Farm Manager

1 week ago


Paarl, South Africa Prime Trees Full time

We are a wholesale tree farm with over 30 hectares of trees and shrubs. We are looking for a Farm Manager to join our team. The Farm Manager's responsibilities include, supervision of labour, stocktake, general maintenance of the farm & equipment and vehicles.

**Responsibilities**
- Overseeing daily tasks to ensure maximum production and smooth running of the farm.
- Managing staff members (around 50) as well as keeping a record of hours worked, including overtime and rain days.
- Planning and assisting with loading and delivering trees locally and internationally.
- Supervising all orders that are delivered.
- General maintenance work on the farm.
- Controlling and maintaining of farm equipment. Such as stock take, ordering new stock, all equipment is in working condition and kept neat and tidy.
- Ensuring the different blocks are neat and in order. Such as ensuring the weeds are all pulled out, the grass is kept short & fallen trees are picked up etc.
- Ordering of plant bags, fertiliser as well as other related products are restocked.
- Implementing production programmes for planting teams and setting out work schedules for staff members.
- Ensuring that all vehicle licences are up to date.
- Ensuring that the farm vehicles are serviced according to schedule as well as ordering spare parts as needed.
- Maintaining irrigation systems and pumps, this includes repairing any broken pipes as well as pumps.

**Skills**
- Excellent problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to make decisions in stressful environments.
- Must be computer literate, know how to work on Excel and Word.
- Excellent organisation skills.
- Ability to work well within a large team.
- Good mechanical knowledge.
- Willingness to learn.
- Excellent time management skills.

**Qualifications**
- Agriculture or Horticulture qualification.
- Code 10 license would be a bonus.
- 2 - 5 years experience in a similar role.

We are looking forward to hearing from you. Please include a list of contactable references on your CV in order to be considered for this role.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Paarl, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- Diploma (preferred)

**Experience**:

- relevant: 2 years (preferred)

License/Certification:

- Code 10 licence (preferred)


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