Unit Leader

LKL Services Ltd; Fakenham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3-bedroom house on farm

Regular time off

Job summary

LKL Services Ltd is seeking a dairy livestock enthusiast to join a progressive farm near the picturesque village of Litcham in Norfolk. The role covers milking, fertility, grassland management and stock work across two sites with ~340 crossbred cows, on a forage-based system and a 24:48 parlour.

The home farm offers a 3-bedroom house, an attractive remuneration package and regular time off, with a seasonal workload that eases during the summer months. No overseas applicants without a work visa.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a dairy herd in a forage-based system.
• Ability to work across two sites with shared duties.
• Capable of assisting with calving and routine stock tasks.

Responsibilities

• Milking and animal husbandry on a dual-site dairy operation.
• Oversee fertility programs and grazing/grassland management.
• Stock handling across two units and routine milking duties.
• Support calving season and livestock movements.

Skills

Dairy farming

Milking

Grassland management

TMR feeding

Stock handling

Fertility management

Job description

We are seeking a dairy livestock enthusiast, who would complete the team on a progressive farm near the picturesque village of Litcham.

This is the home farm unit, running with an emphasis on forage/grazing and set to run with a sister unit with 340 crossbred cows block calving in the autumn period on each site. There is an excellent mix of responsibilities which includes some milking, with a focus on fertility, grassland management on the original unit with TMR feeding and some associated stock work across the two.

The herds are managed on a forage-based system with the housed period on sand cubicles with semi TMR feeding; the yields are around 8,500 litres a cow. Milking is through a superb 24:48 parlour, DTL with ACR’s, complete with autoshedding, heat time and state of the art handling facilities; the home farm also includes excellent calf rearing facilities, silage clamps and feedstores which cater for both units.

This position offers the benefit of a seasonal workload and hence much easier summer months, along with a good 3-bedroom house on the farm, an excellent remuneration package and regular time off.

*No overseas applicants without a work visa*