Senior Farm Operator
2 days ago
The SunRice Group is an Australian ASX-listed branded food group, comprising multiple businesses, assets and operations across Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, the United States, The Pacific Islands and Asia. SunRice was built by the Australian rice industry over many decades, and today is one of Australia's leading branded food exporters, with approximately 2,000 employees and operations in 11 countries. SunRice is a great place to work, providing a real opportunity for passionate people to make a difference.
SunRice have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Farm Operator to join our business. You will be seen to conduct field activities, such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, and grading of pure seed. As well as working with the broader team on daily planning and implementation of activities needed.
You will be based in our Jerilderie "Old Coree" site.
Your duties will include:
Farm related activities
Conduct farming activities to complete cropping operation
Conducting tests and inspections of seed, rice, and farm processes to evaluate quality or performance
Ensure all equipment used are in working order
Complete all activities within NSW Legislation and SunRice Work Health & Safety standards
Identify areas for Continuous improvement across the farming enterprise
Business
Providing information to peers, managers and the business by way of written and verbal communication, including reporting business-critical activity
Retrieving information from relevant sources to make appropriate decisions
Be able to work collaboratively across the business
To be successful in this role you will have:
5+ years' previous experience within a similar role, ideally with rice or grain crops
Experience working with Irrigated Agriculture and broad-acre cropping
Understanding of irrigated farming systems relating to Rice
Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting rice including storage/handling techniques.
Current Class C driver's license or above, and Heavy Vehicle Licence would be highly regarded
Experience in the operation of machinery and equipment used in harvesting
Chemical handling knowledge
Current First Aid Certificate would be beneficial
Confidence and ability to communicate with a diverse range of people
You have a high attention to detail
You are mechanically minded
Highly organised and capable of planning complex dynamic situation
You are willing to problem solve to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Perks Include
Corporate discounts across gym memberships, Bupa Health insurance, travel, car rental & home removalists
Access to staff allowances of SunRice products weekly
Banking benefits with our partnership with CommBank
If you are ready for the next step in your career and this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply below
All correspondence will be dealt with in strict confidence.
SunRice is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. SunRice will consider qualified applicants for employment based on their merit, individual skills, qualifications and other appropriate criteria relevant to the role for which they are applying.
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