We're recruiting for an experienced Pig Stockperson for a farm in Aberdeenshire, AB41.

The mixed farming business is family-owned, with the pig unit established in 2021. They have a passion to invest and build a farm for the future.

The chosen candidate will work on an indoor pig unit with 450 sows. Weekly farrowing around 300 piglets, which are all finished on the farm. Breeding their own replacements. Mix of slats and straw-based housing, with a mix of dry and wet feed systems.

The job can be flexible to suit candidates' interests, but will focus on dry sow, bacon pig management and/or feed mill.

Person Specification: 

• Good attention to detail
• Must be able to work as a team
• Must demonstrate high standards of animal welfare
• Machinery knowledge is beneficial, but not essential. Forklift training can be provided

 

Salary guide: £30,000 - £40,000 DOE

Plus:

• Farm cottage available
• A workplace pension
• 28 holiday days per year
• Health insurance (tbc)
• Staff canteen
• Staff shower facilities
• Staff training

Hours:

• Typically, 10-hour days with an hour break included

• Weekend rota - one full weekend, one half-day weekend and two weekends fully off each month

 

 

For further details, please call Roadhogs Recruitment Ltd on Freephone at 0800 999 3655 or 07912 864 4646, or email [email protected].

All applications are handled in strict confidence, and our applicant service is provided free of charge.

Currently, we can only accept applications from UK or EU nationals with the right to work in the UK.