Herd Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 19 August 2025
LOCATION
Dundee
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Agriculture
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SKILLS

Grassland Management Team Management Block Calving Dairy Farming Foot Trimming Animal Health KPI Management Grassland Management

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

Farming Partners is seeking a Herd Manager for a dairy unit near Dundee, responsible for animal health, welfare, team management, and grassland management. The role involves working with the farm manager, achieving KPIs, and making grassland management decisions. The successful candidate will have experience in grassland management, team leadership, and a love for dairy farming with a block calving system.

  • Key Responsibilities: Work with the farm manager to ensure animal health and welfare, achieve key KPIs, manage the team, and make grassland management decisions.
  • Core Requirements: Experience in grassland management, some team management experience, enjoyment of the block calving system, a love for grassland dairy farming, a full UK driving license, and a foot trimming qualification.

Our Business & Farm

Farming Partners began 13 years ago and gives landowners and career farmers the Freedom to Farm by bringing them together to run high preforming Grassland Dairy Farms focusinging on Our Cows, Our People & Our Grass.  We have an excellent track record developing and progressing team members from all levels including students on placement to running their own business while owning a share of the farm business.  Due to a new farm joining and progession for current team members we have an opportunity for a Herd Manager/2IC to join our team.  This position is on one of our dairy units near Dundee consisting of 650 Fr/Jersey Cross milked on a 54-point rotary.  Youngstock reared on farm.

As the Herd Manager, you will be responsible for working with the farm manager to ensure animal health and welfare is at its best, achieving key kpi’s, looking after the team and stakerholders, being a desion maker in relation to grassloand management

Your requirements:

The successful candidate will:

  • Have experience of grassland management
  • Some experience of looking after a team
  • Enjoy the block calving system
  • Have a love for grassland dairy farming
  • A full UK Driving license
  • Foot trimming qualification

For you;

- We offer a strong package agreed on experience

- Accommodation

- Tailored training programme

- Beautiful Rural area to live with excellent school network close to Dundee city with all amenities

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