The dairy started operations in February of 2016. Lactating cows are housed in a cross ventilated barn, milked three times per day with a new tunnel ventilated barn to house dry cows. All calves and replacements are also on site.

Current students graduating in May 2018 who are interested in pursuing a career managing a large progressive dairy operation should apply for a position with Rock River Jerseys.

Job Position Available: Assistant Herd Manager

Job Description: Supervise and coordinate the daily operations of the dairy.

Responsibilities: (include, but not limited to the following)

• Management
• Manage and communicate with all department supervisors
• Identify and solve problems with milking equipment, parlor, nutrition, herd health and youngstock
• Manage the maintenance of facilities, grounds and equipment
• Operate large equipment when necessary
• Herd Health
• Capable of performing herdsman duties
• Follow dairy’s SOPs that are in place
• Train new employees to use dairy SOPs, follow animal welfare guidelines
• Identify, treat and care for sick animals from newborn to lactating age
• Monitor disease incidence across the herd
• General Office Work
• Utilize DairyComp305 for daily herd record keeping and extract information for monthly monitor reports
• Record keeping for all herd health, production and inventories utilizing Microsoft Excel
• Order and manage inventories of supplies and medicine

• Pursuant of a Bachelor’s Degree in Dairy Science, Animal Science or related field with emphasis on dairy production
• Leadership skills to manage crew of employees
• Eager & self-motivated
• Knowledge of dairy cattle diseases, treatments and nutrition for all ages of dairy cattle
• Ability to work & communicate with all types of people, preference given for speaking Spanish
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Word
• General knowledge of DairyComp305
• Ability to work 60 hours per week, and a flexible schedule of weekends and/or holidays

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume and three references to:

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