Engineer / general all round farmer
Part time on farm engineer / general farm hand.
Swift Agri Limited is a farming business running 3500 ewes. We lease two farms in Southland, the larger being located at Redan where most of the stock work is required and another in Winton as well as the family farm in Woodlands that we don’t handle the day to day operations of but work in closely with and where most of the engineering related tasks are carried out.
We like to do most farm related tasks in house and to a high standard avoiding out sourcing work where possible. This includes servicing and maintenance of farm machinery. Due to an increased workload we are looking for a skilled individual to step in for some regular part time work so that we can continue to farm at a high standard.
The ideal candidate would be a highly skilled farmer / engineer living local in lower southland area that is happy doing 30 hours per week on average with the exception of lambing and cultivation where long days every day are a given but for the rest of the year it is cruizy.
There is no accommodation offered on farm and with some days being short it is not justifiable to travel great distances to the farm for this role therefore please only apply if you live close enough that you are happy to travel to Redan and Woodlands on a regular basis.
The ideal candidate will have a good background in dry stock farming as well as engineering and mechanical
Some key qualities / attributes we are looking for that would put you on top of our list to employ. (We don’t expect you to have all these qualities)
A good communicator that answers their phone the first time it rings.
Can listen and follow instructions when given.
Good welding / general engineering skills
A skilled tractor operator
Fencing skills
Knows their way around a shearing shed.
Leaves property the way they find it.
Clean criminal history
Drug free
Completes tasks to a high standard
A highly developed sense of urgency.
A good lambing dog that can “hold a ewe” and a good general purpose huntaway under full command.
Someone that is reliable and is happy to work when required however isn’t chasing us for more hours than what are offered.
In terms of what we can offer the right person.
$30 plus per hour.
You are not a number you are part of a small team and will be treated as such
Variety of tasks no two days are the same (provided you have the skills to match)
Flexible hours that fit around your lifestyle.
A bit about the gear / equipment we run.
Most of our gear is high hours and not new. We run a fleet of honda bikes from the big reds up to the 520 foreman & pioneer 1000 side by sides. A variety of tractor brands 50hp-250hp. Tripple mower combination, 5m power harrow. We have a sheep conveyor for the larger stock handling tasks.
Ideally you will have a cv & covering letter however in the past some of the best staff we have had have had neither as top people are head hunted before they have time to write one so as a bare minimum we want a couple of sentences about yourself and why you are interested in this role as well as a phone number so that we can call you to have a chat.Applications can be sent to swiftagrilimited@gmail.com