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Herd Manager – South West

Employer
De Lacy Executive
Location
South West England
Salary
An excellent package is available for this role.
Closing date
30 Sep 2019

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Sector
Dairy
Job Type
Manager/Supervisor
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

On behalf of our client, De Lacy Executive are currently searching for an experienced Herd Manager to ensure the smooth running of an organic Holstein and Friesian herd located in a beautiful village in the South West.

Reporting to the farm manager, the successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail to ensure excellent grassland management and hygiene are a priority. This innovative farm requires someone adaptable and resilient to ensure the smooth transitioning to robots in the near future.

Close by to outstanding schools, this role comes with a family sized cottage, located a short walk away from the dairy, beef and arable farm.

Responsibilities:

  • General livestock management including feeding, bedding, foot trimming, husbandry and fertility programming.
  • Assisting herdsman with milking when required.  
  • Apply health and safety standards across the farm.
  • Liaising with vets, nutritionists and farm reps.
  • Recording important data.
  • Rearing replacement heifers.

Requirements:

  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Previous dairy experience is essential.
  • Foot trimming skills.
  • A good understanding of calf rearing.
  • Must be a good record keeper.
  • A Full UK driving licence.

Remuneration:

  • An excellent package is available for this role.

Interested?

Jane Righton: DD: 01885 485522, Mobile: 07875197231 or e-mail your CV and covering letter to: jane.righton@delacyexecutive.co.uk.

De Lacy Executive will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you in order to process your application. More information about our processing activities can be found at www.delacyexecutive.co.uk/privacypolicy.

Please be assured that all contact is treated in complete confidence and your details will not be passed to a third party without your prior permission. Please note that this advertisement is not a job description and you should satisfy yourself about the full details at interview. De Lacy Executive is an Approved member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which promotes high standards in recruitment practice, and is registered with the Information Commissioners Office. De Lacy Executive complies with all relevant data protection legislation.

Company

De Lacy Executive is the professional Agri-Business recruitment consultancy.

Since 2000 we have been recruiting within the agriculture, horticulture, fruit, fresh produce, primary food and other rural sectors in the UK and Internationally. We arguably have the largest database of candidates and regular employer clients.

In this period we have been privileged to help countless companies and jobseekers to achieve their employment goals.

We engage at all levels from trainee through to senior executive and in disciplines from production to technical and commercial.

Our team of nine is friendly, knowledgeable and experienced. We welcome your enquiries and offer our very best advice and service whatever the employment situation.

Most of us are agriculturalists by upbringing and education and have experience of working in the sector we serve before entering the recruitment industry.  We are well trained in recruitment practice and De Lacy Executive is the only Agricultural Recruitment business to be Approved by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation which promotes high standards within the recruitment industry.

We maintain the highest levels of confidentiality and are registered and conform to the requirements of the Data Protection Act.

 “Integrity, Knowledge and Confidentiality”.

We look forward to hearing from you.

De Lacy Executive Ltd. Suite 7, Malvern Gate, Bromwich Road, Worcester WR2 4BN

Tel: 01885 483440. E mail: admin@delacyexecutive.co.uk

Company info
Telephone
01885 483440
Location
Suite 7
Malvern Gate
Bromwich Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR2 4BN
United Kingdom

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