Farm Manager - Prime Lamb Focus, Cowra Nsw

The Employer
Our client is a private landholder of Australian agricultural assets who has acquired 17 properties in eastern Australia since 2007, covering over 60,000 hectares. The portfolio is strategically located throughout several different climatic regions and production systems, producing a variety of commodities, including prime lambs, wool, cattle, broadacre cropping of cereals and oilseeds, and irrigated cotton and sugar. They aim to be an enduring market leader in the sustainable production of livestock and crops, with a continuous growth and improvement approach. The business holds strong values in ethics and care of land and animals, ensuring the highest quality and best practice standards are adhered to.

The Role
This role provides leadership and direction across a farm south of Cowra, NSW. This well-developed property currently runs 6,500 composite ewes and covers 1,300 hectares. 200 hectares of cereal cropping is grown annually with all inputs contracted out, allowing you to concentrate on the sheep enterprise. As the Farm Manager, you must ensure the operation is run sustainably and safely and meet the business production objectives. You will be dedicated to and take ownership of optimising the enterprise as a key driver for productivity and profit for the business. You will achieve this with a hands-on work ethic.

You will work within management guidelines to provide leadership and operational support to achieve identified commercial business outcomes through effective management. This will include working with the area manager, advisors, contractors, and staff on the day-to-day operations of the livestock and pasture enterprises while operating within the company's budgets and QA and WH&
S policies. Ultimately, your responsibility will be to drive the property's success, work towards strategic goals, and pull this farm enterprise together.

We seek someone passionate about the agricultural industry. The successful candidate will have a track record of operational livestock management with a strong focus on safety and intensive livestock systems. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills and will have demonstrated a minimum of 5 years of experience in a livestock role.

Minimum Requirements

• At least 5 years working within a livestock (Sheep) focused role.
• Corporate farming experience is advantageous but not a necessity.
• Deliver high-quality, results-oriented farm and livestock management.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback and guidance to employees with positive results.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work with the management team to develop the enterprise's goals, plans, and budgets.
• Overseeing implementation of enterprise goals, plans, and budgets.
• Work closely with the area manager and external consultants on agronomy, inputs, and livestock marketing.
• Thorough and transparent reporting of outcomes.
• Make decisions that ensure the best use of resources for a profitable and sustainable future.
• Leadership of Workplace, Health, and Safety for the farm

The Offer
An attractive salary package, performance incentives, a work vehicle, and a mobile phone are available for negotiation with the successful candidate. A comfortable 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom homestead will become your home and is nestled within large, well-established lawns and trees.

Located 20 km south of Cowra and 40 km north of Young, the area has a wide range of required amenities, including schools and supplies, which are a short drive away.

Interested?
To apply for this role, please submit your current resume along with the contact details of at least three references we can reach. A cover letter indicating your suitability for this role will also be highly regarded.
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