JOB TITLE: Graduate Management Trainee - Agriculture
BAND: 5
DEPARTMENT: Agriculture
REPORTS TO: Nominated Mentor & Local Manager
LOCATION: GB
2. JOB PURPOSE
An excellent developmental role, for an ambitious graduate, to gain a range of experience, knowledge and skills in Moy Park, through a series of clearly defined roles specifically focused within the Agriculture function. Typically, you will take on up to four different roles over a two year programme (changing approximately every six months) – these could be anywhere within the agriculture area, and may be Hatchery based, or operationally based.
There will be opportunity to enhance and add value to the overall performance in this important area of the business. This is very much a hands-on role with specific deliverables throughout the training period, offering responsibility, accountability and challenge as well as career development.
Through time, individual performance & achievement of set KPI indicators, trainees should target progression to a field officer / Hatchery Management / Planning or training role.
3. RESPONSIBILITIES
3.1 FINANCIAL
Commercial awareness of actions.
3.2 STAFF
Opportunity for people management during certain placements
3.2 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE / REPORTING LINE
Dependent on site and department during placements
4. DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
The Development programme will include:
· Specific role(s) and training in the associated job specific skills – typically will aim to incorporate different group roles to ensure a breadth of experience.
· Project work, one per placement.
· Secondments across the Agriculture division, including NI and GB.
· Mentoring.
· Supervisory Management training including – Recruitment Skills, Counselling & Disciplinary, Leadership, Performance Management
· Technical training E.g. HACCP, Advanced Food Hygiene, Welfare Training (primary sites) etc.
· Quarterly reviews to ensure personal development needs are met.
· Providing technical assistance to a group of farmers / in a hatchery environment.
· Giving technical advice on growing chickens or producing hatching eggs.
· Business improvement idea generation and implementation.
· All aspects of hatchery management including egg handling, incubation and chick despatch.
· When working in a hatchery the GMT will be required to work on a night and weekend rota, accommodation is provided on site (depending on site).
· To work in a manner that actively seeks to reduce any negative environmental impact in relation to the process and procedures operating within their area and across the wider business e.g. waste reduction, recycling etc.
5. MEASURABLE OUTPUTS
These will be specific to the placement roles; will include one fully completed, presented project per assignment.
Build an awareness of the function.
Embrace current systems in the function and make suggestions for improvements.
Innovation – apply knowledge and assist in the development of the function.
6. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Essential / Desirable
· Degree in an Agriculture related discipline.
· Good communication and interpersonal skills through cross-functional teams and departments.
· Initiative, self-motivated & proactive.
· Assertive & tenacious with effective, influencing skills.
· Organised, with a structured approach
· Team worker.
· Customer focused approach.
· Problem solving and decision making skills.
· Full clean driving licence with access to a car.
· Willing and flexible to travel or relocate to any Moy Park site (GB or NI). / · Good motivational skills.
· Leadership skills.
· Change management experience.
· Planning / organisational skills.
· Completion of industrial placement in an Agriculture role.
7. HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by your actions.
· Work in a safe manner and observe the Company Health and Safety Rules and Procedures.
· Use the protective clothing and equipment provided.
· Cooperate with Managers and other personnel of the Company to achieve a healthy and safe workplace environment.
· Help in the investigation of accidents in order to prevent recurrence.
· Observe the Company personal hygiene requirements.
· Set an example of safe, correct behaviour, particularly to new entrants and young persons.
· Report any hazard / defect you may observe promptly to your immediate line manager.
· Report any shortcomings in systems of work or procedures to your line manager.
· Not to interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health, safety and welfare or yourselves or your work colleagues.
· Any H&S risks seen on a farm must be reported immediately to the farmer and to your Line Manager. Following this, the appropriate reports should be copied in writing to both the farmer and your line manager.
· To comply with safe systems of work at all times.
· To advise managers when not trained for tasks you are being asked to carry out.
· Any employee breaching employee health and safety responsibilities will be liable for investigation which may result in disciplinary action in accordance with the Company’s disciplinary policy.
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Note:
This description is intended to be a guide of what duties are most likely, but should not be taken as a definitive list. Moy Park reserves the right to vary duties and add duties as they see necessary.
Date written: 13.02.13 Authorised Version Reference: ALL/AG/GMT
Last Updated: 26.09.2017 Page 2 of 3 Issue #: 4
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