• Application Deadline:
• Position: Broiler Farm Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 7 years


• Location Oyo


• City Ibadan


• Job Field Agriculture / Agro-Allied 
  

Job Description

• Plan, organized and execute commercial broiler farming tasks for EC pens and open houses


• Handle Operations of Commercial Broiler Farms, setting goals and objectives, and designing a framework for these to be met


• A minimum of seven production cycles per year.


• Average body weight of 2kg with narrow range of 1.8-2 kg using maximum of 3 kg of professional feed per bird within 4.5 weeks.


• FCR of 1.5.


• Mortality not exceeding 5%.


• Follow Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for pen house and farm preparation, stocking, rearing and harvesting.


• Preparation of stocking calendar in consultation with hatchery, Abattoir Manager and Sales Manager.


• Adaption of stocking densities if necessary.


• Managing staff in order to enhance farm performance and cost effectiveness.


• Low Staff turnover and overhead.


• Liaising with feed and day-old chick procedures, ensuring positive working relationships are maintained.


• Resolving staff conflict and disagreement .


• Using different shed management techniques in order to find optimum bird growing requirement.


• Maintaining a high level of farm presentation at all times.


• Maintaining all farm assests.


• Designing and ensuring bio-security, health and safety, environment and animal welfare procedures and adhered to all times.


• Operational Oversight of all pen house regarding preparation and maintenance, feeding, health and quality assurance, growth and harvesting; overall responsibility for operations of our farming estates with their pen house.


• Oversight of business expansion of the broiler production through organic growth (expansion of own pen house)


• Other functions as prescribed by the Management.

Requirements and Skills

• B.Sc / HND in Animal Science, Agronomy, Agriculture, or related field.


• Minimum 7+ year’s experience


• Strong decision-making.


• Problem-solving.


• Communication.


• Ability to work with cross functional teams


• Leadership.


• Administration skills.


• Knowledge of key equipment practices