Farm Mechanic

What does a Farm Mechanic at Warakirri Cropping do?

• Oversee the maintenance of a fleet of light vehicles, trucks, tractors, sprayers, harvesters, and a range of farm support equipment.
• Ensure all maintenance is carried out in a timely and professional manner in accordance with manufacturers’ requirements. This would include:
  • Conducting diagnostic tests and analysing/actioning results.
  • Keeping accurate maintenance records.
  • Ensure all vehicles and equipment are serviced in a timely manner.
  • Provide technical advice to the Farm Management team.
• Management of on farm workshop and ensuring that parts are in stock.
• Ensure pre-season maintenance is completed ahead of time.
• Attend call outs as required.
• Assist with the spraying, seeding and harvest operations as required.
• Identifying and reporting any health and safety hazards, incidents or issues.
• Other general farm duties as required.

Qualifications

Do you recognise yourself in the following statements?

• Experience in agriculture, transport or earthmoving.
• Experience in the operation of large-scale plant and equipment.
• Previous experience as Farm or Agricultural Mechanic, Maintenance Manager or similar.
• A willingness to learn and work safely, adopt new practices, further develop skills, and work in a team environment.
• The ability to demonstrate a high level of initiative and self-motivation.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Class MC Driver’s License (preferred but not essential).
• Current chemical users’ certificate preferred but not necessary.

Additional Information

What makes Warakirri unique?

• We offer a comfortable family home and attractive salary packages based on experience.
• A true safety focus across the entire company. Safety first, what’s the rush.
• A strong focus on fatigue management and work hours. We pride ourselves on work life balance.
• The opportunity to meet with other farm teams from across Australia to exchange ideas learn about new equipment and have some fun along the way. These open and honest collaboration events are unique to Warakirri.
• Opportunities to grow your career both on the farm or with broader horizons. Learning and development of our people is a strong focus at all levels of the organisation.
• An organisation that has made commitments to sustainability and is putting that into action.
• Industry leading parental leave for both primary and secondary caregiver.
• Being part of a fun WhatsApp group with all the other employees where you get to see what is going on across the other farms in the Warakirri Cropping portfolio.

You probably want to hit “apply” now, but if you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out to Niki Bosman at croppingtalent@warakirri.com.au