Dairy Farm Manager – Egmont Organic Dairy · 196 ha property, milking approximately 490 cows
· Competitive salary, health and life insurance
Take on a leadership role running this Organic farm located just ten minutes north of Levin.
The Opportunity Are you an experienced Farm Manager or a leader looking to take that next step? Do you have a passion for growing the land and people around you?
You will manage Egmont Organic Dairy 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.
We also have a robust health and safety regime at Pamu, and Egmont has well maintained, up to date farm equipment.
We are looking to have someone start with us in the new season, so around 15 June 2024.
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
The Farm Located 10 minutes north of Levin and 25 minutes from Palmerston North, Egmont is a 196-ha property which will milk approximately 490 cows at peak through a 50-bail rotary with milk hub, electronic drafting, feed pad and recent effluent system development.
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
· Experience with Organic farming preferred
· Proven leadership and stakeholder management 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.
We offer a competitive salary with additional benefits including life and health insurance, as well as ongoing training and personal development to help you reach your personal and career goals.
There is a modern 3-bedroom house.
Apply Now Don't delay as we will be interviewing as strong applicants apply.
To find out more about this opportunity contact Joel Peterson – LNI Business Manager on 027 2188 138.
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