Farm Manager

3 months ago


Dunsandel, New Zealand Synlait Full time

**About Us**

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World We’re shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking, and a new attitude. We combine expert farming with state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.

**The Role**

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with an award-winning company. We are looking for a Farm Manager to join us on a permanent basis. The farm is in an excellent location close to Christchurch where you will be assisting with milking 950 cows. This will be on a rotating roster of 6 days on and 2 days off.

Key Responsibilities include;
- To lead the team to maximise the sustainable profitability of the farming operation by executing a farm management plan
- Controls costs and thinks in terms of profit, loss and added value
- Ensures company strategy is visible to staff, and team activity is focused on achieving company goals
- Implementing the agreed farm management plan developed by SML to achieve targeted milksolids production and profit targets
- Leading the management of herd health, and mating to achieve targeted results

**Skills and Experience**
- At least 5 years experience working on dairy farms
- At least 2 years’ experience of successfully managing people on a dairy farm (s)
- Good verbal and written communication skills required
- Displays a positive, ‘can do’ attitude
- Has affinity for animals

Things at Synlait move quickly, so energy and enthusiasm will stand you in good stead. If you enjoy working with great people, are versatile, and ready for a change,


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