$74,000 - $78,000 yearly
FRENZ Recruitment & Immigration
Ashburton, New Zealand
We are looking for an experienced farm worker (2+ years) to work as a Herd Manager on a 700-cow farm in the Ashburton area. The farm is located 10-15 minutes to Ashburton, 30 minutes from Mt Hutt Ski Field.
This role is open to NZ Citizens/Residents only.
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.
Candidates must have competent and strong milking, centre pivot, and tractor work experience.
Weekly hours are a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 50. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, any hours worked beyond the agreed maximum in a fortnightly pay...
| Closing date for Applications: |
17/06/2026
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Herd Manager
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| Position Start Date: |
15/07/2026
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