Australia's largest meat processor with global JBS backing
JBS Australia operates 10 processing facilities and six feedlots across the country, supported by a stack centered on SAP ERP, MuleSoft integration, and manufacturing-floor controls (Rockwell Automation, Siemens SCADA, Allen-Bradley PLC). The hiring mix is heavily weighted toward operations and manufacturing roles, with an active ERP implementation project and ongoing safety/compliance challenges—typical of a capital-intensive, multi-facility processing network scaling across domestic and export markets.
JBS Australia is the country's largest meat and food processor, operating beef, lamb, and pork facilities alongside value-added branded products, feedlots, and specialty divisions (Primo Foods smallgoods, Andrews Meat Industries case-ready production, D.R. Johnston wholesale). The company is part of the global JBS group and exports to more than 50 countries while maintaining significant domestic market share. Operations span 10 processing plants and six feedlots, supported by wholesale and trading businesses. The organization employs over 10,000 people across Australia and maintains strategic hiring in Canada.
JBS Australia uses SAP and MuleSoft (Anypoint Platform, CloudHub) for integration and enterprise systems, Workday and SAP SuccessFactors for HR, Kronos for workforce management, and manufacturing controls via Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Allen-Bradley PLC, and SCADA systems. Analytics leverage Qlik Sense and Power BI.
Key priorities include safety compliance, reducing equipment downtime, onboarding compliance, process automation, maximizing by-product recovery, and managing margins. An active ERP implementation project supports broader operational change and fixed-asset reporting improvements.
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