Job Description

We are seeking an Assistant Farm Manager with proven skills within a challenging environment, with a view to career progression within our business. We would like to bring new skills into the business so poultry and animal husbandry experience is not always essential.

We are a well-established family business operating world leading centre of excellence in egg production and marketing close to one billion eggs per year. The business has rearing, laying and packing sites throughout the UK; this role is based at our laying site near Holsworthy, Devon.

Key duties

Support the Farm Manager in ensuring an efficient site with bird welfare as a priority Supervise and performance monitor all those working on the site Suuport the development and implementation of KPI's (e.g. labour, absence, production, biosecurity & hygiene) Ensure compliance with law and quality assurance schemes associated with egg production To monitor bird performance and egg quality, implementing improvement opportunities to ensure happy birds and maximise quality egg production Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations
Skills & abilities

strong leadership and people management skills; proven track record of leading a team good leadership and people skills, tough and resilient, whilst being able to manage through delegation performance driven with a proven record of success within a manufacturing environment excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to coach and mentor staff committed to continuous improvement highly organised and self-motivated. numerate and possessing good analytical skills, with experience of tracking production statistics, variances, KPIs etc. computer literate ability to travel and possess a full, clean driving licence
The candidate's salary will be commensurate with experience in leadership and will be reviewed on the basis of commitment, development of poultry knowledge, compliance and production results. Interviews may take place at any one of our poultry sites (Devon, Wiltshire or Shropshire)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 35,000.00-40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

On-site parking
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 100125WordenAFM