Dairy Farm Manager - Bell Hill Dairy - Greymouth
The Opportunity**
Are you an experienced Farm Manager and a strong leader looking to take that next step, do you have a passion for growing the land and people around you?
You will manage Bell Hill Dairy Farm and the day-to-day operations of the farm and team.
You’ll have the full support of a Business Manager to help you settle into the role and assist in any areas where it’s needed such as financial reporting, planning, or pasture management. Together you will work to deliver quality results.
You will be responsible for:- Day-to-day management of dairy operations
- Leading, coaching and mentoring your team
- Organising logistics and maintaining accurate data
- Managing risks and solving problems as they arise
Bell Hill Dairy Unit is in the Greymouth / Lake Brunner area of the West Coast.
We peak milk 920 cows through a 60-bail rotary. The farm is a humped and hollowed terrain of 504 ha, 445 ha effective.
**About You**
You will have excellent leadership capability, a willingness to learn new systems and you’ll value the same things we do people, animals, and the environment.
You will also have:- Strong dairy farming experience
- Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to use farm management technology systems and record keeping equipment.
- Effective time and people management skills
- First class attitude to Health and Safety, Animal Welfare and Environmental Management
- Current and full NZ driver's licence
We use ag tech such as Farmax and FarmIQ so familiarity with those software packages would be helpful but is not required.
**Benefits**
We offer a friendly, supportive and inclusive culture, a competitive salary package with additional benefits, including health and life insurance, up to 4% KiwiSaver matching, an extra day of leave over Christmas, and enhanced parental leave benefits, as well as ongoing training and development.
**Apply Now**Applications close **Sunday 8 June 2025,** we will be interviewing applicants as they apply.
To find out more about this opportunity contact Kim Hooper – Business Manager on hooperk@landcorp.co.nz.
**To be eligible for this role, you must be available for an in-person interview and have unrestricted legal rights to work in New Zealand. We are unable to accept applicants on temporary work visas for permanent opportunities.**
Pamu provides a safe workplace and the successful applicant will be required to pass a drug and alcohol test and undergo a criminal background check prior to being appointed.
Our values are core to who we are at Pamu and the way that we all work together. We are Grounded, Genuine, Bold, and Shoulder-to-Shoulder. To read more, click on this link to see them on our website.
Pamu is the brand name for Landcorp Farming Limited, and successful applicants will be employed by Landcorp Farming Limited.