Production Manager (Agriculture)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Reporting to: Farming Business Manager

Area: Overberg, Western Cape

Key Responsibilities:

• Field Establishment: Develop a 10ha soil strawberry project within our planting deadlines for 1 year with rapid expansion plans to follow. All executed to high standards.

• Irrigation: Execute on precision irrigation using loggers and having a good feel for plants. Here a high urgency index is crucial.

• Nutrition: Accurate application of a fertigation regime applied throughout the season. Sampling and nutrient trending administered to ensure plants produce optimally.

• Pest & Disease Management: Manage scouts and an IPM monitoring system. Ensure preventative biological and chemical sprays applied on time to ensure yield losses.

• Farm Maintenance: Farm is always kept tidy, weeds under control and roads and drainage well managed.

• Finance: Write and manage your own budget. Then beat it.

Qualifications & Experience:

• BTech or Batchelor’s degree in horticulture or plant science.

• Requires 3+ years’ experience in vegetable or strawberry growing in soil.

• 5+ years senior management experience within the agriculture sector.

• Hands-on soil Irrigation experience essential.

• Knowledge of basic plant physiology, entomology and pathology will be beneficial.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Be self-motivated and have a positive attitude.

• Must strive towards precision and attention to detail.

• Results focussed with a high urgency level.

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