Working in animal health is a challenging yet rewarding role that requires dedication, hard work and a passion for animal welfare.
This position involves supervision of livestock personnel, monitoring animal health, performance and water troughs, drafting and processing cattle as per requirements, diagnosis and treatment of cattle and ensuring team compliance with all policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
* Daily supervision/mentoring of livestock personnel
* Contribute to the daily monitoring of animal health, performance and water troughs, including cleaning, data entry/auditing of livestock records including cattle movements
* Drafting and processing of receival and dispatch cattle as per JBS Australia requirements
* Follow instructions from the Livestock Supervisor & Fore persons for any livestock activity including cattle wash
* Other duties as required to support other sections of livestock and feedlot teams
Requirements
* Demonstrated advanced low stress animal handling and horsemanship skills
* Previous animal husbandry and/or feedlot experience
* Ability to work unsupervised and as part of a team
* Sound communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
* Good work ethic and a willingness to share information and skills
* Ability to assist in training, mentoring and developing employees to required standards
* Ability to embrace change and convey new concepts within a working environment
* Minimum of 2 suitable horses and tack
* Ability to work an allocated roster (8 days on - 6days off - 10 hour shifts)
Benefits
* Heavily discounted meat products
* Retail discounts with national partners
* Health insurance discounts on Bupa Health and Medibank Private
* Long term career progression opportunities
About this role
This opportunity is ideal for individuals who are passionate about animal health and have a strong commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.