Junior Production Manager

Contact person for this position:

Cathrine Hendricks

cathrine@joblinkplacement.co.za

Website www.joblinkplacement.co.za

A family business focused on growing, packing, and exporting table grapes and citrus in the Hex River Valley, De Wet & Rawsonville, requires the services of a Junior Production Manager (CITRUS) for production units near Worcester / De Wet, Western Cape.

Requirements:

• An energetic, hardworking, self-driven individual with a love for citrus, supported by a successful record of a minimum of 2 years of applicable practical & technical knowledge regarding citrus cultivation.
• The ability to function under pressure and apply rational decision-making.
• Good people relations and above-average communication skills at all levels.
• Thorough knowledge of all cultivation actions related to citrus.
• Computer literate.
• An applicable tertiary qualification in agriculture.
• Thorough knowledge of fertilization and irrigation practices.
• Experience in ultra-low flow systems will be advantageous.

Duties:

• The applicant will be responsible, under the Unit Manager, for managing approximately 160 hectares of production unit, which includes all aspects of establishment, production, labour, packhouse, and quality management.
• Maintenance management and farming administration.
• Disease and pest control.
• Fertilization & Irrigation (Pump house and Electronic systems).
• Harvesting of Citrus.

Salary: Market related