Co-Products Labourers

Andrews Meat; Townsville City; Sur place; AUD 34 000 - 41 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Shift penalty rates on night shift

Discounted JBS meat products

Long-term technical training

Team-building events

Brand apparel discounts

Corporate discounts

Résumé du poste

JBS Townsville is currently recruiting Co-Products Labourers (By-Products) to join the team in a full-time capacity. You will work with rendering equipment to create by-products such as tallow, grease and bone meal, while supporting hygienic production practices.

Roles involve operating the tallow plant, cooker and press, ensuring quality rendered products, and assisting in processing meat and bone meal, tallow and gall within rotating shifts from Monday to Friday.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work independently as well as in a team.
• Physically fit for manual tasks.
• Have full working rights in Australia.
• Willing to obtain Q Fever vaccination if not already vaccinated.

Responsabilités

• Operate the tallow processing plant.
• Operate the continuous cooker.
• Operate the press.
• Produce rendered products hygienically.
• Assist in the By-Products plant to process meat and bone meal, tallow and gall.

Connaissances

Communication

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Australian work rights

Q Fever vaccination

Description du poste

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Co-Products Labourers

Date Posted: 15 Oct 2026

About the Role

JBS Townsville is currently recruiting several Co-Products Labourers (By-Products) to join the team in a full-time capacity. As a Co-Products Labourer, you will use rendering equipment to process animal by-product materials for the production of tallow, grease, blood meal, and high-protein bone meal. The rendering process simultaneously dries the material and separates the fat from the bone and protein, yielding a fat commodity and a protein meal. Rendering is a process that converts waste animal tissue into stable, usable materials.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Operating the tallow processing plant
• Operating the continuous cooker
• Operating the press
• Producing rendered products in a hygienic manner
• Assisting in the By-Products plant to process meat and bone meal, tallow and gall

About You

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a team environment
• Fit for physical work
• Reliable with a strong work ethic and positive attitude
• Have been Q Fever vaccinated or willing to have vaccination
• Full working rights in Australia
• Experience in the red meat industry advantageous
• Available to work as part of a rotating shift team; Monday to Friday; up to 24 hours coverage

Why Join JBS?

• Attractive hourly rate + shift penalty rates on night shift
• Heavily discounted premium JBS meat products through our onsite butcher shop
• Long-term technical training and career development opportunities with a global organisation
• Regular team-building events, including BBQs and employee milestone celebrations
• Access to heavily discounted corporate and casual apparel from major brands including R.M. Williams and Ariat
• Corporate discounts with Australian Super, Bupa and Medibank Private Health Insurance
• Exclusive discounts with AVIS Australia car hire, CommBank and Dell Technologies, Specsavers and Telstra
• Significant discounts on adventure experiences through Adrenaline
• Retail discounts via The Ambassador Card – Australia's premier member benefits program

Located 12km south of Townsville, a major gateway to Queensland’s world-renowned Great Barrier Reef, the JBS Townsville Plant is JBS Australia’s most northern operation. Cattle are sourced from a wide supply area, including the Northern Territory, north and north-western Queensland and packed into the AMH brand, the most trusted name in beef. The plant employs approximately 500 team members with a processing capacity of 900 head of cattle per day.