Station Cook

Being well supported by our long-term Babbiloora Station Property Manager, you’ll join a small, committed team who together look after livestock activities and the general station work that is required to successfully breed cattle on over 350,000 acres.

The station cook will enjoy working in a large, modern kitchen with great facilities and a beautiful outlook (especially the sunrises). Managing your time and priorities, to have breakfast and dinner ready at set times, you’ll work safely to:

• Plan, prepare and cook wholesome and nutritious breakfasts and dinners (team of around 10 plus visitors & contractors from time to time)
• Bake a range of tasty, sweet & savoury snacks
• Maintain a variety of lunch options for staff to cut & pack
• Monitor stores and consumables
• Ensure high standards of kitchen cleanliness, hygiene and food storage
• Contribute to keeping shared areas to high standard of presentation
• Help to maintain an easy-care garden, including mowing, whipper snipping, spraying, watering and moving sprinklers

What’s on offer

• Competitive daily rate of pay to suit experience
• Paid overtime days
• Retention bonus $ + allowances
• Uniforms provided
• Comfortable, single air-conditioned accommodation & food provided
• Utilities & WIFI
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to cross skill, learn horsemanship and cattle work with the stock crew (if that interests you)

About you

Whilst previous experience in this role isn’t necessary, you’ll need to love cooking, being in the kitchen and:

• Takes great pride in what you do
• Enjoys working on your own
• Has effective skills in organising, planning and prioritising
• Can work reliably without supervision
• Can safely fulfil the physical requirements of the role
• Has current Manual Drivers Licence
• Is flexible and willing to lend the team a hand

This role is a permanent, full-time role so is not suitable for those on working holiday visas seeking 88 days work. We will consider visa holders who are wanting long term employment at a minimum of 6 months, preferably 12.

About us

We’re proud industry leaders in producing and supplying highest quality cattle and meat products to the local and export markets. We employ over 1200 team members and together our diverse operation processes 250,000 head of cattle across our large-scale custom genetics, breeding, backgrounding, farming and feedlotting through to our modern food processing and value add packing facility, close to Brisbane’s CBD.

We are the largest, Australian owned and privately operated, fully integrated beef cattle supply chain. This means you really do get the best of both worlds. You get the opportunity and security that comes with a progressive corporate pastoral operation who continue to grow, develop and innovate, along with the support and personal interest that comes with being part of a family business.

At ACC we earn our stripes as masters of our craft and our commitment to be right in everything we do and how we do it by delivering the highest standards in safety, customer, operational excellence, and our people. We do this by living our values of: Belief, Energy, Responsibility, Integrity, Grit, Humility and Team.

Please note: it is a condition of employment with ACC that employees are vaccinated or have immunity for Q-fever. We can assist with appointments and will reimburse any costs incurred.