Our client (Winkelhaak & Hillview Boerdery) is looking for a dairy farm manager to join their team with immediate effect.
Job Description
Tasks and Outputs will include, but not be limited to:
- Plans, develops, and implements policies, procedures, and practices for operation of dairy farm to ensure compliance with company’s or owner’s standards for farm production, propagation of herd, and regulations of regulatory agencies.
- Supervising milking routine, general hygiene and orderliness of work area, Mastitis detection and treatment, animal husbandry wrt. sick animals, vaccinations of the milk herd, pre- and post- calving treatments that are necessary.
- Directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, farm activities, for example breeding and rearing livestock, feeding and milking of cows, storage of milk, and sterilizing and maintaining facilities and equipment.
- Reviews breeding and milk production records to determine bulls and cows that are unproductive and should be sold.
- Inspects facilities and equipment to ensure compliance with sanitation standards, and to determine maintenance and repair requirements.
- Dairy Machine R&M (or at least the ability to pick up if there is something on the machine that requires attention).
- Authorizes, requisitions, or purchases supplies and equipment, for example feed, disinfectant and sanitation chemicals, and replacements for defective equipment.
- Secures services of Veterinarian for treatment of herd or when cows are calving.
- Prepares farm activity reports for evaluation by management or owner.
- As and when required, may direct and coordinate activities regarding planting, growing, harvesting, and storage of feed forage crops.
- Manage ALL labour related responsibilities in line with company policies.
- Clerical and administrative job duties, like drawing up budget plans and maintaining records of day-to-day operations.
- Personnel evaluations and personnel training.
For information regarding competence, qualifications, experiential requirements, application method and closing date, please visit the Recruitment page of Panlila Consulting at www.panlila.co.za
Please be sure to forward your original CV and not only the website generated CV.
