HEAD STOCKMAN AND STATIONHAND

Hartmor Human Capital Management; Dingo; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided

Job summary

Hartmor Human Capital Management – Dingo QLD is seeking hands-on cattle station staff for a central Queensland Brangus operation. You will be involved in mustering, processing, drafting, feeding, and day-to-day cattle management alongside machinery and property duties.

The role offers an active, practical environment with both independent and team work, reporting to the operation owner and supporting a busy cattle property in Central Queensland.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a stockman, station hand or experienced farmhand.
• Strong commercial cattle-handling and stockmanship skills.
• Experience mustering with horses, dogs, motorbikes and/or buggies.
• Good horsemanship and practical animal-handling skills.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Mustering and managing cattle using horses, working dogs, motorbikes and buggies.
• Processing, drafting and handling cattle.
• Feeding and managing cattle in yards.
• General farm and station work.
• Operating and maintaining heavy machinery and equipment.

Skills

Stockmanship

Mustering with horses

Mustering with dogs

Mustering with motorbikes

Mustering with buggies

Horsemanship

Independence

Teamwork

Initiative

Valid driving license

Job description

Hartmor Human Capital Management – Dingo QLD

These are genuine hands-on cattle and station positions suited to those with experience who enjoy working with cattle, horses, dogs, motorbikes, buggies and machinery. The successful applicants will work closely with and report directly to the Operation Owner, taking an active role in the day-to-day workings and management of the cattle and property.

Key responsibilities

• Mustering and managing cattle using horses, working dogs, motorbikes and buggies
• Processing, drafting and handling cattle
• Feeding and managing cattle in yards
• Lick runs and water runs
• Cleaning and maintaining troughs
• Fencing and general property maintenance
• Feral animal management
• General farm and station work
• Operating and maintaining heavy machinery including graders, dozers, loaders, tractors and bobcats
• General machinery and equipment maintenance

About you

• Demonstrated experience as a stockman, station hand or experienced farmhand
• Strong commercial cattle-handling and stockmanship skills
• Experience mustering with horses, dogs, motorbikes and/or buggies
• Good horsemanship and practical animal-handling skills
• A strong work ethic and practical approach
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Initiative and the ability to identify what needs doing
• A current driver's license
• Full-time employment with an established Central Queensland cattle operation
• Accommodation provided
• Flexible working hours where operationally possible
• A varied, hands-on role across cattle, horses, machinery and property management
• The opportunity to work with an established Brangus breeding operation
• A practical and supportive working environment

About us

This well-established, family-owned Brangus cattle operation based in Central Queensland, with a strong reputation within the Australian cattle industry, is committed to producing quality Brangus cattle through a practical, progressive and hands-on approach to cattle and property management.