Dairy Lead at Promasidor Nigeria

Promasidor - We are an African company proud of our heritage and totally committed to the continent. We manufacture, market and sell unique brands which bring practicality and pleasure to millions of consumers across Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Dairy Lead

Location: Ekiti

Objective

• Manage all aspects of the dairy operation, including milking, feeding and nutrition, calve rearing and dairy labor management.

Key Responsibilities

• All aspects of feeding and nutrition of all animals in terms of applying the best practices to achieve best animal performance in milk production and reproduction at the most profitable level, achieving best quantity and quality levels of feeding the dairy herd and all youngstock, apply constant monitoring and improvement
• With support from the on-farm veterinarian, implement a proactive animal health plan to avoid animal health issues, monitor, detect and treat all animal health and disease issues in any and all animals at IDF promptly, cost effectively and efficiently
• Apply best management practices to all classes of livestock to achieve highest levels of cow comfort
• Train, manage and apply the work force to achieve highest utilization of the manpower available
• Apply all machinery and equipment to achieve highest efficiencies of the use of these
• Recording of any and all events, keep neat hard copy records and transfer these onto electronic records daily
• Monitor, assess, weigh and record feeding levels of all classes of livestock
• Regular liaison with the on-farm Veterinarian on all aspects of animal health
• Organize, implement and monitor all aspects of calve rearing
• Follow all and any instructions of the GM in full and on time

Requirements
Educational Qualification:

• Qualifications in any aspects of bovine and dairy cow performance

Experience:

• At least 10 years of experience and practical application in dairy herd management

Knowledge and Skills:

• Animal Nutrition
• Animal Health
• Calve Rearing
• Milking Management

Personal Attributes:

• Honest
• Dedicated
• Reliable
• Positive Attitude
• Willing to learn new skills and task

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online