As an experienced machinery operator, you will be completing various maintenance work across our prawn farm. Your main responsibility will be maintaining the roads across the farm as well as keeping vegetation levels down using slasher’s, herbicide, and whipper snippers. At times it may be required to also step in and help with general farm operations.

Proserpine: Located on our prawn farm halfway between Airlie Beach and Bowen, you’ll work in a stunning area. You will be working Monday – Friday, 6am – 14:30pm.

What does your week look like?

Road Maintenance: Grading and maintaining roads throughout the site, repairing potholes to ensure the rest of the staff can operate around the farm safely. Maintaining fire breaks throughout the year to mitigate bush fire risk.

Vegetation Management: Use of slasher/herbicide to keep vegetation down around pond edges. Manual management using whipper snippers where required.

General Farm Operations: As this position reports to the Feed Coordinator, you may be required to help with farm operations during busier periods. This may include jumping into a feed truck and help with refilling hoppers or assisting with repairing/maintaining any infrastructure related to feeding.

What can you bring?

• Grader ticket with relevant experience mandatory.
• Backhoe ticket with relevant experience and experience operating tractors with attachments (desirable).

What’s in for you?

• Competitive salary.
• Ongoing career development opportunities
• Work with a great team
• Access to Maxxia Rewards – an online app where you can purchase discounted movie tickets, Red Balloon Vouchers, get discount at many entertainment venues and restaurants, plus more!
• Access to Workplace, Health and Wellbeing Support for yourself and your family including but not limited to Personal Challenges, Mental Health, Grief, Separation or Financial challenges.
• And of course, Deliciously Discounted Seafood!

Who are we?

Our people each contribute in different ways, embracing our business values and harnessing our can do – safely culture with purpose and intent.  Our shared values are an essential part of our business culture, they define us. They underpin and guide our commitment, attitude, how we work and the quality of our products. We are passionate, we achieve together, we own it and we can do safely.

We encourage early applications as we review on a daily basis.

If you have any questions, please email Georgina at Talent@Tassal.com.au