Pen Rider / Livestock Hand - Somerset/Lockyer Region

About the role

Conveniently located between Esk and Gatton, in a picturesque spot, our Brisbane Valley Feedlot carries approximately 3500 head of cattle. You'll join a small crew of 7 people and work a lifestyle friendly 10/4 roster. The primary focus of our livestock hands is to ensure the health and welfare of our cattle is maintained to the highest possible standards.  Working closely with other team members, you'll do this by safely and efficiently: 

• Monitoring livestock on horseback (Pen riding)
• Facilitating stock movements, processing and cattle handling in a low stress environment
• Diagnosing animal health symptoms and administering treatments
• Performing animal husbandry activities
• Accurately capturing and recording livestock data 

What's in it for you?

In addition to joining a dedicated team who love what they do, you'll benefit from:

• Competitive hourly rates $ plus weekend penalties and paid overtime
• Saddle allowance
• Horse allowance, feed, agistment, stables and paddock facilities (for own horses)
• Uniforms provided
• Suitable horse provided 
• Practical training schools and workshops delivered by industry experts
• Opportunity to participation in our Annual Company Challenge event
• Employee assistance program
• Workplace Banking
• Genuine opportunities for career progression throughout our cattle and beef supply chain 

About you: 

Along with your passion for working with livestock, your willingness to learn, you'll also have: 

• Excellent horse riding and handling skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong commitment to animal welfare, health and nutrition
• Basic computer literacy 
• Good attention to detail and accuracy 
• A team player with a positive attitude   
• Flexibility and willingness to undertake other duties within the feedlot
• Current manual drivers license

About us

Australian Country Choice (ACC) is a proud industry leader in producing and supplying the highest quality beef products to both local and export markets. We employ over 1500 team members and together our diverse operation runs 300,000 head of cattle across our large-scale breeding, backgrounding, farming, and feed lotting through to our modern food processing and value add packing facility.

We are the largest, Australian owned and privately operated, fully integrated beef cattle supply chain.  This means you really do get the best of both worlds. You get the opportunity and security that comes with a progressive corporate pastoral operation who continue to grow, develop and innovate, along with the support and personal interest that comes with being part of a family business.

We strive to earn our stripes as masters of our craft with a commitment to “being right” in everything we do, and, how we do it by delivering the highest standards in safety, customer, operational excellence, and our people. We do this by living our “Be Right” values of: Belief, Energy, Responsibility, Integrity, Grit, Humility and Team. Apply now to earn your stripes with us! 

Please note: It is a condition of employment with ACC that employees are vaccinated or have immunity for Q-fever, we are happy to assist and facilitate appointments if necessary.