Job Details (Contract Position)

- An employment package will apply.
- Monetary component of $80,000 – $85,000 per annum, paid in ‘fortnightly’. Superannuation is paid in addition to this monetary component.
- Accommodation (a higher-standard modern 3–4 bedroom home) plus utilities is provided as part of the package.
- Possible bonus payments against industry standards, when applicable.
- Full-time contract of up to 4 years, subject to performance benchmarks being continuously met.
- General terms and conditions of employment apply in addition to the more specific requirements outlined below. These will be discussed with shortlisted applicants.
- Applicants must be an Australian citizen or hold a current valid working visa.

Essential Requirements Meeting items 3 and 4 under “Requirements” below is considered necessary to perform this position.

In addition, you will need to hold (and continue to hold) a current driver’s licence.

You will be proficient in the use of tractors, tillers and other machinery used on modern broiler farms, and the safety protocols for using them.

You will also need to be competent in the use of shed management computers and the bird management and batch data portals used by the broiler chicken industry.

In line with SA Government Chief Medical Officer recommendations (continuously updated for the State/Region), you will have had the following inoculations within 30 days of commencement: standard 3-in-1, tetanus, annual flu vaccination, COVID and Japanese encephalitis.

Requirements

- Farm Supervisor are expected to take shared responsibility for farm performance and management with the Farm Manager in a very competitive industry, mainly supplying supermarkets and fast food outlets.
- The Farm Supervisor will at various times relieve the Farm Manager of some duties during a batch (recognising that bird husbandry is a 24/7 activity during a batch).
- This farm uses the Farm Supervisor position to expose potential Farm Managers to modern broiler chicken farm management. We therefore expect that on arrival you will hold a demonstrated and successful track record of having worked at Assistant Manager level.
- Higher education qualifications are highly desirable, preferably in Agriculture, Business or Project Management. Alternatively, demonstrated success as a Farm Manager or Assistant Farm Manager/Farm Supervisor in this or another agricultural sector will be considered equivalent.
- Various on-farm day-to-day duties will be listed separately.
- Your primary performance benchmarks (achieved together with the Farm Manager) will be:
- Batch CFCR and pool ranking
- Batch ALW and pool ranking
- RSPCA assessment reports
- Processor farm reports




- Electricity and gas use (monthly/annual)
- Litter condition, including dryness and shed ammonia levels
- Maintaining even water treatment pH and chlorine readings, and shed chlorine levels
- Achieving demonstrated teamwork among farm staff

Hours and Salary Package

- The contract salary package is paid on a per annum basis in fortnightly instalments. Hours vary both during a batch approx. 65 days turn around and during shed cleanout and shed preparation. The aim is to complete an average of 76 hours per fortnight over the year, with some non-base extra hours during night catches and placement (for example, up to 5 hours per week on farm for 2 weeks of each batch), plus up to 2 hours each week maintaining the house and garden. These extra hours partly offset the on-site accommodation. Non-base extra hours will be recorded in a booklet and forwarded fortnightly, and form part of your employment package.
- If non-base extra batch hours are abnormally long in any one pay period, special time in lieu (TIL) may be granted; generally, however, hours will be tallied at the end of each batch with the aim that they balance. Examples of non-base hours include:
- Standing in for the Manager when they are sick or on leave
- Assisting the Manager to complete batch paperwork
- Taking alarm duty at night or on weekends beyond your share
- Completing night shed duty on pick-ups beyond your share
- Assisting with monitoring and training of shed hands
- Assisting with management of maintenance programs
- Reinforcing staff training topics, e.g. safety in the sheds, bird welfare, drinker line heights, vehicle use and safety, maintenance, and feed line repair safety
- Some house gardening and maintenance (approximately 2 hours per week, varying throughout the year)
- Other duties as required

Bonus, Leadership and Leave

- The farm may (at its discretion only) consider paying a bonus for achieving or maintaining above-average farm performance, as measured by processor figures for CFCR and ALW.
- We expect Farm Supervisor to lead shed hands by example, operate under pressure as part of a team and, not least, maintain good humour and wellbeing amongst all staff. No bullying will be tolerated.
- Due to bird welfare requirements and 24/7 farm operations during a batch,



annual leave is usually taken in the period from one week before final catch to one week into the new batch. Annual leave entitlements cannot accrue beyond 5 weeks in total.

We have a zero-tolerance policy on drug use, which may involve random testing. Duty Statement The Farm Supervisor works in a specialised, performance-based team environment.

The farm is focused on servicing just-in-time (JIT) deliveries to a processor connected to supermarkets and fast food outlets; farm work programs are therefore often varied by others at short notice.

The Farm Supervisor will perform all duties reasonably requested of them in accordance with their knowledge, training and experience, and will perform to the best of their ability at all times.

General duties include (but are not limited to):

- Working with the Farm Manager and staff to achieve a high standard of on-farm occupational health and safety
- Working with all staff to maintain high levels of work safety and staff wellbeing
- Maintaining farm biosecurity
- Maintaining and monitoring shed environmental performance
- Continual checking of water and feed lines
- Culling birds as required to industry guidelines
- Daily mort and cull collection (up to 4–6 sheds during the week; 6 sheds on weekends and public holidays)
- Ensuring a high overall standard of bird welfare
- Weighing birds to reach a 90% accuracy target on performance records
- Record keeping (maintenance, morts and culls, pest control, visitors, etc.)
- Maintaining a robust focus on daily water use and weight charts
- Working to and adhering to deadlines
- Checking litter quality to maintain high industry standards of litter friability, low dampness, minimal caking and low ammonia levels
- Litter tilling and short-term ventilation to restore acceptable ammonia (ppm) levels
- Achieving farm targets for electricity and gas use
- Preparing sheds for pick-up and overseeing pick-up of birds
- Cleanout and setup of sheds ready for placement
- Placement of birds
- Attending alarms on a shared basis with the Farm Manager
- General cleaning of control rooms (weekly) and staff amenities (daily)
- Assisting in programming and performing basic shed and farm maintenance
- Operating machinery and ensuring shed hands observe safety protocols
- Supervising relevant staff
- Maintaining site security
- Adhering to set standards
- Reporting problems promptly to the Farm Manager
- General farm duties, including weed spraying, mowing, tree planting and tree watering
- Maintaining the farmhouse and garden surrounds to a high industry standard

Pay: $80,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year

Experience

- Farm Supervisor: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Farm Supervisor – Broiler Farm (Murray Bridge)
🏢 Red Mallee Poultry
📍 Murray Bridge