Herd Manager (Winchmore) 3195Lo

Details of the offer

We have a job available for two experienced farm workers (12+ months) for a Herd Manager position on a farm in the Winchmore area. This is for an 800 cow farm, 15 minutes from Ashburton, milking through an 80 Bail Rotary shed.
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 management),
Fencing, weed control,
Calving, calf rearing,
Shed maintenance & preparation,
Tractor operation for feeding out, baling, mowing and silage,
Monitoring, recording and maintaining animal health,
Other general farm duties.

Weekly hours are a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 45. 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 of $29.66 for any hours beyond the maximum hours.
The schedule may vary; the roster will be 6 days on, 2 days off; however, this may change during the mating season.
Salary is up to $69,405 per annum subject to 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 with good character (where possible, we will do a criminal check).
Be physically fit.
Be able to pass a pre-employment drug test.
Have at least a restricted driver licence.

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