British Quality Pigs (Pilgrim's Europe)
Pig Growing Fields Person – Based in East Anglia
Pilgrims Europe is the largest pig producer in the UK working with over 350 partnership farmers to supply high welfare, quality pork products to premium markets. Part of Pilgrim's Pride Ltd, we are a totally integrated business and are proud of our ‘farm to fork' approach. The Agricultural team based at Stradbroke in Suffolk is made up of our team of vets, fields staff, technical and support staff working together to ensure that our supply chain from beginning to end operates within the highest standards of welfare, quality and efficiency.
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Grower Fields Person to join our Grower Farms team and provide support to our farmers located in East Anglia producing Outdoor Bred pigs for our supply chain. The successful candidate will have a sound knowledge of practical pig production, demonstrate excellent communication skills and have confidence to work on their own initiative, providing exceptional support to our Grower Farmers in this area.
The key objectives of this role include working closely with farmers to obtain the highest of pig welfare and production standards including Health & Safety and worker welfare, ensuring assurance standards on farm are met. In addition, supporting the farmer to meet targets on physical performance including FCR, mortality, growth rate and slaughter weights as well as planning/forecastin...