Skilled Meat Worker: ongoing full-time roles on the slaughter floor and in the boning room at a major lamb processing plant in southern NSW.

About the employer

Our client is a major lamb processing plant in southern NSW. The plant is a modern, export-accredited facility processing thousands of head per day for domestic supermarket supply and international markets, and is a major employer in its region. Biro Strategy is recruiting on the client's behalf.

About the role

Ongoing opportunities exist for experienced Skilled Meat Workers to join the plant's slaughter floor and boning room teams. Skilled Meat Workers are cross-trained across slaughtering and boning duties, including:

- Stunning and slaughtering livestock in accordance with animal welfare and food safety requirements

- Skinning carcasses and removing internal organs

- Splitting and trimming carcasses to prepare them for boning

- Cutting meat from bones and cutting joints from carcasses

- Boning, slicing and trimming meat into standard cuts and preparing cuts for packing

- Sharpening and maintaining knives and hand tools

- Maintaining product quality and hygiene standards in a fast-paced, chilled environment

You will need to be able to work up to 10-hour shifts, be punctual, and have reliable transport to and from work. Some overtime is required in line with seasonal processing demand.

What you will need to demonstrate

- A minimum qualification of AQF Certificate III in Meat Processing (or equivalent); and





- A minimum of 2 years' skilled work experience at a meat processing establishment; or

- A minimum of 9 months' work experience at an Australian meat processing establishment while the holder of a subclass 457 or 482 visa; or

- A minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience at an Australian meat processing establishment, depending on employment and visa circumstances.

What is offered

- $71,550 per annum minimum plus 12% superannuation, with guaranteed and regularised overtime on top

- Permanent, full-time roles with annual leave, sick leave, long service leave and superannuation

- Ongoing work at an established, export-accredited plant with a settled workforce

Other requirements

- Pre-employment medical and drug screening will be conducted (required for export market compliance)

- Physically demanding work in a chilled workplace – a reasonable level of fitness is required

- Occupation classification: Skilled Meat Worker (Meat Industry Labour Agreement code 070499), combining ANZSCO 831212 Slaughterer and 831211 Meat Boner and Slicer. Applications are welcome from Australian citizens and permanent residents, and from candidates already in Australia with work rights. Biro Strategy is the recruitment agency for these roles.

How to apply

If you believe you have the skills and experience for these positions, please send a copy of your resume via this advertisement or to [email protected], including your current work rights status.

Pay: $71,550.00 – $80,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

📌 Skilled Meat Worker – Slaughter Floor and Boning Room (New South Wales)
🏢 Biro Strategy
📍 New South Wales