We are currently seeking Livestock Manager to join the team based in Muchea, WA.
Reporting to the Depot Manager, you will be responsible for driving opportunities for sales growth throughout the region.
Road Trains of Australia (RTA) is one of the largest privately owned livestock transporters in Australia. As a family run business, we pride ourselves on having decades of experience in the safe & dependable transport of livestock, petroleum and bulk commodities, throughout Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland with our fleet of 90+ prime movers.
Proactively maintaining and developing effective relationships with key livestock customers
Maintaining effective relationships with various internal stakeholders to pre-empt demand for products and sales opportunities
Promoting and representing RTA
Allocation of jobs and relevant route planning
Ensuring all invoicing is done in a timely manner
Timesheet review and approval
Coordination of the Perth Production team
To be successful you must possess strong experience within a customer-facing sales role ideally gained within the livestock industry. In addition, you will:
Previous demonstrated experience in a similar role
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with new and existing stakeholders
Valid MC licence
Fatigue management certificate
Valid Commercial Driver Medical
Strong teamwork
We value people who take pride in their work and want to be part of a team that supports each other. At RTA, you’ll enjoy:
A stable, long‑standing company with strong industry reputation
Supportive leadership and a collaborative team culture
Opportunities to grow your skills and develop professionally
A role where your ideas and relationships directly contribute to business success
Working with a company that prioritises safety, respect, and professionalism
Road Trains of Australia (RTA) has over a decade of experience in safe & dependable transportation of livestock, petroleum and bulk commodities throughout the north of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
From the remains of Buntine Roadways, the original Road Trains of Australia (RTA) was established by Noel Buntine in the early 1980’s.
In 1985, Noel Buntine sold the Company to Dick David and Ken Warriner who operated it for 8 years until it was sold to Jim Cooper, of Gulf Transport Group, and Mick Flynn, of Flynn Petroleum, in 1993. Jim Cooper bought out Mick Flynn to take full ownership in 1995.
In 2006, competition between RTA and Hampton Transport Services, a Western Australian company owned by the Jones family from Kalgoorlie-Boulder that was involved in mining, heavy haulage, freight and livestock transport, had reached the point where the livestock fleets were a similar size and operating the same routes.
Jim Cooper and Dave Jones from Hampton, the current Managing Director of RTA, saw the economic sense of amalgamating the operations of the two companies and negotiated the sale of the RTA business to Hampton Transport Services, Dave and his brother Bart Jones Jnr to create Road Trains of Australia Pty Ltd in its current form.
In 2007 RTA acquired Hansen Livestock Transport and its depots in Longreach and Quilpie.
Under the ownership of Hampton and the Jones brothers, who still own and operate the Company, RTA has grown to be the largest privately owned livestock transporter in Australia.
RTA’s operations today cover the entire Northern half of Australia, with the company’s 90+ prime movers averaging between 145,000 to 170,000km per year, much of which is traveled in clouds of bulldust on unsealed roads.
Road Trains of Australia is also proudly registered as 100% Australian owned and operated with https://ausowned.com.au.
