Environmental & Wastewater Manager

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Environmental & Wastewater Manager to join our leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity to drive environmental compliance, sustainability initiatives and continuous improvement across one of Australia's largest food manufacturing sites.

Reporting to the Site Leadership Team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across all environmental activities, with a major focus on waste water treatment, requiring strong technical leadership, risk management capability and a proactive approach to compliance, process optimisation and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will oversee the treatment plant's operational performance, environmental compliance obligations, capital improvement projects and long-term treatment strategy. You will work closely with production, engineering, maintenance and regulatory stakeholders to ensure the site continues to meet environmental obligations while driving sustainable business outcomes.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have a technically strong environmental or process engineer background with significant experience managing industrial wastewater treatment systems in a complex operational environment.

• Tertiary qualifications in Environmental, Chemical, Process Engineering or related discipline
• Extensive experience (ideally 5+ years) managing or leading industrial wastewater treatment operations in a food processing, meat processing, manufacturing, water utility, industrial processing or similar environment
• Demonstrated experience operating and optimising large-scale wastewater treatment systems, including biological treatment processes
• Strong understanding of activated sludge systems, anaerobic and aerobic treatment processes, dissolved air flotation (DAF), nutrient removal and sludge management
• Proven experience managing wastewater compliance under Environmental Authorities and trade waste requirements
• Experience interpreting wastewater performance data and driving treatment plant optimisation initiatives
• Experience managing environmental risks, incident investigations and regulatory engagement
• Experience with irrigation management systems and nutrient management programs
• Knowledge of Queensland environmental legislation and Environmental Authority compliance frameworks
• Experience with ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems

Why Join JBS?

• Competitive salary + 2.5% 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.