Farm General Manager at Sigma Consult

Job Description & Responsibilities
Management Role:

• Responsible for overseeing the entire poultry operations.
• Direct the planning and managing of farm operations and handle farm business administration and marketing.
• Plan, develop, and implements policies, procedures, and practices for operation of the Poultry farm to ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Directs and coordinates, farm activities, for example feeding and production of chicks and eggs and growth of broiler.
• Plan, coordinate, and direct various activities within production to achieve the set targets.
• Manage farm financing, including negotiating loans, establishing relationships with purchasers.
• Purchase needed farm equipment and supplies and consumables
• maintaining and monitoring daily and weekly production records and presenting monthly performance reports to executive management.
• Oversee routine production planning and execution of periodical, preventive and breakdown maintenance of machinery such as Boilers, Pellet Press, etc
• Submit innovative ideas to the top management for the continuous growth of the organization.

Health & Environment:

• Plan and manage safety and hygiene in factory premises.
• Ensure all organic Poultry sanitation procedures are followed, to include the use of good quality of chick and broiler chicken.
• Sterilizing and maintaining facilities and equipment and ensure disease prevention for good bird health.
• Ensure standard ventilation guidelines for environmental closed houses in extreme whether condition.

Operations:

• Maintain high quality, healthy Poultry herds. Identify and respond to health, environmental and nutritional requirements of poultry Industry.
• Handled routine Breeder, Broiler, Layer flock health maintenance program & established guidelines for Good Health Management, encompassing vaccination, medication, Disinfection & Bio-security program.
• Ensure that birds are growing regularly using consistent techniques.
• Supervising and following up on different types of vaccines methods like: vaccinating with spraying, drinking water, subcutaneous & intramuscular injection & its laboratory tests.
• Maintained a high standard of poultry husbandry like Chick/Egg management, Growth Management, Ventilation, pre-processing management and nutrition.
• Ensuring company guidelines & production standards pertaining to, Sanitation & disinfection of hatchery, broiler houses, layer & breeding farm.

Qualification

• First Degree in Social Sciences or Business Management Discipline.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years progressive experience in Poultry Farm Management.

Requirements:

• Effective people management skills
• Knowledge of Environmental management.
• Knowledge of different breeds of chicken and fowl.
• Skilled in maintaining the health and hygiene of the birds.
• Knowledge of optimum bird and fowl nutrition
• Efficient in maintaining safety standards and cleanliness at the farm
• Knowledge of pest and disease control.
• Knowledge of the latest technological advancements in poultry management.

Skills and Competencies:

• People Management skill
• Result-oriented
• Self-motivated
• Leadership qualities
• Good communication skills.

Salary
N70,000 - N1,000,000 monthly.