About the role

You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations, alongside the farm manager during your week, on a cutting edge, tunnel ventilated RSPCA free range broiler bird farm, providing strong leadership and management to a small team of 2 staff members, in order to ensure cost effective and efficient bird production.

Key responsibilities

- Identify and implement sound operating practices across the farm, focused primarily on bird welfare, productivity and safety
- Ensure excellent welfare of chickens including overall health considering feed, operational procedures of the farm, ventilation of houses, chick behaviors patterns and ensuring the right environment for chicks to promote healthy rearing
- Livestock management from growing day-old chicks to culling unwell/injured birds via the RSPCA approved method
- Manage day-to-day upkeep of the farm including free range yards and any other maintenance that's required (whipper snipping, mowing, weeding) plus repairs to infrastructure and machinery
- Ensure 'best practice' in all aspects across all farm operations
- Ensure all shed records are up to date and correct
- Take alarms during rostered week on
- Participate in catch during rostered week on

About you

- At least one year experience in the operations of a broiler farm




- Strong people leader, with experience supporting and developing your team to ensure a high level of quality in the operations you manage
- Efficient, with excellent attention to detail and a can-do attitude
- Proven self-starter who is able to work well in a small team
- Right to work in Australia
- Open minded, passionate, competent, and hands-on leader
- High regard for Safety, Health, Environment and Quality and will work with our people to proactively support a positive OHS culture across the organisation
- Physically fit and able to do the role

Perks

- Experience in an industry leading business that is continually growing and expanding
- Highly attractive remuneration package based on skills, experience and farm size, including superannuation, onsite accommodation (4-bedroom company house) and utility cost (water, electricity and gas)
- Supportive, proactive employer willing to invest in your career and development

About us

Stockdale Farms operates a free-range broiler farm in Warmur, Victoria, producing high-quality poultry for Hazeldene's. We are a progressive farm with 6 houses holding 45,000 birds each with the scope to grow further.

📌 2IC Broiler farm worker (Warmur)
🏢 DARCRA partnership number 2
📍 Warmur