Senior Pig Stockperson

We are recruiting for a Senior Pig Stockperson for a farm in Somerset, BA6.

Our client has an indoor 400-sow farrow-to-finish (110 kg) pig unit. They seek to employ an experienced individual to head up the dry sow section.

The unit farrows weekly. All pigs are on a dry feed system. They mix all their own feed using locally grown materials. They have a mixture of straw-housed pigs and slatted pigs.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Experience working with pigs
• Able to work as part of a small team
• Take responsibility for general sow care, vaccinations, medicine administration and serving
• Enthusiasm and a desire to work in the pig industry
• Along with high welfare standards and attention to detail
• Ideally, tractor and telehandler experience, but applicants can learn on the job

Salary:
Up to £35,000 DOE

Hours:07:00 - 17:00 during the week, with early starts of 05:30 - 18:00 on days pigs are going. Alternate weekends 07:00 – 12:00.

Accommodation is unavailable, so local candidates must be able to commute to BA6.

For further details, please call Roadhogs Recruitment Ltd.

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