Harvest Supervisor

Jbs Australia; Yanco; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly incentive bonus

Relocation assistance

Team events and staff discounts

Job summary

JBS Riverina Plant is seeking a hands-on Harvest Supervisor (Kill Floor) to lead slaughter floor operations and drive production efficiency. Reporting to the Harvest Manager, you will foster a culture of food safety, quality, and teamwork while aligning with regulatory standards.

You will guide daily operations, support staff development, and ensure safe work practices are embedded across all activities, contributing to continuous improvement and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in the meat industry is essential.
• Leadership experience in a supervisory role is advantageous.
• Strong communication and delegation abilities.
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Knowledge of health and safety and quality assurance practices.
• Proficient with MS Excel, Word and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kill floor operations to ensure efficient, compliant production.
• Lead and develop the harvest floor team, ensuring training and performance management.
• Ensure adherence to customer specifications, export market requirements, and regulatory standards.
• Promote food safety, animal welfare, and continuous improvement across activities.

Skills

Meat industry experience

Leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

OH&S familiarity

MS Office (Excel/Word/Outlook)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

About the Role

The JBS Riverina Plant is currently recruiting a full-time Harvest Supervisor (Kill Floor) to join our processing team. Reporting directly to the Harvest Manager, this role is responsible for overseeing slaughter floor operations to ensure the production of high-quality products that meet customer expectations and all relevant regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will play a key leadership role in fostering a culture focused on food safety, product quality, workplace safety, teamwork and pride in workmanship.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will be responsible for ensuring the efficient day-to-day operation of the kill floor, maintaining compliance with customer specifications, export market requirements and regulatory standards. You will provide guidance and support to your team to ensure production and quality objectives are consistently achieved, while promoting a strong culture of food safety, animal welfare and continuous improvement. Working closely with internal stakeholders and regulatory personnel, you will help maintain the integrity of the FSQA system, support employee training and development and ensure safe work practices are embedded across all activities. As a people leader, you will also be responsible for fostering a positive team environment, managing workforce requirements and ensuring employees are supported and led in accordance with company values and expectations.

About You

• Previous experience in the meat industry essential
• Previous experience in a similar leadership position highly regarded
• Excellent communication, delegation and interpersonal skills
• Demonstratable problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety, and quality assurance
• Demonstrated computer literacy skills, specifically within Excel, Word and Outlook
• Ability to respond calmly in difficult situations whilst maintaining a strong customer service focus
• Exceptional ability to prioritise and multi-task
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously as well as within a team environment

Why Join JBS?

• Competitive salary + quarterly incentive bonus
• 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
• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates, including support with transport, flights or short-term accommodation
• Access to heavily discounted corporate and casual apparel from major brands including R.M. Williams andAriat
• Corporate discounts with AustralianSuper, 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
• Novated leasing options (eligibility criteria apply)
• Retail discounts via The Ambassador Card – Australia's premier member benefits program

JBS Australia is the largest and most respected meat and food producer in Australia. Situated on 2,000ha, the JBS Riverina Plant is a part of the Riverina integrated farming, feedlot and processing operation. The cattle are walked from the feedlot to the plant, minimising stress and transportation costs, while simultaneously improving eating quality – one of only two in the southern hemisphere. Based just outside Yanco, between the popular townships of Leeton and Narrandera in the heart of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation district (or Riverina region), our location ensures the ability to source high quality feeder cattle and grain to produce premium beef. The plant employs approximately 500 team members with a processing capacity of 600 head of cattle per day.