Back End Developer

About Us

JBS Australia is Australia’s largest and most respected meat and food processor. The Company has a strong portfolio of leading beef, lamb, pork, and value-added branded products. In our Corporate Office we drive and foster the JBS culture of excellence and believe success is achieved through hard work. JBS can provide you with more than a job, it can provide a long-term rewarding career.

About the role

JBS Australia is currently recruiting an experienced Back End Developer to join the Head Office IT Department in a permanent full-time capacity.

Based at Riverview, and reporting directly to the IT Support Manager, this is an excellent opportunity to work for a company that is leading the way in the meat industry and join a team of dedicated and innovative software developers. 

Initially as a Progress OpenEdge Developer, you will play a key role in providing front-line support of in-house developed/managed applications that run a large proportion of the operations side of the JBS Business. Applications include sales, production scheduling, on-floor production management, procurement, forex management, inventory & warehouse management.

Over the next 5 years JBS will be implementing a new stat of the art ERP and with training this role will play a significant role on the project and will be responsible for backend and integration development on the new platforms.

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Analysis and design working with internal teams to produce the software design and architectures in line with Business requirements for a suite of OpenEdge applications.

• Building and maintaining business solutions (focus on value realization) with focus on test and deployment activities to ensure success and operational stability.

• Maintenance of existing systems developed in the suite of OpenEdge applications

• Support of business activities using in-house developed & 3rd-party applications as an expert providing technical support (some after-hours support may be required)

• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle.

• Business Analysis, requirements gathering and writing specifications.

About you:

• Degree in Information Technology or relevant field desirable

• 5+ years’ experience in Progress OpenEdge version 10.c and later, working with GUI and CHUI applications as well as lifecycle management experience required for internal developed applications and maintenance processes.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as ability to write technical specifications and technical support documentation

• Agile software development experience (preferably SCRUM)

• Experience with .Net technologies (esp. C#), MS SQL Server 2008 onwards and SAP finance would be a significant advantage

• Experience  in requirements gathering & design experience ensuring that you can work with business users to understand requirements and support the application.

Benefits include (but not limited to):

• Retail discounts with national partners
• Health insurance discounts on Bupa Health and Medibank Private

What next?

If you’re passionate and want to be a part of the largest meat, pork and salmon manufacturer and producer in Australia, this opportunity may be for you. If you are self-motivated, this unique opportunity could be yours.  Apply now!