Herd Manager – Rakaia

$30.00 - $35.00 hourly

Job Description

We milk our beautiful 1250 cows through a very high tech 80-bail rotary, and our farm is set on 300Ha of flat land located very close to Dunsandel, Rakaia and Rolleston. 

We are now in need of good herd manager to join our team for 25/26 season.  We do not mind if We need someone who is mature enough to be left to work unsupervised, still happy to milk cows, manage other staff, have strong animal health skills, be able to keep our dairy shed clean and tidy, drive a tractor including feeding out, pasture management skills but still have a willingness to learn so that you could possibly progress to be our next 2IC. 

There is a lovely modern and warm 3-bedroom house located on farm which we value at $250 per week, we are big believers in work life/balance and so you will be on a 5/2 roster all year round and we do a 40-hour week.  We do, however, guarantee a minimum of 30 hours a week and we will pay between $30 to $35 per hour.

Farm Size (ha)

300

Peak Herd Size (cows)

1250

Typical On-farm Staff

4

Position Start Date

01/08/2026

Accommodation available

Modern and warm 3 bedroom brick home - $250 per week - sorry strictly no pets

Hour Type

week

Average Hours Per week

50

Roster

Single rotation - 5 Days on / 2 days Off

Remuneration paid by

Hourly / Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Yearly

Remuneration if Total Package Value (e.g. Salary and/or benefits)

Neg.