We are currently looking for a Butcher to join our crew at Alexandria Station, NT in a permanent full-time position in the 2026 season.
You will need to be organised, friendly, and most importantly, a butcher that has a passion for providing a paddock to plate service.
You will work closely with the station cooks and station services team providing meat supply to the station.
Alexandria Station is located on the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory and is NAPCo's oldest property acquired in 1877. Alexandria is home to NAPCo's Alexandria composite stud and neighbours NAPCo's Soudan, Gallipoli and Mittiebah stations.
Day to day duties include:
Butchering (cattle and pigs or other meats as required), ensuring the supply of meat for the kitchen
Maintaining the butchers' facilities and equipment and waste disposal in line with the relevant hygiene standards
Maintaining butchering records
Un-packing, sorting and stacking station frozen supplies
Station maintenance tasks / odd jobs as they come up
Trade Qualified Butcher with a minimum of 3 years' experience
Have sound knowledge of slaughtering cattle (gallows kill) and pigs, butchering practices and techniques (including making sausages, mince, T bones etc)
Sound operational knowledge of appliances and equipment eg. Band saw, Sausage machine, Brine pump, Mincer, Cryovac
Knowledge and awareness of hygiene practices with the ability to prioritise workloads
Enjoy the unique lifestyle a remote cattle station offers
Enjoy working autonomously with limited direction, but also enjoy working with a Station Services team.
Permanent full-time position
Onsite air-conditioned accommodation and meals provided
NAPCo are proud to offer competitive pay, generous annual leave entitlements, travel reimbursement and season completion bonus.
NAPCo stations have a great social environment and give all employees the chance to attend our annual Station Challenge, ad-hoc campdrafts, sports days, fishing, camping etc..
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For more information on this opportunity, please phone 0429 399 630 or email hr@napco.com.au.
NAPCo is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces, promotes and values diversity and inclusion.
The North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCo) was founded in 1877 and is one of Australia's leading beef cattle companies, managing over 6.1 million hectares, largest single herd in the world and home to Five Founders Beef. NAPCo employs approximately 220 staff operating across Queensland and the Northern Territory, with 15 cattle stations, a Depot in Mount Isa, a Feedlot and Farm in the Darling Downs and an office in Brisbane's CBD.
Our Story
NAPCo is one of Australia’s oldest and largest cattle companies, with a proud history of stewardship of our animals, the land we farm and the future of our business. Nothing showcases the strength of our values more than the fact that descendants of our original founding families are still involved in the business today.
Farming successfully and sustainably for over 140 years.
Our Difference
We continue to build on our proud 140-year history of being one of Australia’s leading cattle producers by raising consistently great-tasting beef, building long-term relationships with partners and customers, and demonstrating outstanding levels of care for our people, our animals and our environment.
Positive outcomes for our business, our animals and our environment.
NAPCo began in 1877 when its original partners took up leases over a vast area of the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory, with Queensland properties added over time as the company grew and developed. Family-based ownership remained predominant within NAPCo until 2016 when QIC (Queensland Investment Corporation) became the majority investor.
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