• Application Deadline: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Farm Manager, Oil Palm


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Ondo


• Job Field Agriculture / Agro-Allied 
  

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