General Manager

2 weeks ago

Nericon NSW, Australia Rombola Family Farms Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

About us

At Rombola Family Farms, we're not just about farming – we're about crafting a sustainable future. Based in the heart of Australia's agricultural landscape, in Griffith, Rombola Family Farms is a forward-thinking business committed to producing the highest quality fruits, vegetables, and produce for local markets. Our intensive irrigated horticultural production located in Griffith (NSW), Bundaberg (QLD), Douglas-Daly (NT) and Mataranka (NT). Our passion for innovation and sustainability drives everything we do, from our cutting-edge farming techniques to our unwavering dedication to community and the environment.

We're a family-run business, deeply rooted in values that span generations. As we expand, we're looking for a General Manager – Farming to join us on this exciting journey and play a pivotal role in the future of Rombola Family Farms in Griffith, NSW.

About the role:

The General Manager – Farming is the lead member of the Rombola Family Farms production team. This role will oversee the entire cropping process over both of our growing sites.

Key operational accountabilities include:

  • Contributes proactively and constructively to production team discussion about varietal selection based on consumer, production, and supply chain.
  • Proactively manage all new varietal trials and full supply chain analysis for presentation to the Managing Director.
  • Contributes constructively and proactively to production team discussion about the design of production schedules with market timing, volume, quality attributes and internal capacity constraints in mind.
  • Contributes proactively and constructively to production team discussions to determine the detail of production systems to be implemented by crop.
  • Monitor the agreed production schedule to ensure all tasks are completed in line with agreed timing for all plantings.
  • Monitor all plantings throughout the production cycle to ensure all tasks are routinely performed to agreed standard and produce the required outcome.
  • Liaise with the production team to alter irrigation, nutrition, weed, pest & disease control and sun screening in a planting as required.
  • Monitor crop health and produce maturity in order to forecast volume & quality by week.
  • Actively and effectively communicate with outsourced agronomists and consultants.
  • Liaises with the maintenance function to ensure row cropping production teams have the highest possible equipment availability.

To be successful in the role you will possess the following:

  • Minimum 5 years' experience in a management capacity within the horticulture industry
  • Extensive production experience with row crops
  • Skilled at crop health, production planning, pest and disease management
  • Tertiary qualifications in agriculture will be highly regarded.
  • Excellent communicator
  • Good with numbers: analysing costs, P&L and want to have input into capital expenditure and a farm expansion plans.
  • People manager, negotiator and all round good person that will thrive working in a proactive team (must be a team player)
  • Flexibility in hours worked to achieve operational targets, including weekends and public holidays.
  • Sound working knowledge of WH&S requirements.
  • Attention to detail with a genuine sense of urgency and a "can do" attitude.

In return we offer you

  • An attractive remuneration package based upon relevant qualifications and experience.
  • A passionate and energetic team culture.
  • Become a part of a progressive and vibrant business.

More information

For more information email ** To learn more about working with us, we encourage you to visit our website

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