2 jobs found in Remote, waikato region

We have a position available for a new team member to join us working on a farm near Otorohanga. We are looking for a farm assistant who will be involved in most aspects of day to day dairy farming.  As it is a busy time of year we will not have enough time available to suitably train someone without experience, so we need someone who can hit the ground running, but an environment to learn on the go, working as a vital team member toward the same common goals. We need someone who is passionate and driven about their job, understand that it can be long, frustrating, and sometimes hard work at times, but also rewarding at the same time.  We don't want a passenger. Duties include safely driving 2 and 4 wheeler motorbikes on rolling to steep terrain, driving a tractor as required for feeding out with a bale feeder or silage wagon, milking cows, measuring and setting up break fences, feeding calves with a mobile feeder, cleaning cowshed, spreading magnesium and calcium on pasture,...

Due to unforeseen circumstances we are looking for someone to join us on our Dairy Farm near Morrinsville. We are milking 300 crossbred cows on 107ha 15 minutes North of Morrinsville. We have a brand new 30 aside herringbone cowshed with automatic cup removers and auto yard wash. There is a tidy 3 bedroom home available. The farm is grass based with grass and grass silage as the main feeds so this is a great place to learn excellent pasture management. We do about 110,000kgMS per year and typically go OAD in January each year. We aim for best practice in every area especially cow health, incalf rates, SCC and youngstock rearing. We rear ~70 replacement calves and they stay on farm until 1st May. This is a great opportunity to work with the farm owners and set yourself up for a great career in dairying. Typically there are 2 people on farm through calving and mating and then after this the employee can take on more responsibilities. We are young farm owners and we would love to...