Avocado Orchard Manager – Simba Farm

About the role

The Avocado Orchard Manager will lead all production activities at the Simba avocado orchards, ensuring high‑quality fruit for export and maintaining orchard health.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor plant health, detect stress, disease or pest incursion and implement control measures.
• Manage irrigation systems, spraying equipment and field tools, ensuring proper maintenance.
• Oversee quality control and handling of harvested fruits to meet export standards.
• Develop and apply avocado crop models to track phenological stages and support uniform tree stand.
• Plan and forecast avocado seedling grafting, sourcing scions from reputable suppliers.
• Supervise and train orchard labour on organic farming, pruning, grafting, weeding and mulching.
• Coordinate nursery management, transplanting, fertilizer application and harvesting operations.
• Collaborate with the agronomy team to keep pest and disease levels below threshold.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agronomy, Crop Science or related field.
• 3–5 years hands‑on experience in orchard or plantation management, preferably avocado.
• Proven expertise in pruning, grafting, irrigation management and pest/disease control.
• Strong people‑management skills for supervising farm labour teams.
• Knowledge of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and audit standards.

Required skills

• Irrigation scheduling
• Fertilizer application
• Pest and disease management
• Pruning and grafting techniques
• Inventory and equipment management
• Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) compliance