Farm Assistant – Sheep Milking (start June 2026)
Innesbrooke Sheep Milking Farm Te Awamutu, Waikato
Job Description
Farm Assistant – Sheep Milking
We are looking for someone with farming experience to join our family-owned sheep milking farm, located just 5 minutes from Te Awamutu in the North Island of New Zealand.
This year we plan to milk 850 ewes and carry 150 Beef Cattle.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to try out the sheep dairy industry.
The following skills are required:
• A strong understanding of pasture management and feed budgeting skills
• Experience in dairy milking methods, milking processes and shed/plant hygiene standards
• Practical experience in fencing, weed spraying, effluent/irrigator use
• Feeding out
• Handling animals
• Knowledge in animal welfare
• Strong experience with farm machinery including motorbikes, tractors, feed out wagons or farm utility vehicles and ability to conduct farm maintenance including mowing
• Ability to keep accurate records
• Excellent communication and management skills
• Dairy farm experience
The key tasks for the role will be:
• Milking sheep - Ensure the effective operation of all aspects of the milking process, including plant hygiene and somatic cell count, to maintain grade free standards
• Assist with weed and pest control to maintain pasture and crops
• Assist with the management and oversee the feeding of diets and pasture to ewes, including accurate break fencing and feeding out
• Assist in maintaining feed inventory and feed quality
• Safely handling animals, and reporting any health and welfare issues
• Administering animal health requirements such as vaccinations, drenching, foot trimming, crutching, bolusing
• Vehicle and equipment maintenance
• Manage the day to day working of the staff when the Farm Manager is away.
Ideally we would like someone to start 1st June 2026, however can negotiate a later start date if required. Please note this is a fixed term contract for 12 months.
The successful applicant must have previous farm experience. Experience with sheep is ideal but not a necessity.
The job comes with on-farm accommodation.
If you love working with animals, being outdoors, are hard working, honest, reliable, with a positive attitude this may be the opportunity for you.
Only apply if you meet the above criteria for the job and you have or are able to obtain a valid working visa for New Zealand.
Postcode: 3883 (Te Awamutu, Waikato)
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Innesbrooke Sheep Milking Farm
Member since: June 2022
This employer uses a innesbrooke.co.nz email account.
Description:
We are a family owned and run sheep milking farm located 5 minutes out of Te Awamutu in the beautiful Waikato farming region of the North Island of New Zealand. We milk 900 ewes and have about 200 lambs reared in our custom built rearing sheds.
Our farm is very central to many cities and sights. Hamilton city is 25 minutes away and the beautiful Raglan beach famous for it's surf, is only 40 minutes drive.
Industry:
Farming, Animals & Conservation