Station Cook

Rawlinna, Australia

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Rawlinna (WA)

Our people are dedicated, passionate and their hard work is celebrated and recognised.

Are you ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role? Join our team at Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) and be part of an exciting journey in Australia's sheep industry. We're looking for enthusiastic individuals with a proactive, positive, and can-do attitude to join us in an industry that's the cornerstone of our country's economy. And guess what? You'll be having a pretty good time while doing it too

About us

Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) is a leading Australian managed, UK owned Agribusiness with strong ESG values. CPC owns and operates a portfolio of ten station aggregations in Australia and two feedlots in Indonesia. Across more than 4.3m hectares of land, the CPC team care for more than 300,000 head of cattle, 50,000 goats, 25,000 sheep and produce a diverse range of crops.

About Rawlinna

Rawlinna is located 400km east of Kalgoorlie, WA, on the western side of the Nullarbor (a remote location). Rawlinna is known as Australia's largest operational sheep station and covers 1,000,000 hectares. The station is stocked with merino sheep and shearing is carried out annually.

About you

Your key duties and tasks

Station Kitchen

• Prepare, cook and serve healthy, nutritious and balanced meals
• Cater for fifteen people (sometimes more)
• A strong focus on food safety standards and food handling.
• Maintain a clean and structured, fully equipped kitchen
• Coordinate the ordering of the dry stores (groceries), fruit and vegetables and maintain adequate supplies to ensure variety within budget, using seasonal produce

Camp Cooking

• Cook for the team when away from the main station kitchen and working from the outstation location or when "camping out"
• Cater for fifteen people (sometimes more)
• Prepare groceries to take when away from the main station kitchen
• Organise cooking equipment and tools when working away from the main station kitchen
• Coordinate orders to meet the needs of the camp cooking
• Carry out other duties when camp cooking as required

What you will need

• Genuine interest in working and living on a remote sheep station
• Passion for food and cooking and experience as a chef, cook, kitchen hand or similar
• Ability to work outdoors and carry out other duties as required

January 2026 start available

Home Cooks who would enjoy an adventure in a remote location in Western Australia are encouraged to apply for this role.

What's on offer

• Wages paid according to skill level
• Nutritious, wholesome, and healthy meals and food provided in the station kitchen
• Single air-conditioned accommodation with own facilities (bathroom) and shared laundry
• Fare reimbursement to the station (after probation)
• Seven (7) weeks Annual Leave each year of work
• Further details can be found in the Consolidated Pastoral Company Enterprise Agreement 2021

And … you'll have the full support of our friendly team.

Physical Demands

This is a physically demanding job that includes both indoor and outdoor work in all types of weather and temperature environments.

This job can be physically strenuous (demanding) from time to time. You will be expected to be able to walk, climb, bend, kneel, lift, grip, grasp, push and pull various tools and equipment. You will need the ability to frequently lift, push and pull from 10-20 kilo's and occasionally more. This job will require the ability to ascend/descend ladders.

Values of importance to CPC include Safety & Welfare, Leadership, Trust, Community, Value Creation, Sustainability.

CPC is proud to build careers in agriculture

Applications Close: 12 Dec 2025