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 hands-on Cage Free Assistant Manager to support our Senior Cage Free Manager at our Hopevale farm near Pittsworth, QLD.

About the Role

As the Cage Free Assistant Manager, you’ll play a key role in overseeing the day-to-day operations of our cage-free poultry facility. This includes leading and supporting staff, maintaining bird health and welfare, and ensuring compliance with animal welfare, biosecurity, and quality assurance standards.

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

This role suits someone with strong leadership and organisational skills who thrives in a practical, farm-based environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Cage Free Manager in daily shed and site operations.
• Supervise egg production, collection, and quality processes.
• Monitor and promote bird health, welfare, and environmental conditions.
• Lead, train, and motivate staff to ensure operational excellence.
• Oversee shed, equipment, and site maintenance activities.
• Enforce company biosecurity and Work Health & Safety (WHS) policies.
• Participate in audits, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Respond to after-hours alarms and support emergency situations when required.

About You

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a supervisory or management role within poultry operations (layer, breeder, or rearing environment).
• Strong understanding of animal welfare, food safety, and biosecurity principles.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• High attention to detail with strong problem-solving ability.
• Physically fit and capable of working in a hands-on environment.
• Flexibility to work weekends, public holidays, and participate in on-call rosters as needed.

What We Offer

• Competitive wages, reflective of skills and experience.
• Supportive, family-oriented work environment.
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
• 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 Preemployment functional assessment and Drug and Alcohol testing.