Animal Care Lead Technician

1 week ago

Shepparton, Australia DON Full time

Health & Safety focused workplace
- Leadership experience required
- Permanent full time role

**About Us**

GWF is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest food manufacturers employing around 6,000 people across 60 sites. GWF’s product range is diverse and includes leading brands of breads, baked goods, smallgoods, flour, milled products and animal feed. GWF’s business units include: Tip Top, Don, Yumi's, MAURI anz and Jasol.

DON’s heritage goes back to the late 1800’s and we have always been passionate about meat and making meat even better
- transforming it into delicious tasting Ham, Bacon, Salami, Smallgoods and Fresh Pork.

Our heritage is expertise in meat, and we have taken great pride in our skills, techniques and our brands form the very beginning. Our journey has been one from small family businesses to large ones and now as part of the GWF family, which is still largely owned by the Weston family.

**About the role & key responsibilities**

Our Lead Technicians report to the Site Leaders and our farm is located in the Shire of Loddon (45 minutes from Bendigo). This is a permanent full-time role.

**Your responsibilities will include**:
**Leadership**
- Supervise a small team of Animal Care Technicians
- Promote safety within the team
- Lead team talks
- Complete orientation and training of new Animal Care Technicians

**Livestock Care**
- Tending to routine animal husbandry
- Cleaning and maintaining accommodation pens, fittings and equipment,
- Handling and using chemicals
- Operating machinery and equipment.
- Caring for the animals including providing feed and water stock,
- Caring for sick or injured stock and maintain herd health status at an acceptable level.

**Livestock Analysis, Research & Advice**
- Maintain standards of quality
- Inspecting effectiveness of feed formulae
- Assisting in controlled breeding to develop improved livestock strains
- Arranging the supply of drugs, vaccines and other chemicals
- Advise on aspects of production processes and farming techniques

To be successful within this role you will require a minimum of two years’ experience within a similar role in Piggery operations as well as experience with supervising a small team.

**You will also have**:

- Demonstrated experience in pig production
- High level of understanding with Herd health factors
- Competent knowledge of APIQ & Welfare Standards
- Strong communication skills

**Applications**

**Please note**:
Prior to commencing, you are required to complete a pre-employment medical assessment, this will include a drug and alcohol screen.

Additionally, you are required to be vaccinated for Japanese encephalitis. If you haven't been vaccinated, the business will cover the cost of doing so for the purposes of working at our Farms.

At DON and George Weston Foods, we are an equal opportunity employer. We embrace inclusion and diversity and celebrate what makes us unique. We are committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and the provision of a safe and healthy work environment.

Is DON. Is Good.

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