Plant manager

Job description:

About Us

JBS Australia is the largest and most respected meat and food producer in Australia. We have a strong portfolio of leading and renowned beef, lamb, pork, salmon and value-added branded products, such as AMH, Swift, Primo, Murray Valley and Huon.

JBS Australia is a part of the global JBS business, the largest animal protein business in the world, and the second largest food company, with operations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

The JBS Dinmore Processing Plant is the largest beef facility in the southern hemisphere. Located near Ipswich, in south east Queensland, the facility has a daily production ability of 3,400 cattle and employs approximately 1,500 people. Cattle are sourced from the finest cattle producing regions to produce a diverse range of pasture fed and grain beef products, from commodity to premium. The renowned AMH brand, the award-winning Yardstick, the highly marbled grain fed Pure Prime and our state’s brand, Queenslander Beef and more are all produced at Dinmore.

Why work for JBS Australia?

• Competitive salary + performance based annual bonus
• Access to novated leasing options
• Heavily discounted meat products
• Retail discounts with national partners
• Health insurance discounts on Bupa Health and Medibank Private
• Ongoing leadership training and career development opportunities

About the Role

We currently have a rare and extraordinary opportunity to join the JBS Australia team and lead the largest Beef processing plant in the Southern hemisphere as a Plant Manager at JBS Dinmore. Reporting directly to the General Manager Dinmore Plant, you will lead an experienced team, ensuring safe production and optimising our kill and bone yields over two daily shifts.

This role will be responsible for four key objectives:

1. Ensuring a safe production of the JBS Dinmore operation;
2. Astute management controls to maximise revenue streams against a cost-efficient production process to continually increase ROI;
3. Ensuring the site operates within the regulatory requirements of all relevant legislative bodies, as well as JBS policies and procedures; &
4. Providing leadership and direction to the production leadership team and their direct reports, to ensure all Departments are operating at their optimal capacity to meet and exceed Company objectives.

This will be achieved by:

• Maintaining control of all aspects of plant production, either directly or through the provision of effective leadership of production leadership team
• Achieving site throughput targets whilst maintaining emphasis on food safety, WHS, employee relations, and product specifications
• Managing the plant operation and KPI benchmarking, including regular management team review meetings, to ensure consistent process and product recovery performance outcomes are achieved across all plant operations
• Taking accountability for process improvement, initially focused on process consistency across the site, including technology application to ensure beef processing best practice outcomes are delivered to JBS Australia
• Adherence to budgetary and cost control.
• Ongoing review of financial performance of establishment including capital expenditure planning and cost controls
• Partnering with the HR team to ensure effective people management as well as succession planning for key operational roles and initiatives to address attendance and retention
• Supporting the engineering function and ensuring effective CAPEX and repairs and maintenance management
• Meeting all requirements relating to Quality, OHS, people and Environmental Management
• Undertaking projects and activities as directed by the Northern Operations Manager

About You

• Extensive experience in the meat or manufacturing industry (ideally 10+ years)
• Strong business acumen and financial management knowledge
• Demonstrated ability to provide situational leadership
• Ability to identify basic cause & effect relationships
• Ability to respond calmly in difficult situations, maintaining a strong customer service focus
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Takes other's perspective's into account
• Energetic, passionate and enthusiastic with a demonstrated focus on continuous improvement

Interested? APPLY NOW!

If you have any queries regarding this opportunity, please email Melinda Weir (Talent & Community Engagement Specialist) –