About the Company
Western Australia's favourite brand Golden Eggs (AAA Egg Company Pty Ltd) is the largest and preferred supplier of quality, fresh free-range, barn, cage and processed eggs.
Our product range includes free range, barn laid, and cage eggs, available in different sizes and packaging options. The company is committed to providing fresh, high-quality eggs and has a strong focus on animal welfare and sustainable farming practices. We have a team of dedicated employees who work hard to ensure the highest standards are met throughout the egg production process. AAA Egg Company is also actively involved in the local community, supporting various charities and initiatives. We are a proud Western Australian company and are committed to providing their customers with the best possible eggs.
About the Role
AAA Egg Company Pty Ltd is looking for a highly skilled and qualified agricultural technician to work full-time on farms located in Bullsbrook, Muchea, Gingin and Hill River. In this role, you will be responsible for the following;
* Lead and monitor farm workers based on the given activities by the Farm Manager or Farm 2IC.
* Provide technical services and maintenance of Big Dutchman electronics & mechanical equipment.
* Provide technical support, breakdown & fault analysis & troubleshooting.
* Provide technical and operation training to other technicians, fitters, team site.
* Plan and perform overall preventative and corrective maintenance.
* Perform testing, commissioning and technical training on all sites.
* Perform upgrades and site integrations.
* Be on call on a rostered rotating system to attend breakdowns after normal hours.
* Coordinate site Big Dutchman technical upgrades.
* Plan and supervise contractors during upgrades, servicing, rectification and maintenance on all sites.
* Administering of different types of vaccines to the birds via drinking water, spray, intramuscular, and ocular.
* Doing shed checks around the sheds, daily farm records and immediate reporting to Manager or 2IC if there are problems like chicken health or mortality, broken equipment etc.
* Facilitates in brooding; monitoring of chick's behaviour, mortality trend, temperature, humidity, ammonia level, ventilation, feed and water availability and others.
* Facilitates in Shifting of birds to other AAA Layer Farms.
* Ensuring proper vaccination of birds and correct number before transferring the birds to the truck using bird trolleys.
* Ensuring that Australian Standard on Animal Welfare and Biosecurity is being practiced in all activities being done in the farm.
* Daily monitoring of flock health, feed, water, ventilation and mortality.
* Ensures that biosecurity protocols of the farm are being followed by the staffs and visitors.
* Do feed inventory, forecasting, and ordering.
* Daily monitoring of range area, ensuring there's no breach on the perimeter fences so no predators can get through.
* Daily collection and disposal of mortality birds.
* Monitoring of proper egg handling from sheds to the egg room.
* Entering of production data into the computer on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
* Analyzation of productions and mortality trends.
* Provision of medications as prescribed by the veterinarian when flock have health problems.
* Monitoring if there are maintenance problems in the farm that will be reported to the assigned maintenance.
About You
To be successful in obtaining this role, you will have;
* Relevant Diploma or at least three years of proven relevant work experience.
* An understanding of the regulatory and legislative requirements relating to the manufacture of food products.
* Mechanical Engineering Knowledge of sophisticated automated feeding and housing equipment.
* Responsibility for Occupational Health & Safety to ensure a high standard of safety, health and wellbeing for all staff and contractors, and to ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety & Health Act 1984.
* An understanding of the requirements of various quality systems and customer requirements including HACCP, SQF2000, WQA and McDonalds.
Salary
If successful, you will be paid a salary of approximately $79,078 per annum.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $79,078.00 per year
Work Location: In person