
• Computer literate
• Exceptional communication and reporting skills (written & verbal)
• General Administration skills
• Strong cashbook, creditors, debtors and inventory
• Ability to work under pressure
• Valid driver’s license

RESPONSIBILITIES/ TASKS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Capture and process all supplier invoices in Pastel.
• Verify that all invoices are accurate, complete, and correctly matched to approved purchase orders.
• Ensure all invoices are duly authorised and signed by the necessary parties prior to processing.
• Process all creditor invoices by the 10th of each month for all relevant entities.
• Reconcile all creditor accounts and verify balances against the age analysis.
• Prepare creditor payment packs, including supporting documentation.
• Compile and prepare the CSV banking file for month-end creditor payments.
• Ensure that all creditor reconciliations, payment packs, and CSV bank files are completed by the 20th of each month.
• Respond promptly to creditor and internal queries.
• Maintain accurate and orderly filing of all creditor documentation and invoices.
• Assist with annual external audit preparations and collate all required creditor-related information.
• Maintain and update the diesel dip and rain gauge spreadsheets.
• Manage stationery and grocery orders and monitor stock levels.
• Compile and maintain documentation for motor vehicle licence renewals.
• Perform ad-hoc tasks as assigned and any other reasonable duties related to the role.

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Agricultural Diploma/Degree highly advantageous
• Min of 5 previous years farm management experience
• Min of 5 previous years of apple or stone fruit experience
• Computer literate
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Maintenance and mechanically orientated
• Valid driver’s license

 DUTIES

• To be an inspiration to employees and to set clear standards.
• Apply insect and fungus control to promote production and marketing possibilities and not to hamper it.
• Apply staff management so that staff are motivated and effective
• Use its vehicles and implements under control properly and maintain good sound maintenance standards
• Calibration and daily maintenance on board sprayers.
• Correct application of all chemicals, foliar feeds and fertilizers as well as their measurement, management and record keeping.
• Record keeping of chemical room and global gap forms kept up to date from the orchards and provided weekly in the office to the staff responsible for the global gap audit.
• Pre-planning for the bees that are placed in orchards and the aftercare of the bees during the time they work here.
• To be ready to report to management on a weekly basis regarding productions, staff and stock
• Manage stocks of chemicals, foliar feed, fertilizers and packaging materials with extreme care and report as necessary.
• The necessary and timely maintenance of nets, cables, poles, gates, sorting machines, cold rooms and buildings.
• The necessary timely maintenance and restoration of irrigation system.
• The management of the irrigation system with the AquaCheck program as guideline and tool.
• Make sure data loggers of probes' batteries are charged and that data is loaded on computer every Monday and Friday. Irrigation and rain should also be read into the program weekly
• Make sure probes' batteries are ready to store data and there should always be spare batteries if a battery is flat.
• Responsible for the expansion, management and maintenance of new and old orchards

The harvesting process: -

• The appointment of staff for the harvesting process and it is crucial that every person appointed is in possession of an RSA id document!
• Training of pickers.
• Make sure that each picker has your picking bag and leather
• Each picker is divided into a picking team.
• Each picker is recorded per team and stays there.
• Forms are given daily to picking teams and the previous day's are checked with them.
• Maintain order in orchards and give instructions correctly to picking team leaders.
• Hygiene is extremely important -study global gap file in office.
• Achieve goals that senior management sets to pick per day.
• Bins should be checked with the amount of picking bags each day
• Daily repair and maintenance on board tractors and picking trailers (checklists / tractor)
• Drinking water must be available for the pickers.
• Sufficient water in pond for warehouse.
• Accidents handled in orchards and logging
• Make sure every loose worker gets his wage every 2 weeks.
• Make sure tractor drivers have a license and get training before a tractor is given to him.

Warehousing process:

• Sorting machine should be checked daily.
• Maintenance on sorting machine, monorail, boxing machine, pallet jacks, forks and cold rooms should be done as needed and checked every day as on checklists.
• Cold room should be monitored.
• Old sorting may have to be set up.
• Record keeping of palletizing.
• Unloading of product.
• Intake of packaging material.
• Stocking of packaging material and product must be done daily.
• Staff must get training before packing season starts
• Make sure the right product in right box-Manual is provided by exporter.
• Make sure the staff wear the right clothes.
• Hygiene is again the very important-study global gap file in office.
• SOP file is in packing office
• Weekly planning must be discussed Monday morning before work or Sunday evenings
• If you want to take leave you must apply in writing and it is approved by one of the directors.
• Leave is 3 weeks per year of which 2 weeks are compulsory to one. This must be done in the quieter times, when work is less
• Work vehicle provided to you may not be used for personal use.
• To maintain his home and garden with good neatness and hygiene as a goal
• Responsible for timely and correct pre-fires and control of veld fires
• Responsible for the expansion, management and maintenance of new and old orchards
• He also has the responsibility to maintain the relationship between him, his branches and staff towards senior management on a sound footing.
• Budget must be submitted to management every 6 months for the next 12 months.
• All purchases must be made from recognized suppliers and, if necessary, obtain the necessary approval from senior management.
• To ensure that staff receive timely and correct payments and that their rations are allocated correctly.
• Responsible for private security indoors and on farms

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Diploma/Degree in Agriculture, highly advantageous
• Min of 2 years previous dairy herd management experience
• Min of 2 years previous pasture management experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Computer literate
• Great stockman
• Knowledge of 4th Quadrant systems
• Maintenance orientated advantageous
• Ability to speak Xhosa advantageous
• Valid driver’s license

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

•  Agricultural Diploma advantageous
• Previous packhouse experience essential
• Previous vegetable farming advantageous
• Computer literate
• Strong understanding and practical experience with global standards and certifications such as GlobalGAP, FSSC (Food Safety System Certification), and Siza
• Ability to work with and motivate a team
• Effective verbal and communication skills
• Maintenance orientated
• Energetic, hardworking, and self-driven individua
• Valid driver’s license