Harvest Supervisor (Kill Floor)

JBS; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Team-building events

Onsite butcher shop discounts

Corporate discounts

Job summary

JBS Australia is seeking a full-time Harvest Supervisor (Kill Floor) at the Dinmore Plant in Queensland. Reporting to the Harvest Manager, you will lead slaughter floor operations, ensuring high-quality product output, regulatory compliance, and a culture of food safety and teamwork.

You will guide and support a team to meet production and quality goals while upholding safety and animal welfare standards. You will collaborate with stakeholders to maintain FSQA integrity, support training, and

Qualifications

• Experience in the meat industry is essential.
• Leadership experience in a similar role is highly regarded.
• Strong communication and delegation skills.
• Problem-solving ability.
• Knowledge of occupational health and safety, and quality assurance.
• Computer literacy in Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Ability to respond calmly in difficult situations whilst maintaining a strong customer service focus.
• Excellent prioritisation and multi-tasking.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously as well as within a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee slaughter floor operations to ensure production of high-quality products meeting customer expectations and regulatory requirements.
• Lead day-to-day operations, ensure compliance with customer specifications, export market requirements and regulatory standards.
• Provide guidance and support to your team to ensure production and quality objectives are met.
• Promote food safety, animal welfare and continuous improvement.
• Maintain FSQA system integrity, support employee training and development and ensure safe work practices.
• Foster a positive team environment and manage workforce requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Customer service

Excel

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Due to the continued growth of the Dinmore Plant, we are seeking a full-time Harvest Supervisor (Kill Floor) to join our 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 slaughter 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 bonus
• Heavily discounted premium JBS meat products through our onsite butcher shop
• Long-term 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 and/or short-term accommodation
• Access to heavily discounted corporate and casual apparel from major brands, including R.M. Williams, Ariat and R.B. Sellars
• Corporate discounts with AustralianSuper, Bupa and Medibank Private Health Insurance
• Exclusive discounts with AVIS Australia car hire
• Access to exclusive CommBank banking offers
• 15% off Dell Technologies products
• 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
• $50 off when you shop at Specsavers through the JBS Corporate Club
• 10% off eligible Telstra mobile plans

JBS Australia is the largest and most respected meat and food producer in Australia. The JBS Dinmore Processing Plant is the largest beef facility in the southern hemisphere. Located near Ipswich, in southeast Queensland, the facility has a daily production ability of 3,400 cattle and employs approximately 2,500 people.

If you're ready to take the next step in your leadership career and play a key role in driving safe, efficient and high-quality harvest operations, we'd love to hear from you.