Farm Development Executive

About the role

This role exists only for new projects. You take land that is not yet a farm and turn it into one. Fencing, levelling, survey and plotting, trenching, water infrastructure, drip irrigation and the amenities that go with a project. When all of that is in and working, you hand the site to the Plantation Executive and move to the next one.

The work splits into three streams and you will usually have more than one running. Land and boundary covers fencing, levelling, survey and plotting. Water covers trenching, the water infrastructure and drip irrigation. Amenities covers the built elements that come with a project.

You are directing, not building. The physical work is done by labour teams, contractors, fabricators and civil crews. Your job is to sequence it, specify what is needed, raise the material and labour requirements ahead of time, supervise the work against the plan, and verify it before you sign it off. Survey and plotting in particular has to be right the first time, because the plot boundaries you set are what the company sells and what every later executive manages against.

Because the work is contractor heavy, you will spend as much time coordinating people who are not Hebbevu staff as you do with your own team. Holding an outside crew to a schedule and a standard is most of the job.

You move between sites rather than sitting on one. Expect to be wherever the next project is starting.

You report to a Farm Supervisor.

What you would do

• Sequence the development work on a new project across land, water and amenities
• Specify and oversee fencing and boundary work
• Plan and supervise land levelling
• Oversee survey and plotting, and verify plot boundaries before they are recorded
• Oversee trenching and water infrastructure
• Oversee drip irrigation installation and confirm it runs before handover
• Raise material, contractor and labour requirements ahead of need
• Coordinate contractors, fabricators and civil crews and hold them to schedule and standard
• Inspect and sign off each stage before the next one starts
• Record progress and report it through the company app
• Hand the completed site to the Plantation Executive

What we are looking for

• A diploma or degree in agriculture, civil engineering or a related field, or equivalent site experience
• Two years or more running site or development work, in farm, civil or infrastructure settings
• Able to read a layout plan and check work against it
• Comfortable dealing with contractors and holding them to terms
• Understanding of irrigation and water infrastructure
• Willing to travel between sites and be based wherever a project is starting
• Fluent in the local language for labour and contractor management
• Comfortable using a smartphone and a laptop for daily reporting

What you can count on

How we hire

1. Step 1Apply in two minutesYour name, your mobile number and your resume. If you have no role in mind, leave your details in the talent pool instead and we will call when something fits.
2. Step 2A call from HRWe call to understand what you have done and what you want to do next, and to answer whatever you want to ask us.
3. Step 3The interviewWith HR and the manager for the role. If you are selected, a founder interview follows before the offer.
4. Step 4The offerIf it is a fit, HR makes you an offer setting out the role, the pay and the start date, and goes through it with you before you decide.

About Hebbevu

Hebbevu farms 1200+ acres without chemicals and looks after 2000+ desi cattle, and has delivered 19+ managed farmland projects for 1600+ co-farmers. Three brands sit on that: Hebbevu Managed Farmland at the farms in Penukonda, Hebbevu Fresh in the factory and the stores around Bengaluru, and Hebbevu Genetics with the cattle.