07th January, 2025
Are you looking to advance your career in agriculture? Do you aspire to develop your leadership skills within a rapidly growing, fully integrated mixed farming business?
Due to business expansion, we are seeking a proactive and self-motivated individual to join our team as an Assistant Cropping Manager. We are a family-run business engaged in mixed dryland and irrigated cropping, cattle breeding and a feedlot, farming over 7,000 hectares of wheat, barley, oats, chickpeas, sorghum, maize, and cotton.
Benefits:
- Family home on the farm
- Capped household electricity provided
- Close proximity to Dalby, QLD
- Salary above industry standard
- Access to new plant and equipment including John Deere Gen 4 and Gen 5 technology
- On-the-job training, licensing, and opportunities for upskilling
- Opportunities for increased responsibility as you progress within the business
Role and Responsibilities:
As the Assistant Cropping Manager, you will report directly to the Cropping Manager. The ideal candidate will have a deep passion for agriculture and a drive for personal growth, with a commitment to maintaining a tidy and efficient workplace.
You will be responsible for:
- Leading and collaborating with the cropping team
- Managing the prioritisation of work programmes and task completion
- Overseeing the efficiency of the spraying programme
- Operating plant and machinery, including boom sprayers
- Training staff in machinery use and proper operational procedures
- Supervising irrigation processes
- Maintaining machines and farm assets
- Ensuring cleanliness of machinery and the general appearance of the farm
- Upholding safety standards, including strict adherence to personal protective equipment (PPE) use
Requirements: - Quick learner with the ability to positively teach others
- Meticulous in both paper and electronic record-keeping
- A 'lead from the front' attitude
- Experience with John Deere GPS systems
- At least four years’ experience in broadacre cropping
- Experience in flood irrigation (desirable but not essential)
- A current manual driver’s licence (HC or MC is essential)
Please send your updated resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience.
For further details, contact Jess Frelek on 0424 964 187.
The AgWay Recruitment Pty Ltd.
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