About Roadhogs
At Roadhogs we have been helping British and international pig farmers to recruit staff since 1990.
We have had the pleasure of sourcing many Permanent Staff of all abilities for our farmers and securing numerous applicants' careers.
We are the only pig farming recruiters in the UK offering a permanent and temporary Relief Cover service to our farmers.
For our applicants, we offer a free, confidential service with access to new opportunities, career advancement and the opportunity to join our Pig Specialist Relief Cover Team.
We are also pleased to offer training programs for entry-level and career changers of all ages looking to enter the Pig Industry with leading producers.
Featured Vacancy
Pig Farm Stockperson
We are recruiting a Pig Farm Stockperson to join a pig unit in North Yorkshire (DL2).
The unit comprises 2000 growers and finishers on one site and 1300 sows on another site, all slatted, on wet feed and dry home mill and mix. Sows are kept on straw; some are fed wet, and some are dry-fed. Sows are scraped out twice a week
Job Description:
- Look after growers and finishers
- Loading the fat wagon (sometimes early!)
- Washing out of grower and finisher buildings
- Some maintenance work
- Some tractors work (training offered)
- Using wet feed systems (training provided)
Salary (doe): £12 per hour (up to 40 hrs/week), £16 per hour overtime
Plus:
- 21 days plus bank holidays
- Usual pension contributions
Hours: 08:00 - 17:00, 1 hour for lunch, plus weekends if needed (only if other staff are off).
Featured Candidate
Farm Worker/Pig Stockperson
Our candidate is looking for a UK Pig Industry job.
They are a British/South African national. They have been a Detective Captain in the South African police service and a Practising Attorney.
Although this individual has no commercial pig experience, they have also owned and run a 26-hectare mixed livestock smallholding for twenty-four years. They are happy to learn new skills and believe themselves to be very hardworking.
They plan to relocate to the UK in April 2024, initially settling in Kent with family. Their fiancé will join them in due course.