Operations Supervisor
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24 days ago
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS
Planning & Scheduling
Schedule and maintain orchard systems and processes by:
Orchard Growth Health & Hygiene
Support and promote maximum yield from trees through:
Leadership & Safety
Actively contribute to achieving the overall goals of the company by:
Stakeholder Management
Represent company shared values through:
Financial
Ensure all operational costs are managed through:
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted
- Horticulture qualifications are desired but not essential.
- Minimum five (5) years experience/ exposure to farm operations and supervising teams.
- Strong understanding of horticulture from an operational perspective
- Ability to monitor and manage Orchard teams efficiently.
- Strong computer and financial literacy contingency planning irrigation best practice management and knowledge of threatening pests and diseases.
- The ability to coach train and educate staff on yielding results with a solid focus on understanding the orchard calendar.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITY AREAS
Planning & Scheduling
Schedule and maintain orchard systems and processes by:
- Managing and planning resource and equipment usage
- Ensure document management is accurately captured maintained and reported
- Monitor and ensure all irrigation schedules and orchard activities are adhered to
- Continuously monitoring and improving all orchard management and financial systems to ensure accurate information is recorded
- Share knowledge and experience of orchard operations with others to add value to strategic planning
Orchard Growth Health & Hygiene
Support and promote maximum yield from trees through:
- Actively contribute to and support the development of best practice management plans
- Ensuring Orchard and Irrigation Technicians understand agrees with or accepts the context and purpose of weed management
- Continuously improving all Orchard growth and hygiene identification processes to drive productivity and efficiency to optimize tree health
Leadership & Safety
Actively contribute to achieving the overall goals of the company by:
- Leading and supporting the recruitment process to ensure effective induction and training
- Building a positive work and safety culture within the Orchard team in conjunction with the company Safety Coordinator through training and Platinum behaviour
- Ensuring all safety incidents/ near misses are recorded and investigated effectively in accordance with SMS
Stakeholder Management
Represent company shared values through:
- Dealing with customers community members and contractors ensuring cost effective orchard performance and timely delivery
- Develop and maintain effective relationships across value chain ensuring all H&S Processing Plant Sales and Distribution requirements are met
Financial
Ensure all operational costs are managed through:
- Developing forecasts of activities and Management Plan to support highly accurate budgeting
- Manage orchard costs to budget including staffing numbers
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Agriculture is the world’s largest industry and demand for agricultural commodities is rising rapidly as the world’s population grows. Farm Manager SA strives to provide professional placements in all areas of agri-business and production agriculture - every level and field of agricul ... View more
