Location: Suffolk & Surrounding Areas
Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits
Company Vehicle: Provided
Life Insurance: Included
Rattlerow Farms, one of the UK’s leading pig production businesses, is looking for an experienced Fields Person to oversee a series of indoor finishing farms. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong livestock management experience to take responsibility for the performance and welfare of pigs across multiple sites, ensuring high standards and efficiency.
Why Join Us?
- Autonomy & Variety: Oversee multiple finishing farms, ensuring performance and compliance.
- Career Progression: Opportunities to develop into senior management roles.
- Industry Leading Standards: Work with a team dedicated to innovation, animal welfare, and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the day-to-day management of multiple indoor finishing farms, ensuring optimal pig performance and welfare.
- Regularly visit each farm, supporting unit managers and ensuring adherence to health, safety, and biosecurity standards.
- Monitor and improve farm performance, including pig growth rates, mortality, and production efficiency.
- Work closely with farm managers and stockpeople, providing guidance, training, and support to drive continuous improvement.
- Ensure farms comply with Red Tractor, RSPCA, and customer assurance standards.
- Assist with the selection and transportation of pigs to abattoirs, ensuring quality and efficiency.
- Work closely with nutritionists, vets, and senior production managers to optimise pig health and performance.
- Build strong relationships with third-party farmers (Agistors) to ensure high standards of pig husbandry and farm management.
- Support recruitment, training, and development of farm staff, ensuring teams are engaged and well-managed.
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience in pig production, livestock farming, or a related agricultural role
- Strong communication and leadership skills to support and guide farm teams.
- Knowledge of farm performance metrics, biosecurity, and welfare standards.
- A proactive, hands-on approach with a passion for improving efficiency and production.
- Full UK driving licence (as travel between farms is required).
Benefits Package:
- Competitive Salary
- Company Vehicle
- Life Insurance (3x salary)
- Employee Benefits Scheme (Retail Discounts, GP Helpline, Employee Assistance Programme, etc.)
- Company phone & laptop
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to play a key part in optimising farm performance while developing your career within a forward-thinking business.
How to Apply
Please send your CV to nick.lawson@rattlerow.co.uk
To apply for this job email your details to nick.lawson@rattlerow.co.uk
