Rustenburg: Laying Farm Manager posted by Network Finance

Experience as a Laying Manager in a Broiler Breeder environment
Understand requirements relating to Animal Welfare, Food Safety and Quality and develop your team to ensure they have the capability to meet the performance goals.
Understanding of modern farming methods, a commitment to animal welfare
Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint & Word) – IT skills are essential alongside the capability to
Proficiency in English is essential in this position.
Laying Operations – Manage all production related activities ensuring consistent compliance with standard operating procedures in order to achieve optimal production output efficiencies
Production Management – Manage the farm under your responsibility to achieve cost effective production targets
Ensure operational planning, placements or depletions are completed and implemented to achieve optimal production
Ensuring the highest standard of fertile eggs are produced to optimise production efficiency
Correctly calculate and issue feed and water requirements to ensure that supply is sufficient to meet nutritional requirements and manage feed stock levels
Managing and compliance of a strict bio-security environment  and maintaining an effective biosecurity programme by practicing good hygiene, vaccination and disease prevention
Ensure all livestock is treated humanely, and in compliance with company standards
Strong analytical skills relating to breeder technical aspects.
Work efficiently in a team environment with tact, patience, and a willingness to work with colleagues, ability to build relationships and be able to work under pressure
Drive improvement in the performance standards for uniformity of the flock, point of lay cost (POLC), health and animal welfare (up to 65 weeks)
Conduct post-mortems and report finding to senior area ops manager and group veterinarian
Record and monitor weekly husbandry parameters
Ensuring that cleanout and housekeeping duties are done properly (i.e. the houses are properly washed and sanitized at cleanout, grass is kept short, drains on site are kept clean, all waste and debris from the site is removed and buildings on site are maintained)
Involve the team by encouragement and motivating to deliver safety excellence and promote risk awareness by getting involved and following safety rules and identifying risks
Attending to HR/IR matters (i.e. planning leave, time sheets, disciplinary measures, interviews etc.)