Senior Farm Manager: Laying & Rearing

Sovereign, a national supplier of quality chicken products to various markets with operations in five provinces, is seeking a thorough and committed individual to assume the position of Senior Farm Manager: Laying & Rearing for its GP Cobb operations. The Senior Farm Manager: Laying & Rearing is responsible for achieving the company's targeted Laying and Rearing KPI's through precision farming techniques. This position reports to Area Manager.The ideal candidate must be in possession of a tertiary qualification in agricultural management, animal production or related field, with a minimum of two years' GP experience in managing large, commercial, Laying and Rearing facilities.

• Contribute to the achievement of the defined production KPI's on the facility
• Limiting and reducing all forms of wastage, through accurate management, measurement and application of consumables, feed and resources
• Implement such control measures to ensure that overheads are controlled to budget and continuously strive to reduce costs through enhanced efficiencies etc
• Strict Risk control, including farm stock, assets and monitoring of alarms
• Ensure that all company assets are correctly maintained and are kept in 100% operational condition at all times
• Lead, motivate and retain dedicated, consistent and well-disciplined team
• Balance rigid adherence of SOP Manual, with the desire to find new and improved methods to improve output
• Fanatical Biological Risk Compliance to be maintained and enforced, to ensure that we remain disease free as a business, at all levels
• Ensure that all documents required to make informed and effective business decisions are completed timeously

• Strong leadership and managerial competencies.
• Inclined towards problem solving, fact finding and trouble shooting.
• Attentive to detail and a systematic, methodical approach.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills in a changing environment.
• Training and development of employees.
• Driven to achieve results and produce quality.
• Do it right first time mind set.
• Assertive but approachable.

Closing Date: 1 March 2026

As Sovereign is an equal opportunity employer, preference will be given to applicants of designated groups, as defined by the Employment Equity Act.