JBS Australia's Northern Division operates five strategically-placed processing facilities as well as five feedlots across Queensland and New South Wales, with access to an extensive network of quality cattle. Our network provides the ability to meet the specific demands of various market segments with an extensive range of grain-fed and pasture-fed products.
**About the Role**: Beef City Feedlot is a 26,500 capacity feedlot situated on the Toowoomba Cecil Plains Road between Oakey and Pittsworth on the Darling Downs.
Feedlot Location: 35 km west Toowoomba, 15 km from Oakey and 20 km from Pittsworth.
Beef City Feedlot are currently looking to employ a motivated, efficient and reliable individual to join our team in a Leading Hand Capacity on a full-time basis.
**Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to)**:
- 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.
- Diagnosis and treatment of cattle in accordance with JBS Australia requirements.
- Ensure team compliance with all Policies and Procedures of JBS Australia including OH&S, Animal Welfare and Environmental 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.
**About You**:
- 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; and
- Ability to work an allocated roster (8 days on - 6days off - 10 hour shifts).
**Benefits include (but are not limited to)**:
Heavily discounted meat products
Retail discounts with national partners
Health insurance discounts on Bupa Health and Medibank Private
Long term career progression opportunities
**What next?**
If you're passionate and want to be a part of the largest meat, pork and salmon manufacturer and producer in Australia, this opportunity may be for you.
Applications (including a covering letter and resume) should be forwarded to:
**BEEF CITY FEEDLOT - HR Advisor Beef City & Mungindi Feedlots**
**Roxanne Richardson