Farm & Premises Manager

Your new company
Our client is a large government department which employ over 650 staff located across 7 sites in Northern Ireland, specialising in research and development across Natural and Marine Environment, Animal, Plant and Human Health, Welfare and Sustainable livestock production.

Your new role
This position is a full-time temporary post based in the Castlereagh area of East Belfast, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

• In this post you will lead, manage and work alongside a team of 7 industrial farm staff to deliver high quality support and assistance to the scientific team and, when necessary, support other scientific programmes within the department.
• Responsible for ensuring that external contractors carry out their duties to an appropriate standard depending on their contract. This includes but is not limited to grass cutting, cleaning, building checks etc.
• Responsible for organisation, prioritisation, and delegation of tasks from a work list provided by the three managers.
• To plan for efficient use of land on the farm estate (approximately 32 ha) and off-farm sites to meet the business needs of the arable and herbage programmes.
• Responsible for the supervision of maintenance of both standard and specialist equipment essential for trial management.
• Supervision of the maintenance of field trials, roadways, hedges, gates and boundaries within the estate. Use and maintenance of field based machinery and environmental control equipment used in trials work.
• Develop business cases and deliver procurement of farm machinery and capital projects to improve the farm estate.
• Support and assist the arable and grassland project leads maintaining high standards of corporate governance, budget planning and control and staff management.
• Maintain Health and Safety compliance linked to Standard Operating Procedure documentation for the relevant work areas.

Full details available on request.

What you'll need to succeed
To be eligible for this post you must have:GCSE level or 3rd level qualification (equivalent to A Level) in Maths and English.

AND
At least 2 years’ experience of managing a team and be able to demonstrate by way of example, experience of working in the agricultural industry.Computer literate

AND

Have a full driving licence that enables them to undertake the responsibilities of the role Desirable Skills:Experience of operating a range of farm machinery. Experience in an agricultural setting with knowledge of crop (such as grass) husbandry.Willingness to learn new skills Show attention to detail and capable to adapt and prioritise a busy workload.

What you'll get in return
Salary £32,880 pro rata37 Days Annual Leave including stat days37 hours per week, 8.30 - 17.00 Monday to Thursday and 8.30 - 12.30 FridayYou will be paid weekly via BACS transfer every Friday

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