Assistant Poultry Farm Manager

YOU MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK NOW BEFORE APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION

Due to a growing business, we have the opportunity to appoint an Assistant Poultry Farm Manager to our team on one of our poultry broiler sites in Melbourne, York.

If you want to become part of a continuously growing business and have the right attitude to progress to running your own farm in the future then read below.

The Assistant Farm Manager is responsible for supporting the Farm Manager in all aspects of the day-to-day management of the Poultry Farm to attain quality broiler chickens and you will also ensure the workplace safety of all employees and visitors to the farm, adhering to company Health and Safety Policies and requirements.

Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

· Setting up houses for chicks and carrying out daily checks on the housing and birds.

· General bird management – Ventilation, feeding, vaccinating etc.

· Manage crop estimation.

· Completing daily checklists and all relevant paperwork in accordance with Quality Control.

· Ensuring ongoing Bio Security is maintained.

· Humanely culling and removal of dead birds.

· Litter management.

· Feed ordering.

· Maintaining safe work practices of all personnel and contractors on site.

· Supervising and management of relevant staff.

· Liaise with customers and manage external contractors.

· Basic farm and equipment maintenance.

· Compliance with legislative and assurance scheme standards.

· Comply with company relevant policies and regulations.

· Adhering to all health and safety and environmental procedures.

· You will be required to assist other farms in the area and work alongside the production management team to achieve the best performance from crops.

· Oversee the day-to-day running of the farm with the assistance of other farm and relief staff. An emphasis on running the farm as if it was your own business, managing expenditure, maintenance and bird welfare.

· Work with Field Staff, Production Manager and Directors, alongside veterinary advice to continuously improve farm performance and bird welfare.

· Arrange turnaround procedures.

· Ordering chemicals with instruction available from Production Managers and Field Staff.

· Shavings and top-ups are to be ordered direct to site by the Farm Manager.

· Implement a robust water sanitisation programme at turnaround and in-crop.

· Notify Area Manager of mortality in the first three days. 0.3% within three days 1.5% in a week.

· Ensure the Area Manager is alerted if there is any suspicious activity in or around your sites.

Single-person sites are to assist each other during busy periods (Chick deliveries, Catches etc.) in conjunction with the relief manager.

· Fuel ordering is to be carried out by the Farm Manager.

· Farms are issued a smartphone with WhatsApp capability and a group chat will be active to discuss any group-related matters.

· Meet your obligations for mandatory Poultry Passport training.

· The overall emphasis is giving you the tools to drive performance whilst giving you the responsibility of the ownership on the site. These are your farms and this approach will enable farm staff to put their stamp on the business.

· If your farm is out of cycle, you will be expected to act as farm relief to assist other farms

Your reporting Line Manager is to the Poultry Farm Manager or Senior Production Management or Director.

Skills

The successful candidate will have previous experience within the poultry industry as well as a relevant qualification in Agriculture.

Being able to communicate well with your team and contractors.

Mandatory

· NVQ in Poultry production or Poultry Passport (if you do not have an NVQ we will enrol you).

· Have an excellent understanding of bird welfare and management skills.

· Full Driving Licence

Desirable

· Tractor, Tele-handler and/or Forklift Licence

Those applicants invited to interview will be expected to travel to the farm for the interview. Discussions can be had with interview candidates regarding other benefits as required.

Private health insurance and other benefits are available after 1 years employment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health & wellbeing programme
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Experience:

• poultry: 2 years (preferred)

Language:

• English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• UK Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Poultry - Ryedale