Careers at Bega Cheese

Bega Cheese is the largest employer in the Bega Valley, having grown from around 100 employees in 1997 to almost 600 employees today.

Bega Cheese is set in an idyllic regional location where we are proud to operate two world class food manufacturing and packaging sites. Still 100% Australian owned by a group of around 100 local farmer/owners, the company has an envied reputation for quality, productivity and employment conditions: a function of its more than 100 years in business.

Bega Cheese is a focal point for the region and boasts a superb location, being in a fertile valley close to the NSW Sapphire Coast, and just 2 ½ hours from the nation's capital Canberra and the snowfields of Thredbo and Perisher. The area is serviced by daily flights to Sydney and Melbourne from Merimbula airport, whilst by road Sydney is around 6 hours and Melbourne can be reached in 7 hours.

Continued growth and internal promotions continue to provide fantastic career opportunities for not only our current employees, but also those with special skills and attributes who are keen to join a progressive and dynamic Australian-owned regional business.

Watch the video: SkillsOne chats to John Richardson, Manager of Organisation Development at Bega Cheese, who gives us an overview of the organisation, and the kind of training and experience offered. We also hear from local employee Mary Rankin, who tells us about the fulfilling career path she has chosen with Bega Cheese.

Employment Opportunities

Our sustained growth has created a wide variety of specialisations across the organisation, including the following:

Production Employees
Machine operators, eg: automated case packers
Cheese, butter and whey making
Laboratory and QA
Office and administration, including finance, accounts and export
Supply Chain - from stores to planning Supervisory, management and executive roles
Retail and hospitality roles at our Heritage Centre, including shop assistant and kitchen assistant
Engineering, including mechanical fitters, electricians, trades assistants

Bega Cheese makes every effort to promote from within the company, thereby providing the best possible career prospects to existing employees.

This policy necessarily means that by far the most common entry point for new employees is in production floor roles. The recruitment of Production Employees is managed directly by the Bega Cheese Human Resources Department, with suitable applicants identified in response to company advertising, direct enquiry or through referral via local Job Network providers.

On occasion, where it believes it is in its best interests to do so, the company will recruit externally, either by advertising directly or retaining the services of a recruitment agency.

Recruitment Process

Positions currently available are listed on our Current Vacancies page and, if appropriate, have a specified link to the appropriate recruitment organisation.

Where an external recruitment agency is involved, Bega Cheese reserves the right to refer all applications received to that recruitment agency, unless expressly requested by an applicant not to do so.

Bega Cheese offers highly competitive remuneration arrangements and attractive employment benefits and conditions, with appointments to management and most senior professional positions subject to individual contracts and other appointments subject to the terms and conditions of The Bega Cheese Collective Agreement 2007 (to review this Agreement you will need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader first if you don't yet have it).

You might also be interested in looking through our Employee Handbook.

To register your interest in a role as a Production Employee, or to apply directly for a current vacancy, or to register your interest in future opportunities with Bega Cheese, please complete our Application Form and forward same, along with a current copy of your CV or Resume, to the attention of:

The Human Resources Department,
Bega Cheese,
PO Box 123,
BEGA NSW 2550.

or, by email to: .

All applications will be acknowledged.

Please note that all new employees are required to satisfactorily complete the Bega Cheese pre-employment process, which includes a medical assessment completed by a qualified GP (incorporating a drug screen, functional/physical assessment and hearing test) and a police record check, as part of the selection process.