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 on Freephone at 0800 999 3655 or 07912864646 or email [email protected].

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