Broiler Manager

Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd; Beaudesert; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Company vehicle

Job summary

Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd in Southeast Queensland is seeking a Broiler Manager to lead the Broiler Service team and oversee contract farms across SE QLD. You will work with farm managers to support day-to-day operations, ensure safety, welfare and high performance in production.

Relocation package may be offered and a company vehicle is included. Night/early shift flexibility is required, with a focus on animal welfare and compliance with company standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' poultry experience, preferably in broiler servicing.
• Experience managing multiple farms and leading teams.
• Experience in transport and logistics with COR compliance.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of broiler welfare and legislative requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support and guide the Broiler Service team across SE Queensland.
• Lead, coach and mentor the Broiler Service team to high performance.
• Partner with contract growers to improve growth, health, welfare and feed conversion.
• Monitor daily operations and ensure humane treatment and compliance.
• Oversee catching and transport operations to ensure timely live bird supply.
• Manage logistics contracts and liaise with live haul contractors.
• Ensure animal welfare, quality and safety during pickup, transport and lairage.

Skills

People leadership

Team leadership

Logistics coordination

Safety compliance

Job description

We've been proudly bringing joy to tables and smiles to faces with the delicious food we've been crafting for over 100 years. A large part of our strong growth and success is because we're always looking for new ways to do things and thinking about how we can create a better, more sustainable future world together. Our success as an industry leader in providing deliciously good food means we can continue to invest in our future as we work towards becoming Australia and New Zealand's first choice for poultry.

Your opportunity to join us as Broiler Manager in Southeast QLD!

As Broiler Manager you will lead a team of Broiler Servicepersons and oversee the detailed and diligent servicing of all contract broiler farms across SE QLD. Reporting to the Farming Operations Manager, you will work closely with the farm managers to support the day-to‑day operations of the broiler farms to ensure optimal compliance and performance including the achievement of volume, cost, profit, animal welfare, safety and quality objectives.

Additionally, you will work with the transport contractor to manage the supply of live birds to the Primary Processing plant and the transportation of chicks from hatcheries to contract growers. You will ensure the catching process, transportation, supply timing and live bird quality adheres to Group Minimum Standard Procedures, Group Quality Procedures and Animal Welfare Legislation.

Our network spans a wide area across Southeast Queensland. Acompany vehicle is included and we can offer a relocation package to the right applicant.

Key responsibilities

• Provide support and guidance to the Broiler Service team across SE Queensland
• Lead, coach and mentor the Broiler Service team, fostering a culture of high performance and accountability
• Partner with contract growers and the Service team to drive improvement in the performance standards for growth, health, welfare and feed conversion of the broiler farms
• Monitor and report onthe daily operations of the farms with responsibility for achieving optimal production standards and ensuring all livestock is treated humanely and in compliance with Inghams’ Minimum Standard Procedures
• Oversee catching and transport operations across SE QLD ensuring the timely and efficient supply of live birds to our primary processing plant, maintaining animal welfare standards at the highest level
• Oversee transportation of day-old chicks from hatcheries to farms
• Manage and monitor all logistics contracts and ensure requirements are met including liaising with live haul contractors and managing trucks and catching contractors
• Ensure animal welfare, quality and safety (including legislative COR compliance) is maintained during pickup, transport and lairage

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years' poultry experience, preferably in Broiler servicing
• Previous experience managing a complex of farms and leading teams
• Previous experience in transport and logistics with a strong understanding of compliance and safety particularly in COR
• Superior people leadership skills with the ability to build, lead and develop teams and create a positive and collaborative working environment
• Strong understanding of broiler and poultry welfare and sound knowledge of legislative and compliance requirements
• Experience monitoring compliance such as safety, quality, environmental, biosecurity and animal welfare
• Flexibility to work night and early morning shifts as required

We’re looking for people who arecurious, caring, courageous and committed to join us; people who want to contribute their best work every single dayand continue delivering deliciously good food that’s…Always Good!

Ingham’s is the largest integrated poultry producer across Australia and New Zealand. We supply chicken, turkey and plant-based protein products into retail, quick service restaurants, foodservice distributors, wholesale and export channels. We are also one of the largest producers of stockfeed in Australia. We have approximately 8,000 people who work together to support each other, our animals and our customers. We are committed to being always good, building on our long-standing reputation for food quality, customer service, sustainable operations and a commitment to provide consumers with fresh, convenient and affordable food.