Highly experienced senior livestock and machinery operator seeking permanent work in Australia after a long career in New Zealand. Over 20 years’ experience across dairy, beef, youngstock, and mixed farming, including 10 years as a high performing sharemilker. Enjoys hands on work, comfortable supervising teams of 2–3, and keen on diverse roles combining livestock, machinery, and general farm work. Prefers beef or mixed livestock positions over dairy management. Relocating to WA or Eastern States within 1–2 months; fit, healthy, adaptable, and motivated. Currently managing a youngstock support block solo, responsible for 600+ head, full animal health programs, rotations, reporting, and day to day farm operations. Strong background in machinery, including tractors, harvesters, diggers, bulldozers, and Class 5 (HC) truck driving for stock, silage, and maize. Experience with cropping support tasks using GPS/auto steer systems. Require accommodation suitable for a couple.
38 non smoker. Versatile machinery operator with 7 years in intensive vegetable/leafy production, progressed to supervising crews and coordinating operations. Competent across seeding/planting, cultivation, irrigation management, fertiliser programs, and spraying Operated tractors to ~210 hp and heavy plant to ~40 t; strong equipment care and safety; enjoys workshop servicing/diagnostics. Holds manual HR and car licences; tech confident and quick to learn GPS/autosteer. Seeking a permanent role with variety and progression, ideally near a larger regional centre for schools/sport; open to broadacre with training. Requires family housing (3+ bedrooms). Available now. Salary guide ~$40/hr depending on package.
A highly skilled livestock professional with extensive experience leading large scale dairy and young stock operations across multiple sites. Brings proven capability managing teams, developing SOPs, driving production efficiency, and working closely with veterinary and management groups on health, welfare, and biosecurity strategy. Experienced overseeing more than 1,000 calves and coordinating complex daily operations with strong emphasis on staff development, communication, and system consistency. Commercially minded with a structured, analytical approach and strength in people leadership, training, and operational improvement. Confident with telehandler work, livestock handling, health programs and logistics. Recently returned to WA and seeking a long term position with a progressive dairy or beef enterprise offering scale, modern systems, and professional advancement. An exceptional candidate for operations wanting strong leadership, disciplined management, and high animal welfare
32, WA. Heavy diesel mechanic transitioning to agriculture; seeks station hand/livestock hand role with opportunity to learn stock work—cattle preferred, open to sheep/horses and mixed farming. Fit, smoker quitting; manual car licence; comfortable with isolation and remote heat. 7 years’ FIFO experience: diagnostics, servicing, breakdown response; competent testing/operation of dozers, graders, loaders and haul trucks. Happy to start in cropping or casual mechanical roles to gain livestock exposure. Values lifestyle over pay; rate guide $30–$35/hr. Minimal farm experience but highly motivated and practical. Available immediately; flexible on location; open to permanent or seasonal work to get their foot in the door .
37yr Non smoker. Ready to relocate to regional Australia with family for long-term employment under sponsorship. Indian decent and is currently a mixed crop and livestock farmer with lifelong experience managing smaller family farms. Skilled in crop cultivation (wheat, paddy, mustard, barseem, fodder, potatoes, carrots, sugarcane, tomatoes, maize, cabbage) and 20+ years of dairy and livestock management. Proficient in daily milking, breeding, calf care, and animal health. Holds a Positive VETASSESS Skills Assessment (ANZSCO 121216) and PTE Academic score of 68. Experienced with tractors, sprayers, seed drills, rotavators, and laser levellers. Reliable, safety-focused, physically fit, and non-smoker.
25yo, UK/NZ. Experienced machinery operator seeking relocation to Australia for long-term work and residency (sponsorship). Brings seven years of agricultural experience in NZ, including groundwork, bed forming, advanced fertilizer application, and some spraying with 24m sprayer. Trained in chemical handling, washouts and health & safety compliance; holds spray tickets, GrowSafe, and dangerous goods certification. Mechanically minded with practical repair ability. Holds NZ Heavy Rigid license and plans to upgrade to MC. Available late January 2026; open to operator or spray roles in QLD, NSW, or SA with accommodation provided. Salary expectation $35–$38/hr. Partner is an agronomy graduate with experience in crop management, pest control, spray recommendations, and IPM. Also available late January 2026 for agronomy or crop-focused roles.
SPONSORSHIP: 24 yo non-smoking worker with three years’ broadacre farming experience in Australia and extensive Ag background on UK arable and pig farms. Holds Victoria and UK driving licenses, available for permanent roles with sponsorship from January/February. Skilled in operating John Deere headers, Finch chaser bins, New Holland tractors, Simplicity seeding equipment, telehandlers, and balers. Experienced in harvest, seeding, fencing, trough installation, sheep work, hay mowing, muck spreading, soil preparation, stacking straw/hay, and grain carting. GPS experience with John Deere and Trimble systems. Limited spraying experience (Croplands 36m sprayer, post-harvest weed control). Qualified plumber/gas engineer. Seeks junior management or decision-making role, prefers on-farm accommodation and proximity to town/ocean. Open to sponsorship arrangements and relocation across Australia.
Sponsorship: 49-year-old from South Africa with decades of hands-on and management experience in broadacre cropping and sheep production. Seeking a senior operational or 2IC role in Australia or New Zealand, ideally with opportunities for both himself and his wife, and family accommodation for a school-aged daughter. Open to regional locations. Currently manages a 4000+ ha property with 2500 ha cropping and 6000 ewes, plus broccoli and cauliflower under pivots. Skilled in all aspects of planting, spraying, harvesting, irrigation, and logistics, with extensive experience on John Deere and CLAAS tractors, Ausplow and Equalizer planters, and modern combines and sprayers. Manages a team of 12 and is responsible for daily planning, staff supervision. Fit, healthy, non-smoker, and practical with day-to-day machinery repairs. Wife has extensive sheep experience and would also be open to opportunities.
