Pig Manger

Location

North Somerset, Somerset | United Kingdom

Job description

We have an exciting new job opportunity for a Pig Farm Manager on a family-run farming enterprise in North Somerset (BS40).

The Red Tractor Assured company has pigs, dairy herds, beef herds, a farm shop, cheesemaking facilities and arable.

They have kept pigs for over 70 years and rear them on contract from 35kg to slaughter for a third party. The unit itself consists of 6,000 finishing spaces with a wet feed system, all indoors.

Job Description:  

• Full responsibility for the finishing unit
• Daily checking of pigs
• Feeding using a Big Dutchman system
• Slurry removal and storage
• Liaising with the pig owner
• Pig movement and medication
• Maintenance jobs
• Splitting pigs, weighing, using medicines etc.
• Day-to-day pig administration

This position would be ideal for an experienced stock person looking to take the next step to management. 

Person Specification:  

• Proven pig farming experience
• Highest welfare standards
• Excellent communication skills
• Good people skills
• Driving license & car

Salary: £16.75 per hour (40-hour week £34,840)

Plus:

• Mobile home accommodation
• Overtime at 1.5
• First Aid allowance (If qualified)
• Loading bonus per pig sold
• 24 days annual holiday
• An equal share of bank holidays off
• Fuel allowance for use of own vehicle for company travel

For further details, please call Roadhogs Recruitment Ltd.

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£16.75 per hour