Herd Manager Needed in Wyndham, Southland

We are seeking an experienced farm worker (2+ years) to work as a Herd Manager on a 740-cow operation across two farms in the Wyndham area. The farm is located approximately 45 minutes from Invercargill and milks through a 25 Aside Herringbone shed.

You’ll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including:

• Milking and monitoring milk quality,
• training junior staff,
• stock handling and feeding (feed mgt),
• fencing, weed control,
• calving, calf rearing,
• shed maintenance & preparation,
• tractor operation for feeding out, baling, mowing and silage
• monitoring, recording and maintaining animal health
• and other general farm duties.

Weekly hours are a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 60. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, any hours worked beyond the agreed maximum in a fortnightly pay period will be paid at the agreed overtime rate.

The schedule may vary; Roster will be 6 days on, 1 day off during calving season and 10 days on, 4 days off for the remainder of the year.

Wage is $33.56 per hour.

Candidates must have previous dairy farming experience and are required to provide good related references.

To be considered you must:

• provide a CV which is current, correct and complete or alternative evidence of work (this is proof of work and professionalism and the employer will not consider you without this)
• be a solid worker and with good character (where possible, we will do a criminal check)
• be physically fit
• be able to pass a pre-employment drug test
• have at least a restricted driver licence as you’ll need to go between farm and runoff.

If you’re committed to getting up early, working hard, treating the animals with care and respect and communicating well with others, you will want this job (or last in it).