FARM MAINTENANCE MANAGER – FM2415

Farm Manager SA is seeking a Farm Maintenance Manager in the Montagu Area, Western Cape. The role involves overseeing farm maintenance operations, requiring 5-10 years of agricultural experience, mechanical skills, and team management. Responsibilities include maintaining equipment, managing irrigation, ensuring health and safety, and administrative tasks. Candidates should be passionate about farming and innovation. This is a full-time position located on-site, not remote.
Montagu Area – Western Cape: The successful candidate will be overseeing and managing the maintenance operations on the farm.

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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:

o Maintain and repair farm equipment.

o Repair, maintain and install new irrigation.

o Responsible for maintaining all farm assets.

o Managing vehicles service record intervals, licensing, logbooks etc.

o Routine maintenance of all farm buildings, including inspections and repairs.

o 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.