Farm name is Pinedale, supply number 37420. We are sharemilkers with 780 xbred cows. 44 Bale rotary, pivot irrigation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Spray californian thistles, grub nodding thistles

Desirable Skills and Experience:

•  Experience with spray equipment is advantageous

Specific Requirements:

•  We would like someone to do a days spraying and/or grubbing as required between our dairy farm and run off

Career Opportunities – Southern Cross Horticulture

Location: Central Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Employment Type: Full-time

Positions Available: Orchard Supervisor, Orchard Cadet, Vine Manager

Reports To: Orchard Manager

About Southern Cross Horticulture:

Southern Cross Horticulture is a New Zealand family-owned business, specializing in the development, management, and production of world-class kiwifruit orchards for over 40 years. Our mission is to create and manage the best orchards in the world, while enhancing the lives of our team, customers, shareholders, and community. For more information, visit: www.southerncrosshorticulture.co.nz.

Our core values are Excellence, Integrity, Teamwork, Relationships, and Attitude, and we expect all employees to live these values.

About the Roles:

We are currently offering three exciting roles: Orchard Supervisor, Orchard Cadet, and Vine Manager. Whether you’re looking to grow your career as a leader in orchard management, gain foundational skills in horticulture, or take on a hands-on operational role, we have opportunities for you.

Orchard Supervisor Role:

As an Orchard Supervisor, you will lead, train, and support a high-performing team of Horticultural Technicians to execute daily orchard operations. You’ll ensure quality standards are met, monitor productivity, and oversee compliance with health and safety regulations. This role is ideal for someone with leadership skills who is eager to take the next step in orchard management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and supervise a team in daily orchard tasks such as pruning, thinning, and spraying.
• Ensure all tasks are completed to specification and within budget.
• Maintain high safety standards and ensure team compliance with all protocols.
• Communicate with the Orchard Manager on team performance and progress.

Orchard Cadet Role:

The Orchard Cadet role offers a unique learning opportunity for those new to the industry or looking to grow their skills. You will assist with daily orchard tasks while receiving mentorship and on-the-job training. This is an ideal entry-level role for someone eager to develop a career in horticulture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Orchard Manager and team with orchard operations, including maintenance, harvesting, and equipment management.
• Engage in training and team supervision, contributing to team productivity.
• Uphold health and safety standards across the orchard.
• Learn and develop skills in kiwifruit orchard management through ongoing professional development.

Vine Manager Role:

As a Vine Manager, you’ll take a leadership role, managing the daily operations of the orchard and ensuring all tasks are completed to a high standard. You will work closely with the Orchard Manager to train teams, plan orchard activities, and maintain high-quality production standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the orchard, including team leadership, task execution, and resource management.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and uphold site cleanliness.
• Train and mentor teams, ensuring tasks are completed on time and to specification.
• Monitor and report on orchard performance, including labor, supplies, and equipment management.

What We’re Looking For Across All Roles:

• Passion for horticulture and a strong desire to grow within the kiwifruit industry.
• Excellence in completing tasks to the highest standard.
• Integrity to ensure work is done correctly and safely.
• Strong leadership and Teamwork skills, fostering collaboration and productivity.
• Strong Relationship-building skills with a focus on trust and communication.
• A positive Attitude and eagerness to learn and take on challenges.
• Physically fit and capable of working in all weather conditions.
• Valid driver’s license and the legal right to work in New Zealand.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary packages with room for career growth.
• Career development opportunities in a fast-growing, world-class company.
• Ongoing training and mentorship from industry leaders.
• A supportive and dynamic work environment that values personal and professional development.

If you’re passionate about horticulture and ready to take the next step in your career, Southern Cross Horticulture is the place for you. Apply today and become a part of a thriving team committed to excellence!

Applications close on 15 October 2024.

Orchard Manager – Southern Cross Horticulture

Location: Edgecumbe, Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Employment Type: Full-time

Reports To: Senior Orchard Manager

About Southern Cross Horticulture:

Southern Cross Horticulture is a New Zealand family-owned operation that has been planting, growing, and exporting kiwifruit for more than 40 years. Today, Southern Cross Horticulture is one of New Zealand’s largest and most successful orchard developers and producers of SunGold (G3 Kiwifruit). For more information, visit: https://www.southerncrosshorticulture.co.nz

Our mission is to create and manage the best kiwifruit orchards in the world. This serves our purpose of enhancing the lives of our team, customers, shareholders, and community. We pride ourselves on our core values: Excellence, Integrity, Teamwork, Relationships, and Attitude. These values are at the heart of everything we do, and we are committed to fostering a supportive and dynamic environment that promotes personal and professional growth.

About the Role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic Orchard Manager who is keen to develop their skills and grow within our business. As an Orchard Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the management of day-to-day 20 to 30 hectare orchard operations. This includes working alongside senior managers to plan and execute orchard tasks, train and lead seasonal teams, and ensure the highest standards of safety and quality are maintained.

Key Responsibilities:

- Team Support & Training: Assist in training, supervising, and leading seasonal teams to achieve daily productivity targets, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.

- Orchard Operations: Assist with the planning and execution of orchard tasks throughout the season, ensuring all work is completed to the highest quality standards, on time, and within budget.

- Health & Safety Compliance: Support the enforcement of health and safety protocols, including regular machinery checks, hazard reporting, and adherence to all company policies, such as the drug and alcohol policy.

- Resource & Equipment Management: Help manage orchard resources, ensuring all tools and machinery are in good working order and available when needed.

- Stakeholder Relationships: Build and maintain positive relationships with internal teams, contractors, and external stakeholders to ensure smooth operations and timely problem-solving.

What We’re Looking For:

- A commitment to Excellence: Always strive to deliver high-quality results and improve on your best efforts.

- Strong Integrity: Do the right thing, even when no one is looking.

- Effective Teamwork: Work collaboratively with others to achieve shared goals and support a positive team environment.

- Ability to build strong Relationships: Develop trust with colleagues, contractors, and stakeholders.

- A positive Attitude: Approach every day with your best self, ready to take on challenges with resilience and determination.

- Physically fit and able to handle the demands of the role.

- Strong forward-planning and prioritisation skills.

- Valid NZ driver’s licence and legal right to work in New Zealand.

What We Offer:

- Competitive salary package.

- Excellent opportunities for career growth and advancement within a leading horticultural company.

- Ongoing training and professional development to help you grow your skills and knowledge.

- A supportive and dynamic work environment that values its employees.

If you are passionate about kiwifruit orchard management, thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, and align with our values, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today with your CV and join our world-class team!

Applications will close on 20 September 2024.

Apply via by sending your resume and cover letter to marcela.amarante@schort.co.nz.

• We are looking for a relief milker for 4 weeks while one of our team is overseas. We milk 1050 cows through a 50 bale rotary. It would be both morning and afternoon milkings of one herd. We are located 5 mins from Dunsandel. Previous milking experience essential.

We have a dairy farm at Waipahi where we milk 630 cows. This farm is in its 6th season, has a 60 bale Waikato rotary and we also have cow manager installed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• dairy farm assistant
• milking
• getting cows in
• putting up temporary fences
• spraying & weed management
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Desirable Skills and Experience:

•  Some dairy farming experience would be ideal but a good attitude and willingness to learn is more important

Specific Requirements:

•  Must be passionate about farming and learning new skills

Our client Wydeacres Wagyu Ltd is a 207 ha farm in Kirwee, combining the grazing and finishing of wagyu stock along with an extensive and expanding cropping operation encompassing cultivation and on-farm cartage. In addition to the cropping, there are currently 240 wagyu stock on the property along with 1060 cattle in the 1 ha composting barn which is one of the largest grain finishing barns in New Zealand. 

The role:

We’re looking for a Farm Hand to join the team. The main responsibilities of the position involve driving tractors, loaders and rotorainer irrigation along with combining feedlot feeding with mixer wagon, feedlot bedding, animal management and youngstock grazing.

The role would suit a university student with availability during term time and a willingness to work full-time hours during the holidays. OR you could be in NZ on a Working Holiday Permit and looking for full-time work while you enjoy the lifestyle farming in Canterbury has to offer.

To be successful in the role the following attributes are essential:

·       Experience operating farm machinery is required and a key aspect of the role

·       Ability to do basic machinery maintenance

·       A calm and patient manner with stock

·       A current restricted driver’s licence at a minimum

·       A willingness to learn

There is some flexibility with hours of work which are expected to be approximately 40 per week depending on seasonal fluctuations.

Hourly pay rate is between $25 and $28 per hour depending on your experience. 

To express your interest in the position, please message us with a little bit of information about you and how your experience matches the role.

About:
Come to Ireland and travel Europe, with a 1 yr working holiday visa. Limerick family run dairy farm, 420 cows. Eircode/postcode V94HX27 . The farm is twenty minutes drive from Limerick city, and 5 minutes from Murroe village. There are a variety of gaa, soccer, rugby clubs in the area and many other sporting and social organisations. Limerick University Sports complex is 15 min away, which includes an Olympic size swimming pool. This area of Ireland is home to a lot of nature tourist attractions including Glenstal Abbey and Thomand park rugby stadium. Very good bus connections to Limerick. Shannon airport is 40 minutes away, with fantastic value flights to Europe. Top ebi (250)Xbred herd. All cows are wintered indoors in cubicle barns, milking through 24 herringbone. Seasonal calving like NZ model. Milking platform 160hec with all replacements reared on 40 and 20 hec runoffs. Most machinery work carried out my contractors. Ideal position for a couple.

Duties and Responsibilities:Responsibilities will cover milking (oad/tad), daily husbandry, some machinery operation, feed/grass allocation.

Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience and knowledge of all aspects of grassland/feed budgeting, dairy husbandry and breeding. Attention to detail and ability to work on one’s own initiative essential and as part of a team. 

Specific Requirements:

•  Seeking enthusiastic, ambitious people, experience helpful

Small Family Farm. 300 cow dairy farm. 24 aside herringbone shed. Close to Waianiwa.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Caring for our farm and our cows.
• Milking twice a day. Milking times flexible.
• Get cows in for milking and set-up new paddocks/breaks.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experienced in all things dairy farming.
• Common-sense.
• Able to make minor repairs/trouble-shooting if required.

Located halfway between Lumsden and Dipton.

We are milking 800cows through a twin pit herring bone shed. We are looking for another person to join our team. NOTE: This is a drive in position only.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  All day to day dairy farm duties

Desirable Skills and Experience:

•  Milking experience

Specific Requirements:

•  Drive in position only

The Team at Fortuna are looking for a Lincoln Student either for a start into the amazing dairy industry, or to grow their networks and on farm skill set. This position has the potential to connect you with all things dairy in Southland, leading into the ability to exponentially grow your farming future.

Farming is not for the faint hearted, it takes guts & determination to succeed, and we can help you show you how we did it.

Take the time to look at our website, I've included a snippet below:

"Our people are the lifeblood of Fortuna. They keep the animals happy and are skilled custodians of the land. They make sure milk production is high, innovation is constant and we move forward with a culture of hard-work and appreciation for each other's efforts. Because it’s a team effort. We do the right thing and have a great time doing it too.

We are a Dairy Farming Business with 22 Dairy Farms across Southland. We have a mixture of managed farms and contract milked farms. People are at the heart of our success and we are always on the hunt for good people."

If this job post is of interest to you, then please contact us. Any level of skill set and experience will be considered, we are simply looking for someone with a great attitude towards people, cows and grass. We know that this combined with a strong work ethic, common sense and a sense of humor will lead to job satisfaction & success.

https://fortunagroup.net.nz/

We are a 400 cow farm milking through a 34ash with automatic cup removers. Looking for a relief milker to cover staff days off during weekdays.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Starting the plant
• Milking
• Washing after milking

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Being able to assist in milking
• Milking experience preferable

Specific Requirements:

• It’s a drive in position.
• No accomodation available.
• Work available 2 to 3 days during weekdays.

If you like looking after a herd of cows and making sure they are well fed and cared for this Job maybe for you.

1100 cow farm in Rakaia area with very good housing. Farm is modern & very tidy & is a dream to work on.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Milking your herd 400 cows,
• shifting fences
• Feeding out using very good equipment
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Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Riding 2 wheelers
• Milking cows
• Vat wash and general shed maintenance 

Specific Requirements:

•  Full drivers license
• 2 years dairy farm experience
• No health issues
• Must be able to milk unassisted.

Landscaping

Duties and Responsibilities:

Planting natives and installing combi guards

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Need to be physically fit

Specific Requirements:

We can supply transport from Ashburton

JK fencing runs 4 fencing crews based in Central Hawkes Bay. Work areas cover most of Hawkes Bay with some stay out jobs from time to time. We have a large loyal client base and require semi experienced staff. Check out our website www.jkfencing.nz

Accommodation can be arranged if required?

Coaltrack Farm is 137 Hectare Dairy Farm located 10 minutes from Rolleston with pivot irrigation. We have 400 Cows milking through a 30 aside herringbone cowshed. All calves are reared on farm. We are currently going through a development stage of refencing the farm due to the new pivots and water system, so are in need of people to assist with mainly milkings and daily farm tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities: Mainly milkings and setting up breaks, with a few other farm duties as required.

Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience would be good but we are willing to teach someone who is keen to learn and has a positive attitude.

Specific Requirements: We are looking for someone with a positive attitude that likes cows and is interested in dairy farming. This is a drive in position at the moment but there is a chance of accommodation to be negotiated. Also hours and pay to be negotiated.

About:

• We are looking for a relief milker to work alongside our staff member, this position has the opportunity for work for the remainder of the season. We milk 420 cows through a 28 aside herringbone. Milking times are 3-3:30hrs in AM & 2:30hrs in PM. Very quiet cows and an easy shed to work in.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Duties will include, Milking, hosing down/washing up, learning the vat and plant wash.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• prior experience would be preferred.

Specific Requirements:

• must be able to provide own transport,

About: Dairy Assistant , we are looking for someone to join our enthusiastic, hard working and motivated team

Duties and Responsibilities: Main duties will be Milking, setting break fences, getting in cows and farm maintenance

Desirable Skills and Experience:

It would be preferable that you have some farm experience but we are norw

than happy to provide on the job training

Specific Requirements:

•  Car and valid drivers license
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