Job Summary

• We are looking for a qualified and experienced breeder Farm Manager who will be resident on the Farm which is along Ijebu Ode Road.
• The Farm manager will report to the General manager and be responsible for the overall care, bio-security, and husbandry of the facilities and poultry.

Responsibilities

• The day-to-day management of the farm, including animal husbandry and staff management
• Maintaining a safe working environment and reporting on farm operations.
• Planning and prioritization of work and managing working hours, authorization.
• Ensuring performance, quality, animal welfare and cost objectives are achieved
• General maintenance of all aspects of the farm.
• Ensuring all aspects of running the farm are met
• Managing and motivating a team.
• Ensuring welfare of livestock and monitor farm conditions.
• Feed and ventilation management
• Production performance& record keeping
• Monitors and ensures that the adjustments of ventilation, drinkers, feeders, dead bird disposal and lighting adheres to best practices and standards.
• Monitors male spiking, fertility, hatchability, culling, and production percent.
• Monitors and tracks egg production& quality
• Advises regarding best practices, policies and procedures, bio-security procedures, etc.
• Monitors bird weights and bird health and follows vaccination program.
• Review & implement strict bio security measures & enforce high standards of safety, cleanliness and maintenance on personnel and properties
• Ensure the training of development of all Breeder Technicians.
• Oversee and manage assigned breeder operations, ensuring required quantity and quality of hatch eggs are available for hatcheries.
• Monitor pullet placements, moves, vaccinations and ensure hatch egg numbers.
• Provide performance and cost numbers to accounting and management.
• Ensure maximum operational and financial performance of the breeder farm business
• Responsible for all associated field management activities administration of livestock record-keeping, upkeep of the fixed & movable property facilities associated with livestock production and husbandry of the animal assets.
• Monitor pullet and breeder flock health and adherence to blood testing procedures.
• Maintain pullet growing agreements and breeder flock agreements.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications

• HND / BSc in Agriculture (Animal Production / Poultry Science)
• Must possess the ability to work in a highly dynamic environment, under time constrains, and to a very high standard of accuracy.
• Minimum 5 years’ poultry breeder operational experience.
• Minimum 3+years’ supervisory/management experience within a similar environment.
• High sense of organization and structure.
• Sound knowledge of breeder operations
• Great communication skills and able to influence teams
• Willingness to stay on the Farm.