Farm Manager Oil Palm Plantation at Stresert Services Limited

Location:  Delta State.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for farm activities e.g. site clearing, nurseries establishment and management, planting, harvesting, plantation maintenance
• Plan finances and production to maintain farm progress against budget parameters
• Oversee farming activities e.g. riving tractors, operating machinery, feeding livestock or spraying fields
• Maintain and monitor the quality of yield
• Ensure regulations concerning farm activities are complied with
• Maintain a knowledge of pests and diseases and an understanding of how they spread and how to treat them
• Apply health and safety standards across the farm estate
• Responsible for the development of the plantations e.g. extensions and replanting
• Organizing of the crop transport to the mill
• Farm budget and cost control
• Preparing and forwarding monthly Operations Report to Executive Management.
• Training and guidance of plantation staff

Requirements

• Must possess at least a degree in Agriculture / Forestry / Plantation Management or equivalent
•  At least 10 years’ experience in oil palm nursery and plantation management
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel

Salary:

§  Salary ranges between N 8 million annual gross