Australia: OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR posted by Farm Manager SA

• Horticulture qualifications are desired but not essential.
• Minimum five (5) years’ experience/ exposure to farm operations and supervising teams.
• Strong understanding of horticulture from an operational perspective
• Ability to monitor and manage Orchard teams efficiently.
• Strong computer and financial literacy, contingency planning, irrigation best practice management and knowledge of threatening pests and diseases.
• The ability to coach, train and educate staff on yielding results with a solid focus on understanding the orchard calendar.

 
KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS
 
Planning & Scheduling
Schedule and maintain orchard systems and processes by:

• Managing and planning resource and equipment usage
• Ensure document management is accurately captured, maintained, and reported
• Monitor and ensure all irrigation schedules and orchard activities are adhered to
• Continuously monitoring and improving all orchard management and financial systems to ensure accurate information is recorded
• Share knowledge and experience of orchard operations with others to add value to strategic planning

 
 
Orchard Growth, Health & Hygiene
Support and promote maximum yield from trees through:

• Actively contribute to and support the development of best practice management plans
• Ensuring Orchard and Irrigation Technicians understand, agrees with, or accepts the context and purpose of weed management
• Continuously improving all Orchard growth and hygiene identification processes to drive productivity and efficiency to optimize tree health

 
 
Leadership & Safety
Actively contribute to achieving the overall goals of the company by:

• Leading and supporting the recruitment process to ensure effective induction and training
• Building a positive work and safety culture within the Orchard team, in conjunction with the company Safety Coordinator through training and Platinum behaviour
• Ensuring all safety incidents/ near misses are recorded and investigated effectively in accordance with SMS

 
 
Stakeholder Management
Represent company shared values through:

• Dealing with customers, community members and contractors, ensuring cost effective orchard performance and timely delivery
• Develop and maintain effective relationships across value chain ensuring all H&S Processing Plant, Sales and Distribution requirements are met

 
Financial
Ensure all operational costs are managed through:

• Developing forecasts of activities and Management Plan to support highly accurate budgeting
• Manage orchard costs to budget including staffing numbers

 
 
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted