Farm Manager

2 weeks ago


Dunsandel, New Zealand Synlait Full time

Lead a team in a rewarding and hands on role
- Dunsandel location
- Training & development + dynamic & passionate team

**The Role**

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 leading a team and milking 950 cows. This will be on a rotating roster of 6 days on and 2 days off.

The main responsibilities of this role 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

Key to your success will be your ability to lead a team, have a proactive response to animal management and display a positive, ‘can do’ attitude.

**Skills and Experience**

To be considered for this role will require
- 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

Agricultural degree or Primary ITO level 5 qualification is highly regarded in this role as is previous experience managing a team on a dairy farm.

**What's next?**

**About Us - The Synlait Way**

Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.

You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.

We will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.

Together we will continue to create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.

**What we offer**:
Click here to view all our benefits Synlait Employee Benefits

Applicants outside of New Zealand will only be considered if you have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

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