AddressStart Date: Negotiable
Pay Rate: Starting at $35/hr (will offer high $/hr for times in truck or using trade quals if applicable)
Benefits: 3 bedroom house and utilities, work vehicle.
Our client owns and operates an extensive diversified Mixed Farming enterprise on the southwest slopes of NSW. Spread over more than 15,000 acres, they are looking for someone with a broad range of ag skills to join their crew. They currently have 4,000 acres of dryland cultivation, with the balance of the country being back-ground grazing for their small custom feedlot operation. Our client has the philosophy that no one gets pigeonholed into a fixed role as variety is the spice of life, so they regularly rotate duties. Therefore, everyone gets to drive the header, chaser bin and spray-rig, muster cattle, induct into the feedlot or deliver a load of hay.
Due to the diversified nature of the role, our client has asked us to find someone who can think and work for themselves while still being a strong member of the extended team, someone who can take the inititive while at the same time knowing when to reach out for direction and clarification.
Your duties & responsibilities could include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Farming – all aspects of crop production from pre-planting to post-harvest
- Machinery Operation – Operation of machinery equivalent to John Deere 9420 & 7R210 tractors, JTA sprayrigs & 40m air-seeders.
- Cattle – Mustering on 2 wheel-bikes, processing through back-ground to feedlot, cattle husbandry and animal health duties, feeding out
- Truck Driving – Short trips between farms carting grain, hay or gravel. No overnight trips.
- Routine Repairs and Maintenance of all farm plant & equipment as well as infrastructure to your skill level
- Operation of all farming equipment as per manufacturer specifications
- Communicate with the farm owner & other members of the team to work effectively across multiple locations in various capacities
- Teaching and mentoring younger and less experienced staff
Our client is an equal-opportunity employer who has instructed us to forward all suitably qualified people to them for consideration. Therefore, we are looking for someone who has the following skills:
- MC licence (or the willingness to get one) – ESSENTIAL
- Mechanical &/or fabrication qualifications are highly regarded but not essential.
- High level of mechanical & fabrication skills – highly desirable
- Minimum of 3 years of broad-acre cropping experience & cattle husbandry experience
- Strong communication, leadership & teamwork skills
- Willingness to teach and mentor less experienced staff
- Availability during busy planting and harvest seasons
Only 35km from Gundagai, our client is offering a 3-bedroom house and utilities and a school bus that runs past the front gate. They are willing to negotiate salary or hourly rates depending on the licences, experience, skills and qualifications you bring. This is your chance to join a very progressive but established business offering a long-term, ongoing and secure position where you can put down roots in a very pretty part of this great country.
Please note this position is not available to Working Holiday Visa Holders.
Due to the large volume of applications we receive, we will only contact shortlisted applicants.
