7 herd manager jobs found in Matamata

Herd Manager – Dairy Farm (440 Cows) Salary: $82,000–$84,000 per annum Start: This Season We are a family-run dairy farm seeking a motivated and capable Herd Manager to join our team. You’ll play a key role in the day-to-day management of our 440-cow herd, milked through a 38-aside herringbone shed, and support the smooth running of our 152 ha flat-to-rolling property. What We Offer Roster: 8 days on / 3 days off, followed by 8 days on / 2 days off Hours: Guaranteed minimum 30 hours, averaging around 48 hours per week Salary: $82,000–$84,000 depending on experience Supportive, hands-on family farming environment Opportunity to build your dairy career and develop further herd management skills Role Responsibilities Overseeing daily herd health, behaviour, and production Milking 440 cows through a 38-aside herringbone shed with ACRs Managing and monitoring animal health treatments, calving, and feeding...

Unfortunately, we are again looking for a full-time Herd Manager to start ASAP. Position is full-time covering all dairy farming jobs from milking, stock work, feeding out, tractor work, weed spraying, urea spreading etc. You will be one of 3 full time staff. 38 ashb shed with in-shed feeding used all season. Have ACR's fitted Cows are fitted with Sensehub collars. Autodraft gate as well. Need at least a minimum of one year of full-time experience on a farm in NZ. This is a drug and alcohol free work place. Farm is in Hinuera about 12 minutes from Matamata, 25 min to Cambridge and 45 min to Tauranga and Hamilton Rolling to flat contour Crossbred to Friesian herd.

We have a job for a dairy farm assistant who must have 2 + years dairy farm experience and be a resident/citizen as employer will not be accredited . This is for a 730-cow farm in the Matamata area, 55 minutes from Hamilton & Tauranga, milking through an 54 Bail Rotary shed. You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including: Milking and monitoring milk quality, analysing data through Halter ag technology 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 40 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...

740 cows milking through a 54 bail waikato rotary cow shed  afimilk computer system in the cowshed with auto drafting halter collars bail gates, cup removers, auto teat spray,auto wash,  spring calving, high input system 5 feed pad , mixer wagon , in shed feeding  modern well maintained equipment the farm is used only as a milking platform with no young stock,  milking 365 days with a dry period of 50 days per cow before calving half the herd goes off farm for there dry period  this is a busy farm with never a dull moment , we are high input feeding and there is a workload associated with this system. there is a lot of modern technology to use and learn with the halter collars , afimilk system in the shed and monitoring systems  a strong work ethic and an ability to work well in a team environment , must be a self starter and able to problem solve and think on your feet to over come daily challenges  minimum 3 years experience with 3 good references , New...

Located in the Tirau district in the Waikato, Piarere Holdings is a 50/50 sharemilking business which operates the dairy farm. Piarere Holdings is looking for a Herd Manager to join their team.  The preferred applicant will be favourable if they have: -have a minimum of 2 years experience in NZ farming  - have completed primary ITO level 3 - have assisted with training of junior staff - have experience with plant management  - have experience with pasture management Key activities in this role (but are not limited to); milking cows (responsible for plant set up/cows in and out of shed/plant and dairy hygiene), feed management (responsible for shifting irrigators/management of cows allocated to paddocks/fert spreading/break fencing), general care of stock (responsible for stock care/animal health treatments), farm maintenance (responsible for weed spraying/tidy work environment), stock records, staff management (assists with staff supervision and coaching), health n...

We have a job for a dairy farm assistant who must have 1+ year dairy farm experience and be a resident/citizen as employer will not be accredited . This is for a 730-cow farm in the Matamata area, 55 minutes from Hamilton & Tauranga, milking through an 54 Bail Rotary shed. You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including: Milking twice a day shifting cows and feeding  fencing, weed control calving, calf rearing, shed cleaning and setup, identifying and alerting managers to sick cows Setting fences and other general farm duties. Weekly hours are a minimum of 40 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 is 12 days on, 2 days off...

We are seeking a Dairy Farm Assistant with at least 6 months’ dairy farm experience to work on a 520-cow farm in the Tirau area, milking through a 50 Bail Rotary shed. You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including: Milking twice a day shifting cows and feeding  fencing, weed control calving, calf rearing shed cleaning and setup identifying and alerting managers to sick cows Setting fences and other general farm duties. Weekly hours are a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 55. 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 period will be paid   at the agreed overtime rate.   The schedule may vary; Roster will normally be 6 days on, 1 day off then 6 days on 2 days off when work load allows. Salary ranges from $75,000 - $85,000 per annum depending on experience. Candidates are...