Job Description

 
Farm Manager | Abu Dhabi UAE | Fruits and Vegetables | Renewable contract (JB323)
Salary: AED 25 000 (Approx R112 000 per month) inclusive of housing allowance
Benefits outside of the package: Car, Fuel, Medical Insurance and Visa
Flights: Round trip + once per annum 30 days leave
 
Ultra-High Net Worth Individual in Abu Dhabi is seeking to employ a Farm Manager with extensive experience growing fruits and vegetables, experience in products such as tomatoes, capsicum, dates and alfalfa in a dry/arid region would be ideal.
You would be responsible for the overall management of the farm, overseeing scheduling, preparation, planting, growing, harvesting, processing, packaging and delivery.
 
Minimum requirements
Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Agriculture or a related field
Minimum of 10 year's farm management experience including vegetable farming
Experience in fertilisation and protection for date palm, fruits (especially mango, orange, banana, ziziphus) alfalfa and rhodes
Experience in irrigation water management using a scientific approach
Plants propagation techniques
Agricultural management in a dryland/arid region
Knowledge of international best practice in the production of agricultural products
Experience managing large teams
Experience working with hydroponic systems (desirable)
Valid South African Passport
 
Responsibilities:
Management of Open Field, Greenhouse & Net-house production environments
Supervisory management of the following key activities:
Scheduling
Preparation
Planting, Growing & Harvesting of crops
Processing & Packaging of all produce
Delivery of all produce from the farm
Budgeting and costing of produce-related activities
Organisation or fertility assurance and pest control measures
Irrigation systems management
Oversight of product quality control and post-harvest product management
Field scouting, crop rotation and cover cropping
 
Email: vywvqg@apply.simplify.hr
Link: https://kontak.simplify.hr/vacancy/vywvqg
 
 
 

Skills Required