Senior Shepherd - Mt Hamilton Farm

- Competitive salary
- Located 30 minutes from Te Anau and 90 minutes from Queenstown and Invercargill
- Health and Life Insurance

Exciting, varied opportunity - farm some of New Zealand’s most unique country.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you an experienced shepherd ready to take the next step in your farming career? This Senior Shepherd role is an opportunity to bring your livestock expertise, sound judgement, and practical skills to the day-to-day running of Mt Hamilton Farm as part of an energetic and innovative team.

Mt Hamilton is currently being run in conjunction with a neighbouring farm, creating a unique opportunity to gain experience across both breeding and trading operations involving sheep, cattle, and deer.

As the Senior Shepherd, you’ll be a key member of our small team, working closely with the Farm Manager and taking responsibility across livestock operations and general farm activities. You’ll be trusted to work independently, help plan and prioritise daily work, and contribute ideas that improve farm performance.

Whether you’re building on your shepherding experience or preparing to step into Stock Management, this role offers flexibility and genuine career development

Your key responsibilities will include:

- helping plan and implement grazing programmes
- monitoring livestock performance and animal health
- taking responsibility for stock movements and seasonal livestock work
- supporting breeding and trading operations
- guiding less-experienced team members
- maintaining accurate livestock and farm records

ABOUT YOU

You’re passionate about farming, love working with livestock, and want to be part of a team that gets results. You’re practical and always looking for ways to do the job better.

You will:

- Enjoy working with animals and take their welfare seriously
- Have a team of capable working dogs
- Be organised, reliable, and self-motivated in your daily tasks
- Communicate clearly and work well as part of a team
- Be comfortable keeping accurate records and using farm technology (or keen to learn)
- Take a proactive approach to health, safety, and looking after farm assets
- Have a valid restricted or full driver licence

At Pāmu, we know diverse perspectives make us stronger, and we encourage applications from people who share our values - even if you don’t tick every box.

ABOUT US

Pāmu Landcorp Farming Limited is a State-Owned Enterprise with over 110 farms across New Zealand. Our purpose is to lead the delivery of innovative and sustainable agriculture solutions for future generations.

THE FARM

Mt Hamilton Farm is 1,400ha effective, comprising 600ha of flat to rolling country along Chewing’s Road and the Te Anau–Mossburn Highway, plus 800ha of tussock hill country.

The station runs 600 MA hinds, 450 calving Angus cows, aiming to keep all progeny. Up to 3,000 lambs are brought in for finishing over the summer.

BENEFITS

We offer a competitive salary package, with wellbeing and family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave, health and life insurance benefits, and up to 4% KiwiSaver matching. You'll also receive an extra day of leave over Christmas, plus ongoing training and development.

A warm three-bedroom home is available.

Applications close midnight Sunday 18 October ; we will be interviewing applicants as they apply.

For more details about the role, please contact Alex Field, Farm Manager – 027 211 8630.

For a copy of the position description, please us this link:

2026.04Senior_Shepherd.pdf

To be eligible for this role, you must be available for an in-person interview and have unrestricted legal rights to work in New Zealand. We are unable to accept applicants on temporary work visas for permanent opportunities.

Pāmu provides a safe workplace and the successful applicant will be required to pass a drug and alcohol test and undergo a criminal background check prior to being appointed.

Our values are core to who we are at Pāmu and the way that we all work together.  We are Grounded, Genuine, Bold, and Shoulder-to-Shoulder. To read more, click on this link to see them on our website. To see what it's like to work in our Dairy team, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Dairy Assistant at Pāmu, or to learn about what our Livestock team is all about, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Shepherd at Pāmu.

Pāmu is the brand name for Landcorp Farming Limited, and successful applicants will be employed by Landcorp Farming Limited.