Cattle Station Caretaker

July 16, 2024

Australian Country Choice

Roma

FULL TIME

Competitive daily rates of pay + large 4 bedroom family home
100% Australian owned & operated industry leader
Job stability & security

About the role
ACC’s Brindley Park Property Group is a large-scale Wagyu/Angus stud and commercial backgrounding operation is an aggregation of 10 properties spanning over 70,000 acres and carrying up to 9000 head of cattle.
This role, situated at Toarki station 70 kms from Roma, reporting to the Brindley Park Property Group Operations Manager, will work autonomously caretaking cattle, water, maintenance and infrastructure across a number of properties, making up 30,000 acres of the cattle breeding and backgrounding operation.
General duties include (but not limited to):

Monitoring and maintenance of water systems and supply
General property upkeep and maintenance including fences, yards & sheds etc
Assisting with cattle processing & handling when required
Monitoring and observations of cattle
Assistance with some fabrication and property infrastructure CAPEX projects
Completing supplement runs
Maintaining accurate records & data capture

What’s on offer:

Competitive daily rates of pay + overtime days + bonus
Beef supplied & food allowance
Large 4 bedroom, 2-bathroom air-conditioned family home with Bitumen access.
Lovely Eumamurrin community, 20kms from Roma school bus run
WIFI & Utilities
Tool of trade vehicle
Ongoing training & development

About you
This is an ideal role for a knowledgeable and highly experienced cattle all-rounder who is self-motivated and can work safely and reliably without supervision. The successful candidate will have:

Full commitment to best practice livestock handling and animal welfare practices
Practical knowledge & understanding of property water systems
Mechanically minded with an indepth knowledge of plant, equipment, tools and machinery operation (including welding)
Excellent observations skills & attention to detail
Ability to accurately record tasks and simple data on mobile App or computer
Commitment to working safely
Manual Drivers Licence
Firearms Licence or the ability to obtain one
Fitness to safely undertake physical tasks

About us
Australian Country Choice (ACC) are proud industry leaders in producing and supplying highest quality cattle and beef products to the local and export markets. We employ over 1200 team members across multiple breeding, backgrounding, feed lotting and farming operations throughout Queensland and our head office and state of the art food processing & value add facility near Brisbane’s CBD.
With over 4 million acres and carrying capacity of over 350000 head of cattle, we are the largest, privately owned, fully integrated, beef cattle supply chain and this means you really do get the best of both worlds. You get the opportunity and security that comes with a progressive corporate pastoral operation who continue to grow, develop and innovate, along with the support and personal interest that comes with being part of a family business.
We’ve earned our stripes as masters of our craft & continue to deliver the highest standards in safety, customer, investment in innovation and capability of our people to ensure ongoing operational excellence. Our need to “Be Right” is actively driven by the behaviours that underpin our values of belief, energy, responsibility, integrity, grit, humility & team. Apply now and earn your stripes with us!

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