No grain experience needed. Training provided. Demeter Grains is a well established Western Australian grain export and trading company. This harvest we're opening three new bunker storage sites across the Great Southern and Wheatbelt, and we're building the crews to run them.
We're looking for Grain Samplers to join us for the 2026/27 harvest at Albany, Gnowangerup and Newdegate.
About the role
You'll be the first point of contact for every load that comes through the gate. Working alongside the site Leading Hand, you'll sample and grade incoming grain, run the weighbridge, and make the calls what goes into which stack. It's a job where accuracy matters and where you'll deal with growers face to face every day.
When the sample hut is quiet, you'll head outside and work with the yard crew. Most of our samplers tell us the variety is the best part of the job.
What you'll be doing
- Weighbridge operations
- Spearing and sampling incoming grain trucks
- Analysing samples and identifying grain defects and weed seeds
- Record keeping and data entry
- Talking with growers about quality and resolving issues at the gate.
- Keeping the lab and sampling areas clean and tidy
- Helping the yard crew with stack and site work when sampling is quiet
What we're looking for
- A good eye for detail — this is the core of the job
- Confidence Communicating with growers and carriers.
- Reliability, and the ability to hold your standards when it's busy
- Comfortable with basic computer work and data entry
- Willingness to learn and to pitch in outside the lab
- Current driver's licence
- Previous grain farming or sampling experience is an advantage but is genuinely not required — we train you on site
The details
- Season runs approximately; 2nd Half of October 2026 to end of January 2027
- Up to 12 hour days, rostered across a 13 day fortnight through the peak
- Outdoor and physical work in summer conditions
- Pre-employment medical and drug and alcohol screening may apply
- Starts as a casual role with an option of becoming permanent for the right person
What we offer
- $33–$45 per hour, plus overtime through the peak
- Full training on site
- Potential for ongoing employment after harvest
- A supportive, inclusive crew where safety comes first
- Real prospect to grow with an expanding WA grain business — several of our site roles are stepping stones into leading hand and operations positions