Proudly Australian and Family-Owned

Join McLean Farms, a leading Australian family-owned business with over 70 years of heritage in ethical, high quality food production. We are seeking a motivated and reliable Cage Free Supervisor at our Hopevale farm, near Pittsworth. You will be supporting daily poultry operations and ensuring excellence in animal welfare, biosecurity, and productivity.

About the Role

Reporting to the Cage Free Assistant Manager, this hands-on role is responsible for overseeing daily operations across our cage-free poultry sheds; including egg collection, bird husbandry, shed maintenance, and team coordination.

The successful applicant will help ensure high standards of bird welfare, productivity, and site presentation, while promoting a positive and safe working environment.

This position is ideal for someone with poultry or livestock experience who is ready to take the next step into a supervisory role.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee daily egg collection routines and monitor egg production performance.
• Ensure birds have consistent access to feed and water, with optimal shed conditions.
• Conduct shed inspections to identify health or welfare issues and ensure humane management.
• Coordinate minor shed and grounds maintenance activities.
• Supervise and participate in shed cleaning and hygiene programs.
• Prepare sheds for pullet placement and spent hen removal.
• Promote a zero-waste culture through efficient feed and resource management.
• Respond to after-hours alarm callouts as required.

About You

• Experience working in poultry or livestock farming (supervisory experience ideal but not essential).
• Strong understanding of animal welfare, food safety, and biosecurity practices.
• Practical and hands-on with good mechanical aptitude.
• Organised, proactive, and capable of leading small teams.
• Physically fit and comfortable working in a farm environment.
• Willingness to work weekends (10 on 4 off roster), public holidays, and after-hours as required.

What We Offer

• Competitive wages, reflective of skills and experience.
• Supportive, family-oriented work culture.
• Ongoing training and professional development.
• Birthday Leave and two dozen free eggs per fortnight!

Our Core Values
At McLean Farms, our values guide everything we do:

We Care – We nurture our people, animals, environment, workplace, and community.
We Are One Team – We work together towards a common goal in a respectful and effective manner.
We Aim for Excellence – We strive to improve continuously.
We Find a Way – We work together to find solutions to every challenge.
We Do the Right Thing – We make decisions and choose behaviours knowing what is right and what is wrong.

To learn more about McLean Farms and what we do, please visit our website: www.mcleanfarms.au.

Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Australia to apply.

You must not have any birds, pigs or poultry at home, and you must not regularly come into contact with birds, pigs or poultry in order to work at McLean Farms.

Please ensure that you have read the Bio-Security Document on the right-hand side.

To proceed with employment shortlisted candidates will be required to attend a Pre-employment functional assessment and Drug and Alcohol testing.