Farm Hand – General Maintenance – Poultry
- Hands-on maintenance role.
- Assisting the farm manager.
- Located in Milang
Due to continued growth, Solar Eggs Farms are seeking a farm hand or general maintenance person to work with the farm manager to assist managing the daily, weekly, and monthly tasks on the farm.
This is a day-to-day operation hence ideally the successful applicant will live near the farm. You will have a flexible attitude to work hours as the rotating roster requires early mornings and weekend work, applicants must possess good communication skills, be mechanically minded, able to undertake physical work and have demonstrated experience as a team player.
Daily Tasks
- Work with and assist up to 4 staff in operation of the egg packing.
- Breakdown maintenance.
- Carry out general labouring tasks such as manually cleaning sheds and washing equipment
- Handling of live chickens for vaccinations and moving sheds
- Weed spraying, fencing and shed repairs
- Have initiative and motivation to follow through with tasks on your own
Personal Attributes
- Be physically fit to undertake manual labour
- Have initiative and motivation to follow through with tasks on your own
- Previous farming experience – not necessarily poultry farms.
- Mechanically and or electrically minded.
- Punctual and Reliable
- No task is beneath you.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Casual
Pay: $32.00 – $35.00 per hour
Expected hours: 38 per week
Application Question(s):
- Can you please advise if you are available to work 10 am to 6pm or 7 am to 3pm as this position requires candidates to be able to work both shifts above?
- You will be required to work a 10 day a fortnight roster that will see you working on a weekend every second week. Are you available to work weekends on a roster system?
Work Location: In person