Grazing Block Assistant Manager/2IC - Alexandra
Are you looking for a challenge and an opportunity to progress? We are on the look-out for an experienced, motivated 2IC for our dairy support block in Central Otago. Our support blocks are a pasture-based farming system with a strong focus on animal welfare.
Our support block is 659Ha, running 1300 R2’s and 1300 R1 dairy heifer replacements and up to 500 carryovers, with pivot irrigation and wintering on fodder beet. The farm is located 30 mins from Ranfurly and 30 mins from Alexandra. This role is permanent, fulltime, with core roles of pasture allocation and stock management with some tractor work, including some feeding out, fencing and general stock/yard work.
Dairy Holdings Ltd operates 20 dairy support blocks in the South Island that winter most of our 57,000 MA Cows and graze our 29,000 youngstock. We pride ourselves on our approach that is based around people, process, and pasture, always with the health and safety of our people first and foremost.We aim to be an employer of choice, with excellent training and development opportunities.
Our ideal applicant must prioritise health and safety, have a degree of skill in pasture-based system, keen to work in 100% compliance with all environmental and animal welfare requirements and with good people management abilities. A can-do attitude with problem solving abilities will see you succeed.There is the opportunity to grow with our farming business if you have the personal drive to do so.
Salary negotiable on experience, house available. Successful applicants will be required to undergo and pass a drug and alcohol test and criminal background check as part of the pre-employment screening. You must hold and maintain a relevant visa to work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.
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