Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position
Job Description
Our valued client, NEWCO FARMS, seeks a dedicated and experienced Farm Manager to join their dynamic team. The role requires deep knowledge of diverse farm operations, integrity, trustworthiness, and a proactive, can‑do attitude.
* Report directly to the General Manager on livestock and farming related matters.
* Liaise with the Egg Grading and Packaging Operations Manager on egg supply, egg quality, and supply logistics.
* Work to written and verbal instructions as provided by the General Manager and/or Technical and Veterinarian Services Manager.
* Participate in company‑directed staff meetings and further education courses.
* Undertake standard bird husbandry practices that ensure the health and welfare of birds, including monitoring feed, water intake, body weights, interpreting laboratory results, conducting clinical examinations, and performing autopsies.
* Coordinate, monitor, and report on livestock activities, production processes, and management staff to meet specified targets and standards.
* Liaise in coordination with the Livestock Manager and/or Veterinary Manager with pullet suppliers on all matters relating to the rearing, husbandry, preparation, and logistics of particular rearing flocks.
* Supervise and organise staff, including training in basic layer farm management procedures, standard best practice, and safe working procedures.
* Assist in recruiting appropriate staff.
* Liaise with Employment and Training Managers on recruitment, training activities, and industrial issues.
* Reorganise any work procedure as directed by the Technical and Veterinary Services Manager or as deemed necessary in the absence of a staff member.
* Control and coordinate all laying farm activities to achieve short‑ and long‑term business objectives that improve financial outcomes.
* Ensure that appropriately trained staff are available for special tasks, including egg collection, bird culling, hygiene programs, and vaccinations.
* Coordinate rearer transfers and flock depopulations, including provision of appropriate staff to minimize losses, stress, and timely delivery.
* Detail and authorise employees' pay and contractor payments as required.
* Ensure that all vaccines, treatments, and medicines are available and administered as required in the appropriate manner.
* Perform all farm administration in accordance with Newco Farms' guidelines, including completing all relevant reports and documentation within required timeframes.
* Undertake basic repairs and maintenance of sheds and facilities to ensure appropriate and optimal operation; maintain premises and surrounding amenities.
* Ensure strict compliance with quarantine and biosecurity principles by all Newco Farms' farming operations.
* Assist in coordinating farm cleanouts and washdown; develop and maintain safe work practices.
* Support and implement the Company's Accident Prevention Program; report workplace hazards identified during the course of work to the appropriate person according to standard operating procedures.
* Ensure that laying farm activities comply with relevant Acts, legal demands, and standards.
* Adhere to relevant quality standards; confer with the appropriate Newco Farms personnel on applications of methods, production standards, and safety programs.
* Refrain from association with other avian (bird) species or work in any other commercial poultry operation while employed with Newco Farms unless approval has been given.
Essential Skills
* Previous experience in farm management.
* Ability to lead and manage a team.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
* Proactive time management and organisational skills.
* High level of computer literacy and numeracy skills.
* Attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
* Safety‑focused and able to ensure compliance with WHS policies and procedures.
* Good mechanical skills.
Salary: $100,000 per annum
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