To direct and monitor mechanization & agricultural operations of the farm to ensure all farming activities are complete and cost effective.

Duties and Responsibilities

Generic Duties

• Sets deadlines in ways that comply with department’s plans and communicate them to subordinates,
• Organizes workflow and ensure that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks,
• Monitors employee productivity and provide constructive feedback and coaching,

Main Duties

• Directs and coordinates worker activities, such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, grading, etc.
• Inspects fields to determine maturity dates of crops or to estimate potential crop damage from weather,
• Oversees mechanization section operations, ensure works are done efficiently within production and quality goals meet,
• Prepares machinery operation and farming program for the farmland and act accordingly,
• Controls and monitor farm machinery and equipment’s condition and informs the agriculture department head for any action,
• Ensures all machineries, equipment’s and tools specifications and operator manuals documented and manage them as per the manufacturer instruction,
• Monitors all machinery operation hours record and reports,
• Ensures employees follow health and safety regulations,
• Performs other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Qualification and Skills

• BSc or MSc in Agricultural Engineering or Agronomy or Horticulture or Related fields of studies.

Experience:

• 8 years for BSc
• 6 years for MSc

  Skills:

• Leadership skills
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills.