General Feedlot Hand | Capella | QLD

Job Description

Paringa Gold is seeking an applicant with a positive and enthusiastic attitude to join our team.

  • Mustering is done on bikes (4 wheelers)

  • Full time Mon-Friday with rostered rotational weekend work

Property Type

Feedlot

Property Description

Our business is a diverse family-owned feedlot, backgrounding, breeding and farming operation located one hour drive north of Emerald in Central Queensland. We have a strong customer focus and pride ourselves on offering professional feeding services. We supply beef onto Australian supermarket shelves and major export markets. Our organisation has grown rapidly over the last 5 years and is now in a new expansion phase.

Start Date

Hiring Now

Key Tasks, Duties & Responsibilities

This is an exciting all-encompassing role that will see you involved in all aspects of day-to-day operations across the business. This role will keep you busy with cattle work, cropping work and various tasks including general infrastructure maintenance:
  • Daily cattle movements, drafting, induction, treatments and trucking with an emphasis on animal welfare;

  • Mustering (on Quad bikes) and drafting of backgrounding cattle for entry into feedlot.

  • Feeding out and general mill maintenance.

  • General yard and paddock maintenance.

  • Farming and Commodity handling.

Job Requirements

  • Be punctual, energetic, honest, and reliable.

  • Proven stockmanship experience with an understanding of low stress principals.

  • A strong interest in Animal Health and Welfare.

  • Willingness to learn and utilize computer record keeping systems.

  • Ability to muster and move cattle utilising bikes. (No horses or dogs used)

  • Experience operating various machines or the interest to learn.

  • Competent in general property maintenance

  • Experience in crops and farming machinery advantageous but not essential.

  • Capacity to learn on the job and be a part of an energetic and innovative team.

  • Some weekend work will be required.

  • Must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Job Benefits

  • A remuneration package that includes generous production incentives and gratitude’s will be offered relative to ability. With the opportunity for career development and training offered to the right individual.

  • Accommodation available within half an hour of both Capella and Clermont.

Application Details

Applicants MUST present resume and 2 or more references and submit via the APPLY NOW button below. Please note only candidates who meet the brief will be considered and contacted if short-listed.
 
PLEASE NOTE :
  • Applications without required skills and experience listed in the ad will not be considered.

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