Manages milk harvesting to optimise quality, efficiency and yield, monitoring milk dockets to help troubleshoot issues.
Identifies, maintains, and fixes faults in the milking plant and farm dairy equipment.
Implements and monitors the animal health plan, and records and reports on this. Diagnoses and treats all animal health issues and demonstrates best practice in the areas of animal handling, health, and welfare. Supports and trains junior staff in their development.
Monitors all calving mobs and calf rearing on farm. Diagnoses and manages all calving-related health issues and ensures the recording and tagging of young stock.
Monitors pasture covers, feed intakes and cow condition, and discusses appropriate management with senior staff.
Implements the farm's feed plan and develops the feed budget. Determines the feed values of crops.
Calculates appropriate feed for stage of lactation and resolves any feeding issues.
Implements the farm plan for effluent management in line with regional council requirements and consent conditions and monitors the farm's dairy effluent system.
Ensures the farm environment plan is adhered to and assists with managing the environmental impacts of the farm.
Ensures good management practice with land cultivation and soil type risk management and ensures good management practice with nutrient usage is followed by staff.
Sets up, runs, and maintains the property's water and irrigation system.
Supports and trains junior employees in their development. Communicates clearly and openly.
Conducts planning to achieve their personal and career goals, including identifying training opportunities, and supports juniors to develop and pursue their career goals.
Communicates any issues around employment compliance to management, regarding the team or themselves.
Fosters a team that has clear direction and vision and regular constructive feedback and supports staff to get their best performance.
Contributes to ensuring balanced and productive work times and workloads for both self and the team and suggests improved ways of working efficiently to reduce hours worked on-farm.
Trains staff on how to safely erect and maintain both permanent and non-permanent fences.
Monitors the irrigation and pumping system, and repairs minor faults and troubleshoots problems.
Knows how to interpret data to gain insights and aid decision-making, and teaches others how to use smartphones, computers, and other technology-based systems, and the different tools and products available to collect data.
Implements a routine maintenance schedule of vehicles, plant, machinery and equipment, and trains staff on the importance of vehicle hygiene to avoid biosecurity risks.
Models to others how to maintain good health on-farm, and how to manage adverse conditions.
Teaches and models physically safe behaviors in the workplace to others.
Ensures and models best practice in wellbeing.
Monitors the nutritional, physical, emotional, and social needs of all staff, and communicates any issues around work/life balance to the farm manager/owner.
Must be able to drive a tractor and with a valid driver's license.
Must be able to detect mastitis and treat lame cows.
Must have atleast 2 years dairy farm experience.
A clear record, with no prior convictions, is required for this role.
A pre-employment drug test is required.
Roster: 6days on 1 day off from August to October and 6days on 2days off for the rest of season.