We're recruiting a Pig Unit Manager for a farm in Milton Keynes, MK17.

The high-welfare, bio-secure unit, a Red Tractor-assured farming enterprise, comprises a 1500-sow contract GMU pig unit.

The pig unit is based on a 70-acre farm that also has sheep and cattle.

The pig unit comprises 3 adjoined sheds. The pigs are on concrete, straw-bedded, and fed with an automated feeder on the front of a JCB, and the bedding is done with a straw chopper on a tractor.

 

Job description:

• Day-to-day running of all 1400-1500 pigs
• Ordering food each week
• Appropriate vaccinations
• AI of the pigs every 2 weeks, with a second member of staff for extra help
• Scanning the pigs on the appropriate rotations, a scanning person comes every 4 weeks
• Some computer work is required, including uploading pig information
• Movement licences in and out
• Nose ringing at 90kgs and ear tagging

 

Person specifications:

• Excellent pig stock skills
• High animal welfare standards are a must
• Being able to drive a tractor is mandatory
• Responsible, keen & enthusiastic worker

 

Assistance and full training will be provided.

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 DOE

Plus: 

• 28 days holiday a year, including bank holidays
• Accommodation is a twin-unit lodge mobile home with ample parking, a private garden and space for a dog kennel

 

Hours:

• 40 hours a week with every other weekend

 

 

 

For further details, please call Roadhogs Recruitment Ltd on Freephone at 0800 999 3655 or 07912864646 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.