The Role A key on-site leadership position ensuring the hatchery runs efficiently, safely, and to quality standards. You’ll coordinate staff, monitor production processes and support continuous improvement initiatives. Reporting to the Hatchery Manager, your duties will include:

• Supervising day-to-day hatchery operations, including production, cold room tasks and chicken take-off processes
• Operating various hatchery equipment including multi-stage / single-stage Incubators, Embrex machines, Forklifts, and more.
• Monitoring, recording and reporting on incubation and hatch rates, escalating issues as needed
• Preparing and administering vaccines on an as-required basis, and responding to hatchery alarms on a rotational on-call roster
• Manage consumable and PPE stock levels, liaising with maintenance and safety teams to uphold WHS and QA systems

Skills & Experience:

• Proven supervisory experience, ideally in a hatchery or other food production environment
• Mechanical aptitude for basic maintenance tasks and process troubleshooting
• Strong communication and team-management skills
• Current Australian driver’s licence and full Australian working rights
• Reside within 10 minutes of Beerwah or willing to relocate into company-assisted housing

For bio-security purposes, the successful applicant must NOT own any birds, pigs, or poultry at their residence.

Your Employer Surrounded by stunning landscapes, picturesque mountain ranges, and only a short drive to the coast, our client owns one of the most established poultry operations in Australia consisting of Commercial Laying Sheds, Rearing and Breeding Farms, Egg Grading Facilities, Water Treatment Plant, on-site Workshop, and a state-of-the-art Feed Mill. With a rich history dating back 110 years, they continue to prove themselves as one of the most trusted suppliers of eggs and poultry products nation-wide.
The Benefits:

• Work vehicle supplied
• Performance incentives and overtime available
• State-of-the-art facilities overlooking the stunning Glass House Mountains
• Close proximity to some of QLD’s best beaches
• Below-market rental housing available in Beerwah.

Choose Agri Talent
Agri Talent provides permanent recruitment and executive search services exclusively for Australian agribusiness. Our extensive digital network connects quality candidates to diverse and exciting roles with respected clients across Australia’s agriculture sector.

For more information, please contact Ben Frazer, Senior Recruitment Consultant,Agri Talent on 0439 093 516