Poultry Technician

About the Company

Western Australia's favourite brand Golden Eggs (AAA Egg Company Pty Ltd) is the largest and preferred supplier of quality, fresh free-range, barn, cage and processed eggs. Our product range includes free range, barn laid, and cage eggs, available in different sizes and packaging options. The company is committed to providing fresh, high-quality eggs and has a strong focus on animal welfare and sustainable farming practices. We have a team of dedicated employees who work hard to ensure the highest standards are met throughout the egg production process. AAA Egg Company is also actively involved in the local community, supporting various charities and initiatives. We are a proud Western Australian company committed to providing our customers with the best possible eggs.

About the Role

AAA Egg Company Pty Ltd is looking for a highly skilled and qualified Poultry Technician to work full-time on farms located in Bullsbrook, Muchea, Gingin and Hill River. In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading and monitoring farm workers based on activities assigned by the Farm Manager or Farm 2IC
• Providing technical services and maintenance of Big Dutchman electronics and mechanical equipment
• Providing technical support, breakdown and fault analysis, and troubleshooting
• Providing technical and operational training to other technicians, fitters, and site teams
• Planning and performing overall preventative and corrective maintenance
• Performing testing, commissioning and technical training across all sites
• Performing upgrades and site integrations
• Being on call on a rostered rotating system to attend breakdowns after normal hours
• Coordinating site Big Dutchman technical upgrades
• Planning and supervising contractors during upgrades, servicing, rectification and maintenance across all sites
• Administering different types of vaccines to birds via drinking water, spray, intramuscular and ocular methods
• Conducting shed checks, maintaining daily farm records, and immediately reporting issues (e.g. chicken health, mortality, broken equipment) to the Manager or 2IC
• Assisting with brooding, including monitoring of chicks' behaviour, mortality trends, temperature, humidity, ammonia levels, ventilation, and feed/water availability
• Assisting with the shifting of birds to other AAA Layer Farms
• Ensuring proper vaccination of birds and correct numbers prior to transferring birds to trucks using bird trolleys
• Ensuring Australian Standards on Animal Welfare and Biosecurity are practiced in all farm activities
• Daily monitoring of flock health, feed, water, ventilation and mortality
• Ensuring biosecurity protocols are followed by all staff and visitors
• Managing feed inventory, forecasting, and ordering
• Daily monitoring of range areas to ensure no breach of perimeter fencing that could allow predators through
• Daily collection and disposal of mortality birds
• Monitoring proper egg handling from sheds to the egg room
• Entering production data into the computer on a daily, weekly and monthly basis
• Analysing production and mortality trends
• Administering medications as prescribed by the veterinarian for flock health issues
• Monitoring and reporting any maintenance issues on the farm to the assigned maintenance team

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A relevant Diploma or at least three years of proven relevant work experience
• An understanding of regulatory and legislative requirements relating to the manufacture of food products
• Mechanical engineering knowledge of sophisticated automated feeding and housing equipment
• Responsibility for Occupational Health & Safety, ensuring a high standard of safety, health and wellbeing for all staff and contractors, and compliance with the Occupational Safety & Health Act 1984
• An understanding of the requirements of various quality systems and customer requirements, including HACCP, SQF2000, WQA and McDonald's

Salary

If successful, you will be paid a salary of $80,000 AUD per annum.

Pay: $75,000.00 – $80,888.00 per year

Work Location: In person