The Company
Excel Farms is a new and fast-growing agriculture company, a joint venture with international and
Australian investors. Managed by an investor and a highly experienced local team. With a variety of properties in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia. The partnership aims at building a portfolio of agricultural assets mainly producing grains, wool and livestock.
The Role will be located at Cairlocup aggregation located at Needilup WA. The farm consists of 13,000ha of cropping enterprise.
The role
The Assets Supervisor is responsible for assisting in the day to day running of the farm and will be responsible for ensuring the crop plan is completed on time and within budget whilst supervising the full-time staff and additional labour during busy periods.
The Assets Supervisor will work closely with the Management Team on farm planning, crop planning, farm budgeting and implementation of new machinery. Liaising with dealers for machinery parts.
The position involves performing duties and carrying out work in areas such as: Using farm machinery but not limited too; planting/sowing, spraying, spreading, harvesting and logistics transporting grain/hay to the destinations; and servicing and maintenance of all farm machinery/equipment and farm structures.
Experience in agriculture/broad acre farming and mechanical is critical to performance in the position. Mechanical and computer skills are important as the position involves servicing and maintaining machinery along with utilising computer systems and reporting activities electronically. The Assets Supervisor is also expected to keep expenditure to the budget for the operation of the farm.
A good understanding of health and safety requirements and managerial skills covering leadership, problem solving, good written and verbal communication, and planning are also important.
For more information please call - Tom Carah 0438 378 ***