HERD MANAGER

$35.00 hourly

Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Milking operations - managing the milking routing to ensure high quality milk and hygiene standards are met includes milking cows shifting.

Animal Health & Welfare - Identifying, Diagnosing, and treating common ailments Mastitis lameness sickness, managing calving, reproduction heat detection and vaccinations too animals.

Feed Management - Planning and implementing feed allocations, managing pasture quality and shifting break fences.

Record Keeping - Maintaining accurate data on animal health, calving and milk production using minda.

Environment & Compliance - Operating effluent system on farm to meet regional council regulations and managing water use.

Staff Supervision - Leading and training junior farm assistants when required.

Requirements & Qualifications

Experience - of 2 years of New Zealand Dairy experience.

Skills - Proficiency in operating farm Machinery tractors and bikes current NZ driving licenses and strong communcation skills   

Compliance - Candidates must frequently pass drug and criminal background checks

Farm Size (ha)

300

Peak Herd Size (cows)

900

Typical On-farm Staff

3

Position Start Date

01/08/2026

Accommodation available

3 bedroom shared accommodation brick warm clean home

Hour Type

week

Average Hours Per week

40

Roster

Single rotation - 6 Days on / 2 days Off

Remuneration paid by

Hourly / Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly