At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive improvements in poultry health and welfare while managing data and delivering training.
- Company: Join Avara Foods, a leading UK food business with a focus on sustainability.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, car allowance, 33 days holiday, and wellness resources.
- Other info: Dynamic role with travel opportunities and a chance to challenge the status quo.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in agriculture while developing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in poultry or agriculture, strong analytical skills, and effective communication.
The predicted salary is between 44550 - 54450 £ per year.
Who are we, and what do we do? You may not have heard of us, but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed our products. Avara Foods is one of the UK’s leading food businesses, supplying chicken and turkey to the country’s major supermarkets and well-known restaurants. We own and manage our entire supply chain, from farms to factory and all the way to the customer door – meaning we have careers that cover a whole range of functions. We have major processing sites across England and Wales, and an agricultural network of over 350 farms, spanning from North Yorkshire to the South Coast and Wales.
About the Role: The role is key in challenging protocol, procedure and operations across all agriculture geographies, chicken and turkey, to identify areas for improvements, driving improved poultry health, welfare and performance and reduce environmental impact. The role requires travel to our nationwide sites and you would be required to enter and be exposed to the different working environments. As a Technical Field Manager you’ll be working Monday to Friday 08:00 - 17:00 (With the requirement to travel to various Avara sites and to contractors and suppliers). This opportunity is on a fixed term contract basis.
What will your key responsibilities as Technical Field Manager include?
- Monitor and improve broiler chick outcomes
- Manage the weekly broiler outcomes data and trigger investigations
- Collate investigation findings and deliver learnings and improvements
- Carry out chick start surveys
- Chair the Broiler outcomes meetings
- Water hygiene champion
- Carry out on-farm water hygiene assessments
- Deliver water hygiene workshops
- Monitor and improve broiler reject levels
- Carry out cleaning and disinfectant surveys
- Deliver Future of Welfare and Compliance workshops
- Work alongside broiler CPM team to support farms with welfare KPI’s
- With the support of regional / production managers deliver advice, protocols and procedure, and systems to ensure compliance with those
- Utilise external resource to aid in the delivery of continuous and transformational improvement
What you’ll need to be successful:
- Proven experience within poultry, agriculture, livestock production or a related farming environment.
- Strong understanding of poultry health, welfare, performance and biosecurity requirements.
- Experience of analysing operational performance data, identifying trends and driving continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of farm management practices, water hygiene, cleaning and disinfection standards.
- Experience of investigating performance issues and implementing corrective actions.
- Ability to deliver training, workshops and presentations to a range of audiences.
- Effective stakeholder management skills, working collaboratively with farming partners, farm managers and operational teams.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across a geographically dispersed area.
- Proactive, resilient and self-motivated with the confidence to challenge current practices.
- Results-focused with a strong attention to detail.
The benefits of working for Avara Foods: As Technical Field Manager you will enjoy a secure, supportive and progressive working environment, where your contribution and achievements will be recognised and rewarded. We offer comprehensive training as well as continuous development as you build your long-term career with us. You can also look forward to benefits that amongst other things include the following:
- Competitive salary
- Car allowance
- 33 days holiday allowance
- 6% pension
- Private medical self & partner/child
- Life assurance
- Various lifestyle benefits, such as cashback perks, exclusive shopping discounts from well known retailers, and discounted cinema tickets!
- Wellbeing resources, including free online health advice & support, and wellbeing assessments.
What happens after you apply for this role? After you’ve applied, you’ll be contacted in due course by a Resourcing Officer, to discuss your application and CV further. There’ll also be a chance for you to ask us any questions you may have about the role. If you’re ready to work in a dynamic environment alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, apply today! We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
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