Exxaro is hiring a Foreman to manage Farms which include, livestock, crops, infrastructure, and equipment
Exxaro is hiring a Foreman to manage Farms which include, livestock, crops, infrastructure, and equipment
3 years Mixed farming experience relating to Live Stock and Crops (Essential/Minimum) Operational
Exxaro is hiring a Foreman to manage Farms which include, livestock, crops, infrastructure, and equipment
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Grade 12/Standard 10 Technical (Essential/Minimum)
• N Certificate: Mixed Farming System (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate First Line Management (Essential/Minimum)
• NH Dip: Agric Irrigation Planning (Recommended/Desirable or)
• Diploma Cattle And Sheep Farming (Recommended/Desirable or)
• Diploma Agriculture (Recommended/Desirable)
EXPERIENCE:
- 3 years Mixed farming experience relating to Live Stock and Crops (Essential/Minimum) Operational
REQUIREMENTS:
• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• Pub Driv Lic:Code B ( Essential/Minimum )
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Best Practice and Knowledge Management
• Develop and maintain a functional specialist network to benchmark current processes as well as new developments in specific fields
• Ensure application of best practice in crop and livestock management
• Continually identify and report improvement opportunities
Compliance, Governance and Assurance
• Provide and participate in governance systems for best practice
• Adhere to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and comply with company specific Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures
Crop Management
• Plan and implement crop type and schedule
• Analyse earth composition, plan and application type and amount of fertiliser
• Plan and spray crops with relevant insecticides
• Maintain irrigation schedules
• Plan and manage cropping
• Manage selling and distribution of crops
Effective People Management
• Provide leadership and direction in selection, development and motivation of staff
• Manage subordinates’ Key Performance Areas (KPA’s) by setting and monitoring performance standards and taking action to correct deviations to achieve departmental objectives
• Foster an environment that focuses on process execution excellence, high performance and continuous improvement and individual contributions
• Promote teamwork, provide support and manage performance by creating and maintaining individual development plans of subordinates
Live Stock Management
• Manage breading programme to prevent in breading
• Ensure preventative vaccination programme are adhered to
• Manage balanced feeding program across farm to prevent environmental deterioration of fields
• Do continuous health analyses to prevent serious illnesses
• Keep stock count and age analyses
• Manage marketing and selling of stock
Operational Effectiveness
• General maintenance and management of the farm
• Plan and organize the activities on the farm
• Plan, organise and schedule tasks on a continued basis
• Provide guidance and advice to the farm workers on all tasks and activities
• Implement fertilization programme and the prepare farmlands for crops can be planted
• Ensure the desired quantities of fertilizer and weed killer are administered. After the cropping the products are processed, sorted and packed
• Supervise the care taking of the animals and the control of illnesses
• Provide relevant and specialised support to applicable stakeholders
• Do first line and Routine work maintenance on farming equipment, vehicles and infrastructure
Safe and Healthy Work Environment
• Maintain and ensure healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable SHE policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage culture that focuses on safety in all operations
• Understanding the implications of health and safety regulations
Behavioural Alignment
Demonstrates the following:
• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective
DEADLINE: 02 May 2024
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