Grassyleas Farm is located at 743 Wallace Road, 10 minutes between both Cambridge and Te Awamutu. The farm consists of 194ha effective milking platform. Currently wintering 630 cows and farmed under a simple pasture-based system.
This is a genuine Assistant Managers role with opportunities to participate in all aspects of the business with the goal of management to develop a high-level farm manager. Within each farm we offer pathways of progression but is not limited to one farm as external promotion is highly likely within the eight JD & RD Wallace LP Cambridge farms, and further opportunities in the wider group throughout the Waikato Region.
We are actively motivated in creating a healthy and safe team environment. To ensure our team are well looked after we provide knowledgeable leadership with excellent communication, highly competitive contracts with regular rostered time off. The role is ideally suited for someone who is wanting a career path into large herd management. The successful applicant will have the support from the Manager and Senior Management within the company to help progress their career, and establish the skills needed to run a large profitable farm. Experience and desire to develop in the following area are required.
-People Management
-Pasture Management
-Animal Husbandry
-Machinery Operating
-Compliance (Health & Safety, Effluent, Water)
-General Farm Maintenance
Operating under a simple pasture-based farming system. Strategic once a day is used, with the heifers going on OAD before mating and often the whole herd is OAD from late January. The farm is deep peat soil milking 630 crossbred cows through a 40 aside herringbone and supported by an external runoff that provides winter grazing, calf grazing and silage. The farm is set up with modern machinery fleet and excellent farm infrastructure, new calf sheds and well-maintained effluent system.
The scale of farm allows for full time or part time work for partners and extended family members but not necessary.
As we care for the health and safety of our employees the successful applicant will undertake a pre-employment drug test.
Please apply via email with a cover letter and CV with at least two current verbal referees or email any enquiries to: