Montagu Area – Western Cape: The successful candidate will be overseeing and managing the maintenance operations on the farm.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
 

• Agriculture background with minimum of 5 to 10 years’ experience in similar role
• Mechanical, electrical and plumbing, irrigation and the ability to operate various tools, machinery and equipment
• Supervise and manage a team
• Operate tractor and tractor equipment including orchard spraying equipment
• Computer literate - Microsoft Office

 
SKILLS REQUIRED
 

• Excellent understanding of farming with nature, permaculture, and organic farming principles.
• Open to innovation and evolving farming practices; passionate about plants.
• Mechanically inclined, with knowledge of tractors, equipment, and general machinery.
• Ability to manage improvement projects on the farm.
• Hospitality management and guest relations may be required.

 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
 

• Experience in general farm maintenance:
  • Maintain and repair farm equipment
  • Repair, maintain and install new irrigation
  • Responsible for maintaining all farm assets
  • Managing vehicles service record intervals, licensing, logbooks etc.
  • Routine maintenance of all farm buildings, including inspections and repairs
  • Maintenance, repairs and checks of game and other fencing
• Assist orchard team with irrigation and fertilizer when required and facilitate the spraying program
• Oversee the health & safety practices of the farm
• Identify key risk areas and implement processes and procedures to mitigate these risks
• Oversee the barn and stock takes of farm equipment and tools, ensuring these areas are kept clean, neat and orderly at all times
• Provide daily updates to owners of daily happenings on the farm
• Plan and implement field preparation for various crops
• Any other ad hoc duties from that of a maintenance manager
• Administrative duties like stock taking, checklists, logs etc.

 
 
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted.