Dairy Operations Manager

Job DescriptionJob Description

Pine Hollow Dairy seeks a Dairy Operations Manager.  We are a 1000 cow, 1500-acre dairy located in Southern Cayuga County in the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York.  Pine Hollow Dairy has a long history of excellent herd performance and strives to be environmentally responsible, kind to the animals under our care, regarded as a preferred employer by our staff and a good neighbor by our community.  Our team leaders are ambitious and motivated with a 'can do' attitude.  We desire for cattle under our care to achieve exceptionally high milk solids production.

We have the ability and expectation to train and develop the successful candidate to a level of exceptional performance.  Applicants need to be ambitious, highly motivated, take pride in their work and strive for excellence daily.

Preferred Experience:

-Milking, feeding and caring for a herd of dairy cows

-Managing inventory of supplies, medicines, and feed

-Knowledge of and capability to breed cows

-Knowledge of and capability to use Dairy Comp 305/Excel/Digistar software and SCR system

-Juggling conflicting priorities and delegating to achieve optimal results

-Spanish communication skills

-Supervisory experience and demonstrated success as a peer leader

There are several specific areas of responsibility with associated performance expectations for the Dairy Operations Manager.

Responsibilities:

-Ensure dairy achieves high scores on quarterly milk cooperative evaluations focused on safety, animal well-being, and staff training

-Overall facility safety, maintenance and aesthetics

-Daily and weekly monitoring of utility room and milking parlor equipment performance

-Supervise and manage milking and herd management staff of 16 employees

-Organize weekly tasks such as reproductive injections, vaccinations, dry-offs, etc.

-Inventory management of feed, medicine and supplies including purchasing

-Oversee calf care staff to ensure herd goals are achieved and that calves are cared for in a socially conscious manner

-Achieve high milk quality premiums and inspection scores

-Monitor and supervise staff to the PHD SOP for feed delivery and push-up

-Manage refusals to PHD standards and strive for exceptional feed conversion efficiency

-Ensure all herd health records using DC305 and on farm systems are accurate and timely

-Responsible for operation of computer-controlled cow comfort system

-Work with owners and consultants to continually improve PHD SOPs

This is a full-time position with scheduled days off, complimented with a benefits package including health insurance, retirement program and vacation time.

Starting pay is commensurate with experience.

Company DescriptionPine Hollow Dairy is a first generation owner-operator dairy farm.Company DescriptionPine Hollow Dairy is a first generation owner-operator dairy farm.]]>