Manager, Feedlot

**Reference no**: 498482
**Work type**: Continuing - Full Time
**Location**: Wagga Wagga
**Categories**: Management
- Run a high-tech livestock facility
- Hands on role with real impact
- Work with industry and researchers

**The role**
- Full Time, Continuing
- Level 7 - $101,421 to $110,819 p.a. (plus 17% superannuation)
- Wagga Wagga (on-site)

As the Manager, (Feedlot) Intensive Livestock Systems, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of our intensive livestock facilities, ensuring excellence in animal welfare, productivity, and innovation. You’ll lead a high-performing team, manage feedlot operations, and support research and industry engagement activities that align with the University’s strategic goals.

This is a hands-on leadership role where your expertise in livestock management, business acumen, and collaborative mindset will drive the success of a nationally significant research and demonstration facility.

**About you**

You are a confident and capable leader with:

- Extensive experience in the Australian livestock industry, particularly in intensive systems.
- Strong knowledge of animal husbandry, feedlot operations, and low-stress livestock handling.
- A commitment to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A passion for innovation and sustainability in agriculture.

As part of this recruitment, a pre-employment functional screening is required.

**About us**

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University - our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities - to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Learn more about AgriPark here.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits**.**

**To apply**

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

**Further information**

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:
**Advertised**:23 Oct 2025 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**:13 Nov 2025 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time