Herd Manager (Hororata) 3206GL

We are looking for an experienced farm worker (2+ years) for a Herd Manager role on a 1500 cow farm in the Hororata area. The farm is located 45 minutes west of Christchurch, milking through a 60 Bail Rotary shed with ACR.

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

- Milking and monitoring milk quality,

- 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 35 and a maximum of 55. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, should you work beyond the agreed maximum hours in a fortnightly pay period, you will be paid the agreed overtime hourly rate for any hours beyond the maximum hours.

The schedule may vary; Roster will be 6 days on, 1 day off during calving season. After calving, the worker and employer will determine either a triple roster of 7/2, 7/2, 7/3, or a double roster of 11/3 and 5/2.

Salary ranges between $75,400 - $85,400 per annum, depending on experience.

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

Fair warning - if you're not willing to get up early, work hard, work & communicate well with others, you won't want this job (or last in it).