We need 1 Herd Manager to join our team.
As a Herd Manager, you must have a natural love for animals and all agriculture. This is a full-time permanent role that requires you to work a minimum of 40 hours and a maximum of 50 hours per week at $27.00/hour. To be considered for the role, you must have a minimum of 2 years of work experience in NZ dairy farming.
You must be physically fit, with clean full driving license, criminal, and drug checks to be considered for the role.
No pets are allowed in the shared accommodation. No smoking/vaping allowed in the shared accommodation and sheds.
As a Herd Manager, you are expected to:
- Carry out milk harvesting tasks safely, efficiently, and correctly, and assist in training new employees on correct techniques.
- Assist with solving milk quality problems
- Helps farm assistants to understand factors that affect milk quality, hygienic milking, and mastitis control procedures.
- Clean and maintain the milking plant and farm dairy equipment and carry out hygiene inspections
- Move and handle animals safely, identify and diagnose animal health issues, and assist with treatments and prevention in line with farm policy.
- Records and maintains all herd health treatments and events according to on-farm policy or dairy company policy, as advised by the manager.
- Observe, record, and report on cows preparing to calve, and calves in line with farm policy.