Our client, one of the leading Agro Processing Plants in Uganda, is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Compost Site Operations Manager to lead the transformation of agro-industrial by-products into high-grade organic compost. The successful candidate will oversee the full composting cycle from feedstock recipe formulation and windrow management to screening, quality control, and dispatch ensuring that finished compost meets required standards and commercial agricultural requirements.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Transform heavy industrial Agro-processing pomace and organic by-products into high-grade commercial compost.
• To Formulate optimal feedstock recipes balancing C:N ratio, porosity, and moisture content using factory pomace/organic by-products and carbon bulking
• Establish and monitor daily windrow/pile metrics, including core temperatures (thermophilic phase control for pathogen/weed kill), moisture content, and
• Determine optimal aeration and mechanical turning frequencies to maintain strictly aerobic conditions and eliminate foul odor generation.
• Supervise daily material handling by receiving incoming by-products, stockpiling bulking agents, pile formation, turning cycles, and maturation/curing.
• Oversee stormwater and leachate management systems to prevent runoff and ensure full environmental
• Coordinate equipment usage, maintenance, and safety (wheel loaders, turners, trommel )
• Quality Control & Product Maturation through track stability and maturity .
• Manage curing, screening and grading of final compost to meet national standards (UNBS) and commercial specifications for local farming.
• Maintain operational logs of batch volumes, temperatures, curing times, and output
• Ensure full compliance with workplace health and safety (WHS) protocols and environmental

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma in Soil Science, Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Science, Waste Management, or a related
• Minimum of 3–5 years of hands-on experience managing medium-to-large-scale aerobic windrow composting, commercial soil amendment production, or organic municipal/agro-industrial waste
• Familiar with solid grasp of composting microbiology, moisture balancing, and thermophilic organic
• Ability to think at a strategic
• Ability to pursue high standards of excellence in line with agreed policies and
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills are
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet

• Transform heavy industrial Agro-processing pomace and organic by-products into high-grade commercial compost.
• To Formulate optimal feedstock recipes balancing C:N ratio, porosity, and moisture content using factory pomace/organic by-products and carbon bulking
• Establish and monitor daily windrow/pile metrics, including core temperatures (thermophilic phase control for pathogen/weed kill), moisture content, and
• Determine optimal aeration and mechanical turning frequencies to maintain strictly aerobic conditions and eliminate foul odor generation.
• Supervise daily material handling by receiving incoming by-products, stockpiling bulking agents, pile formation, turning cycles, and maturation/curing.
• Oversee stormwater and leachate management systems to prevent runoff and ensure full environmental
• Coordinate equipment usage, maintenance, and safety (wheel loaders, turners, trommel )
• Quality Control & Product Maturation through track stability and maturity .
• Manage curing, screening and grading of final compost to meet national standards (UNBS) and commercial specifications for local farming.
• Maintain operational logs of batch volumes, temperatures, curing times, and output
• Ensure full compliance with workplace health and safety (WHS) protocols and environmental

• Strong leadership
• problem-solving
• communication skills
• Ability to think at a strategic
• Ability to pursue high standards of excellence in line with agreed policies and
• composting microbiology
• moisture balancing
• thermophilic organic

• A Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma in Soil Science, Agronomy, Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Science, Waste Management, or a related
• Minimum of 3–5 years of hands-on experience managing medium-to-large-scale aerobic windrow composting, commercial soil amendment production, or organic municipal/agro-industrial waste