Pen Supervisor at Eastern Plains Integrated Farms Limited

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directly supervises the pen attendants to ensure the Pen houses and the surroundings are always clean and hygienic.
• Assigns duties to farm attendants and ensures that they are carried out in an efficient manner; duties such as feeding, vaccinating poultry, cleaning and disinfecting /fumigating chicken houses, running of manure belts, shipping eggs or maintaining buildings.
• Assist the Poultry technical Manager in maintaining high standard of biosecurity in the Farm.
• Assist the Poultry technical Manager in ensuring that vaccination and drugs are correctly administered to avoid and treat avian diseases.
• Keeps accurate record and renders timely report on all the activities in the Pen House to the TM - mortality, suspected avian disease symptom, birds condition, feeding, water intake etc.
• Cooperates with the TM to ensure that the birds are adequately fed to achieve good body weight for optimum production.
• Liaises with maintenance team to ensure effective litter and manure disposal.
• Leads and ensures that the attendance adhere and comply with the standard operating procedures.
• Records data and creates reports on worker attendance, budget, supplies and animal growth.
• Liaises with the maintenance team to ensure the machinery that performs certain tasks, such as egg collection, feeding, water lines are functional
• Training new workers, providing care to injured or ill livestock and enforcing workplace sanitation practices to prevent the spread of disease.
• Participates in work activities to expedite workload.
• Prepares worker attendance, egg/broiler production, feed consumption, and poultry mortality report and renders daily report to the Technical Manager

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• An OND/ Bachelors degree in animal science or related fields.
• 2+ years relevant experience.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong knowledge of poultry farming best practices.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.