Job title: Feed Business & Livestock Manager
Company: TWYNAM INVESTMENTS PTY LTD
Expected salary:
Location: Goulburn, NSW – Marulan, NSW
Feed Business & Livestock Manager Job Details:
Twynam Investments are looking for an experienced Feed Business and Livestock manager to join our team at Marulan, NSW.
In our agricultural operations, we are attacking this philosophy in two ways. Firstly, we are striving to increase the carbon content the soil via regenerative agricultural practices such as multi species pastures and intensive rotational grazing and secondly, we are creating a composite breed of cattle to produce great eating meat while being much more feed efficient. To achieve these goals, we are involved with things such aswarm farming, pasture spraying of biologicals, feed efficiency testing of our cattle progeny, sourcing feed efficient cattle from around the world and a whole lot more.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Feed Enterprise
– Always have feed sources accounted for and surplus in advance
– Maintain all machinery for effective feeding
– Develop staffing plan to ensure effective feeding
– Monitor climatic conditions to ensure feeding isn’t affected due to wet weather
2. Cattle Operations
– To ensure the monitoring of animals to maximise production
– Develop strategic plans for livestock activities that provide guidance for operational and production systems
– To work with the Farm Manager to develop an integrated “Twynam” branded product
– Enhance the sustainability and efficiency of the Twynam business
– Develop and implement health programs for animals
– Plan and implement the staffing schedules
– Coordinate transportation of livestock when required
– Organise well documented livestock movements on and off farm
– Collect and record all reported data for production performance
– Keep all data up to date on AgriWebb
3. Develop and manage Drought Strategies
4. Intergado ( www.intergardo.com.br)
– Manage the operations of Intergado and ensure the units are used at the maximum throughput while on farm for Twynam
– Set out timelines with Livestock management for seamless induction of animals entering Integrado.
Key Performance Indicators:
– Maintenance schedule adhered to
– Proactively manage cattle
– Weekly reporting to farm manger
– Have a clear yearly timeline of activities on farm
– Implement walk over weighing and utilise data generated
– Ensure all data systems and records AgriWebb are kept up to date, which means operations are inputted within 24 hours of occurrence and ideally immediately that they occur- with administrative support
– Regenerative practices are followed eg Cattle are moved daily or as otherwise agreed
– All feed inputs are recorded correctly as they arrive on farm
– All feed production records are uploaded daily
– Maximise the use of Intergado- ensure that there are very few empty days
– Ensure that Intergado operates with 95% up time
– Continue to develop a Twynam culture of:
– teamwork, ensuring our workforce are productive, engaged, skilled and supported
– clear and consistent communications
– a safe workplace adopting and practicing exemplary Occupational Health & Safety standards
Skills Required:
Required to have appropriate Feed and Livestock management skills, general agricultural skills and education to fulfil the Key Responsibilities.
Required to have a high level of organisational ability, good communication skills, be self directing and meticulous in their work.
Motivation, persistence and patience when faced with obstacles, commitment to the job.
Strategic planning and commercial skills, able to conceptualise, articulate, and problem solve.
This is a full-time position, offering $80,000 per annum plus superannuation.
Twynam will provide you with the benefit of housing on the farm, valued at $10,400 per annum.
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