This role is being readvertised as we haven't yet found the person we are looking for.

It replaces a key member of our team who has been in position for 10 years. The successful individual will be passionate about making a meaningful contribution to the business and established team. We are looking for an individual who is experienced at lone working but comfortable working in a team and with a large variety of tasks.

We are a 4th Generation, family owned, award winning, coastal Estate covering 5200 hecs (12,850 acres) of mixed land ranging from 0 to 426m (1400 feet). The land is all contiguous and ring fenced. We are situated 14 miles south of Girvan and 14 miles north of Stranraer in South Ayrshire.

The Estate is diversified and farmed in hand. Its Enterprises include:

• 1000 dairy cow, spring block calving, genomically tested herd with 350 in calf heifers and 350 heifer calves


• 140 Beef cow herd, with 130 Pedigree AA cows producing bulls for our dairy or sale and a small herd of 10 Belted Galloways


• Up to 1200 homebred store/ fattening cattle


• A cropping enterprise with grows 810 hec (2000 acres) Grass silage, 60 hec (150 acres) Barley, 25 hec (62 acres) Forage Maize and 25 hec (62 acres) Forage crops


• 1800 hecs (4,400 acres) commercial and amenity forestry

The role will have day to day responsibility for:

• Our beef Herds which calf in the spring. The Aberdeen Angus herd has been built up recently and uses AI to breed high performance, short gestation cattle. The small herd of Belted Galloways were established to assist maintain this historic and local breed, with a clear focus on quality. We have in the past shown cattle at local shows and enjoy supporting these events.


• A proportion of the store and dairy youngstock that are grazed and housed under their responsibility. The successful candidate will work closely with our working farm manager and rest of the farming team to rotationally graze cattle and develop grazing techniques on upland and hill pastures to improve the grazing and cattle performance ensuring that cattle meet growth targets and are weighed regularly.

Other responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Fencing, we use electric fencing to graze cattle and therefore it is critical that the perimeter fences are maintained, we have a continuous ongoing project of renewing and improving fences


• Assisting with cropping, silage and slurry work


• Assisting with dairy stock handling, movements and work


• Checking sheep winterers which are in the majority grazed on the hills


• Building and fixed asset maintenance, cleaning and improvements