Job Description
DMOT Enterprises provides Business Center, General Trading, Contract Management with companies, Consultancy, Resource hiring, training and counseling services.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Arable Manager (Nigerian or Expatriate)
Location: Ota, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time
Key Responsibilities
- Directly responsible for maize crop growing and silage production activities.
- Determine budgets and responsible to deliver budgeted quantity of maize silage.
- Help General Manager manage dairy cattle feeding.
Duties and Tasks
- Plan and direct production of hybrid maize varieties with high yield or disease and insect resistant characteristics.
- Plant, irrigate, weed, harvest, ensile maize crop and supply budgeted quantity to dairy cattle feeding.
- Hire, train, direct and coordinate worker activities, such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, grading, payroll, and recordkeeping.
- Determine machinery requirement, define specifications, help purchase, train local staff, and operate to attain budgeted yield.
- Make contract with farmers or independent owners for raising of maize crops or for management of crop production.
- Record information, such as production, farm management practices, and prepare financial and operational reports.
- Enforce safety regulations and interpret policies.
Qualifications
- B.Agric or B.Sc in Agri-Agronomy
- Years of experience: Minimum of 10 years in Maize farming. Soyabean farming experience too will be added advantage . Africa / Middle East Africa experience will be an advantage
Skills:
- Strong decision-making.
- Analytical, Problem-solving and Proactive.
- Excellent communication ( written and spoken ) must – English language.
- The ability to work with local people / farmers.
- Leadership.
- Administration skills.
- Knowledge of key farm equipment’s and related practices – tractors, harvesters, planter, harrow, and plough.
Application Closing Date
2nd April, 2024.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: ayomaku@yahoo.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.