JBS Australia announced that it will create more than 500 new jobs at its Dinmore processing facility to support local employment and increased demand for Aussie beef.
JBS is the largest single employer in the City of Ipswich.
The Dinmore plant will implement a ‘second shift’ that will commence in the first half of 2024. This will take the total number of people employed at the site to over 1,800.
The move will support increased market demand for red meat as herd sizes and availability of livestock improves.
CEO of JBS Australia, Brent Eastwood, said the announcement reflects JBS’s ongoing commitment to the Dinmore and Ipswich regions.
“We encourage anyone in the local Ipswich area and surrounding communities to apply for vacant roles and join the JBS family,” he said.
“A core pillar of our career opportunities is building pathways for our people to take on new responsibilities and progress within the company,”
The JBS Dinmore facility which has been in operation since 1986, accounts for 10 percent of Australia’s total beef processing capacity, producing a wide range of grass and grain fed beef brands that are supplied to major national Australian supermarkets and overseas markets including Asia, North America and the Middle East.
JBS is commencing a recruitment drive to encourage locals to apply.
This includes the offer of new flexible work initiatives and establishment of a new program working with Brisbane and Ipswich High Schools to provide school-based traineeships and a pathway to employment for school leavers.
Today’s jobs announcement is supported by a recent $77 million investment that JBS has made in the plant.
The investment was made across technology and capital works that support improved safety outcomes as well as increasing capacity and productivity.