Full Description

• Location – Kalbar, QLD
• Remuneration: $90,000 – $105,000 per annum, plus work vehicle, and superannuation

About the Company

Farmcraft is a locally owned and operated family rural supplies business with 35 years’ history serving Kalbar, Lowood, Boonah, Beenleigh and Coopers Plains in South East Queensland. We’re looking for a qualified agronomist to work across our Kalbar and Lowood stores, covering horticulture, fodder and pasture crops, with regular on-farm and in-store customer contact.

About the role

This is a hands-on, customer-facing role. You’ll need to be comfortable talking with farm owners and family-run operations, building genuine relationships, and pitching in wherever needed — we run a flat structure with minimal hierarchy, and delivering product on-farm is part of the job, not beneath it.

Main Responsibilities
(must be demonstrated in your application letter/resume)

• Provide agronomic advice on crop protection, nutrition and seed across vegetables (carrots, onions, sweet corn, beans, pumpkins, brassicas, cucurbits), lucerne, pasture and fodder crops
• Support in-store and on-farm sales, working with farm owners and corporate accounts
• Build long-term relationships with customers and suppliers
Assist with forecasting, extension activities, grower

Requirements

Education / Experience / Skills

• Bachelor of Agricultural Science or similar relevant qualification
• Strong knowledge of crop protection, nutrition and production in horticulture and/or broadacre systems
• Broad knowledge of fodder and pasture agronomy
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills
• Class C licence (Forklift licence and AgSafe accreditation highly regarded, or willingness to obtain)
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision