Farm Manager, Oil Palm at Edgewood Consulting

Company Description

Our Client is a prominent player in the Nigerian Farms & Agro Allied industry in Okitipupa Environ.  With over 3,000 Hectare of Oil Palm Plantation and processing Mill.  Business expansion has necessitated the need to hire a tecnically sound and reliable Farm Manager. The successful candidate must be willing to relocate to Ondo State

Job Description

• 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

Qualifications

• Must possess at least a degree in Agriculture / Forestry / Plantation Management or equivalent
•  At least 6 years’ experience in oil palm nursery and plantation management
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office packages: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel